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Concern lockdown may have increased preventable sight loss

With postponed waiting lists for hospital eye appointments across Britain a third higher than before the covid crisis, there are fears that some people will have lost sight that might previously have been saved

Posted Wednesday, 9 March 2022 News type: News story

Ten years of support for people diagnosed with sight loss in Tayside

A life-changing service, run in partnership between NHS Tayside and national sight loss charity RNIB Scotland, celebrates a key anniversary in Dundee this week

Posted Monday, 21 February 2022 News type: News story

Youth forum for blind and partially sighted people wins £24,000 grant

A campaigning group for young people in Scotland who are blind or partially sighted has been awarded a £24,000 grant over three years from The RS Macdonald Charitable Trust to extend its reach.

Posted Tuesday, 1 February 2022 News type: News story

Young Scots with sight loss urge first-time voters to use their vote

Four young people in Scotland are supporting a campaign to encourage more first-time voters to take part in elections, especially those like themselves who have sight loss.

Posted Monday, 24 January 2022 News type: News story

Braille still important for helping people with sight loss to maintain their independence

Braille, the system of raised dots that has enabled blind and partially sighted people to read and write, is as vital as ever, despite the advances of new technology, says Scotland's leading sight loss charity.

Posted Tuesday, 4 January 2022 News type: News story

2021 was easier, but problems persist for people with sight loss

The relaxation of covid restrictions has made life easier for blind and partially sighted people in 2021, but problems persist warns the country's leading sight loss charity.

Posted Wednesday, 29 December 2021 News type: News story

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