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National Braille Week 4th-11th January

CELEBRITY chef Tony Singh has teamed up with children from the Royal Blind School in Edinburgh to create a special Braille recipe book in celebration of National Braille Week 2012. The cookbook is being produced in Braille and also in large print to help raise awareness of alternative formats. Dishes such as Haggis Pakora, Blood Bay Scallops with Lemon Galette and Rioja Cake with Figs are among the many mouth-watering recipes included. Tony, who owns... Read more

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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...

Praise from local MP Ian Murray

Ian Murray, MP for Edinburgh South has praised the Royal Blind in his recent eMagazine.  He has expressed his delight that Forward Vision has been nominated in the Scottish Care National Care Home Awards and has been listed as a finalist...

UK Association for Accessible Formats adopts UEB as the braille code for the UK

In an important decision for braille this week, UKAAF agreed to adopt Unified English Braille (UEB) as an official braille code in the UK. Standard English Braille (SEB) has been the recognised code in the UK since the 1930's.   ...