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Doctors and clients praise Fife service that helps people come to terms with sight loss

A life-changing service, run in partnership between RNIB Scotland, NHS Fife and Seescape, celebrates a key anniversary this week.

Posted Friday, 3 December 2021 News type: News story

East Kilbride teenager with sight loss will be heard at UN meeting on children and adolescents with disabilities

An East Kilbride teenager who is partially sighted will contribute her thoughts to a global online meeting today to launch a new United Nations manifesto for children and adolescents with disabilities.

Posted Friday, 3 December 2021 News type: News story

Young people with sight loss in Scotland will get a chance to make their voices heard

What's it like to be a young person who's blind or partially sighted in today's Scotland? To strive to keep up in the classroom alongside your sighted peers? To try to be part of the youth's highly visual world of social media and computer games?

Posted Saturday, 20 November 2021 News type: News story

RNIB Talk and Support service celebrates two decades of supporting people with sight loss

RNIB Talk and Support service celebrates two decades of supporting people with sight loss.

Posted Monday, 15 November 2021 News type: News story

Multi-coloured road crossings pose a threat to people with sight loss, warn charities

Two national sight loss charities have raised concerns about the introduction of multi-coloured road crossings.

Posted Friday, 29 October 2021 News type: News story

Elected members get a chance to try voting blind

MSPs and local authority councillors will get a chance today to find out what it's like trying to vote in secret at the ballot box if you're blind or partially sighted.

Posted Friday, 22 October 2021 News type: News story

Glasgow street clutter is creating an obstacle course for pedestrians with sight loss, says charity

Scotland's leading sight loss charity is warning that the proliferation of advertising boards and other pavement clutter is making Glasgow's streets an obstacle course for blind and partially sighted residents and those with other disabilities.

Posted Wednesday, 13 October 2021 News type: News story

A regular eye examination could save your sight

RNIB Scotland has expressed concern that the recent coronavirus crisis may lead to a rise in preventable sight loss if people neglect eye treatment or regular check-ups.

Posted Monday, 20 September 2021 News type: News story

Provost praises "resilience" of people with sensory loss during pandemic

Falkirk Provost Billy Buchanan has praised the resilience of people with sensory conditions as he helped bury a time capsule at Forth Valley Sensory Centre (FVSC).

Posted Friday, 3 September 2021 News type: News story

New Scottish Government website offers vital one-stop resource for people with sight loss

Leading sight loss charity, RNIB Scotland, has welcomed the launch of a new Scottish Government website that brings together information on all aspects of sight loss.

Posted Monday, 9 August 2021 News type: News story