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Sight Scotland partners with Pleasance to boost accessibility for thousands at Edinburgh Fringe

Sight Scotland, supported by Sight Loss Councils, has partnered with famous fringe venue the Pleasance to deliver specialist visual impairment awareness training to over 250 of its staff ahead of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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Fair Rail campaign is award finalist

Sight Scotland's Fair Rail Campaign is a finalist in the Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland’s Self Management Awards 2025 in the Sensory Impairment: Positive Self Management category.

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Celebrating our school leavers at the Royal Blind School Fun Day 2025

The Royal Blind School hosted its annual family fun day in June 2025, celebrating all their students successes and saying a fond goodbye to school leavers Jemima and Rebecca.

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Sight Scotland's Royal Blind School pupils shine in national poetry competition

Sight Scotland's Royal Blind School pupils shine in National Poetry Competition run by Young Writers.

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Steven Williams takes on 2025's Kiltwalks

Steven Williams, one of our Independent Living Workers, is taking on the full Kiltwalk series this year to raise awareness for Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans.

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The importance of Pride: Celebrating Pride Month 2025

Our Chief Executive, Craig Spalding, shares his thoughts on the importance of Pride and his experience chairing an LGBTQ+ forum for the Visionary Network, an umbrella body for local sight loss charities across the UK.

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Scottish Braille Press Proofreaders Retire After Remarkable 82 Years Combined Service

This June, married couple, Suzie and Brian Lewis, will retire from the Scottish Braille Press after a remarkable combined 82 years of service.

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Five things to know about lighting for Visual Impairments and Sight Loss

In our latest blog, Sight Scotland Veterans Lead Rehabilitation Officer, Sandra Taylor, shares five key things to know about lighting for those with visual impairment (VI).

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Fair Rail Success: companion travel pilot launch

After two years of campaigning, companions of blind and partially sighted people will travel free on all ScotRail journeys from 1st April 2025.

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Braille Turns 200: Celebrating Two Centuries of Tactile Communication

This years marks the 200th anniversary of the invention of Braille code. Read more abouts it's history and our campaign work to increase its use.

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Echolocation for Sight Loss Navigation

Learning echolocation techniques can help those with sight loss navigate and understand their surroundings.

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Our new names

We are proud to announce the new names of our two sister charities and share why we changed our names. We’ve continually adapted to ensure we're there for people with sight loss, and will be there in the future too.

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About us

For over 230 years, we have been supporting people impacted by visual impairment. We are one of Scotland's oldest charities and we're dedicated to empowering blind and partially sighted people to lead fulfilling lives.

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