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Scottish landmarks will be used to highlight value of healthy eyes
Dundee's Victoria & Albert Museum and the Callanish Stones are among four iconic Scottish landmarks to feature in a nationwide campaign to promote healthy eyes.
The sky's the limit for four young flyers with sight loss!
Four blind and partially sighted young people will get a chance to experience the thrill of flying today - and have their adventure shown coast to coast on American television.
Woman who woke up to sudden sight loss to take on Dundee Kiltwalk for RNIB
Elizabeth O’Hara is urging local people in Dundee to join her for the city's forthcoming Kiltwalk to raise money for RNIB to support its Connect Community, which brings together blind and partially sighted people.
Neil's goal is to get young Scots with sight loss playing
An open day event in Glasgow on Sunday, July 28th, will give people with sight loss a chance to play football and explore whether there is enough demand to set up regular games in Scotland.
Food for thought
Edinburgh restaurant, The Huxley, will launch Scotland’s first audio-menu for blind and partially sighted customers today in partnership with RNIB Scotland.
Willie Rennie MSP finds out what it's like to go land-yachting with sight loss
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie MSP will join a group of blind and partially sighted young people today to go land-yachting on West Sands beach in St Andrews.
Calls to RNIB advice line set to more than triple
The sight loss advice line run by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is set to receive a 240 per cent increase in calls about emotional support between 2016 and 2019.
Shut out due to sight loss
New figures, launched today, show that three-quarters of guide dog owners (76 per cent) have been illegally turned away by businesses and services, such as taxis, restaurants, shops, cafes, hotels and pubs.
Bus timetable bid voted down
Scotland's leading sight loss charity has expressed its disappointment that a key move to improve the accessibility of transport for blind and partially sighted people was narrowly rejected six votes to five votes by the Scottish Parliament's Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee.
Keeping employees who experience sight loss needn't be difficult, new RNIB pack advises
What do you do if one of your employees is losing their sight? Lose them and all the skills, knowledge, experience and relationships they have built up?