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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?
RNIB Scotland launches manifesto for the European Union elections
Scotland's six elected Members of the European Parliament can still help to transform services for people with disabilities as part of a legacy to the EU.
Bus drivers to experience travel like passengers with sight loss
Stagecoach West Scotland employees will take part in a training session today as part of the bus operator’s pledge to make its services more accessible to blind and partially sighted people.
Bus drivers get a chance to experience travel like passengers with sight loss
Stagecoach West Scotland employees will take part in a training session today as part of the bus operator’s pledge to make its services more accessible to blind and partially sighted people.
Councillors get different perspective on controversial “shared space” street
Aberdeen councillors will walk along the city's Broad Street today wearing spectacles that simulate different sight loss conditions.
Fasting during Ramadan should not prevent Muslims taking care of their eyes
Scottish Muslims are being urged to be aware of their eye health when fasting during the religious month of Ramadan, which starts this weekend.