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Scottish Braille Press and doodlemacdoodle Launch New Book!
New Scottish publisher doodlemacdoodle , and The Scottish Braille Press are delighted to announce the simultaneous publication of Braw Stuff Fae Scotland on March 22 nd . Kingsley Dawson, chairman of Bookspeed,...
CPD Training Event – Functional Visual Assessment
Thursday 10th May 2012, 13.30-16.00 We offer a half-day programme covering: • Awareness and discussion on a range common eye conditions • Demonstration of visual assessment materials,...
Up for a New Year Challange, and have a head for heights?
Experience the thrill of enjoying bird’s eye-views up and down the River Forth, over to the Kingdom of Fife and across the beautiful city of Edinburgh and at the same time help Royal Blind to raise much needed funds. Royal Blind are...
Christmas Cards designed by Royal Blind Pupils are ON SALE NOW!
Looking for some charity Christmas cards that are one of a kind? Each year, pupils at the school take part in a Christmas Card design competition and the winners are chosen by staff and visitors at the school. This year all of the designs have...
Take part in 'Seeing it my way'
Help us make sure every blind and partially sighted person has access to the same range of information, advice and practical support by taking part in 'Seeing it my way'. 'Seeing it my way' is a new initiative developed...
Fight for Sight Announcement: Gene therapy for Choroideremia - the first clinical trial has started
Over 100,000 people worldwide are affected by choroideremia. It is an inherited condition that generally affects males only. Diagnosis is usually made in childhood and leads to blindness in men by their forties. To date there has been no...
Glow in the Park registration now open!!!!
After an extremely successful first year Glow in the Park is back and will once again help to launch Light Relief Week 2011. REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!!!! On Saturday 29th October 2011 we will once again be opening the gates to West Princes'...
Win a luxury break at the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh
Following the success of last year we are again running a Light Relief Week 2011 Prize Draw, this year in association with the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh. Please help us to raise valuable funds by purchasing a book of tickets and this...
Betty Phillip shares her memories of Japan
By the side of her bed in Braeside House 91-year-old Betty Phillip keeps an engraved silver jewellery box with an oriental design. The box reminds her of her adventures as a young married woman – when she and her family lived for seven...
You are invited to an exclusive evening at the Caledonian Brewery with top UK crime writer Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin is inviting fans to join him at an exclusive event in aid of Royal Blind, which is to be hosted at the famous Caledonian Brewery on Friday 2 September 2011. The evening will follow the same award winning format as last year’s...
