"On Sunday 14th April 2013, I took to the streets of Edinburgh for the Rock n Roll Half Marathon which is part of the global Rock’N’Roll Half Marathon series. The event was well attended with over 5500 runners. I decided last November to run my first half marathon for charity but when we showed up at Holyrood at 8am on Sunday morning, running conditions could not have been worse and... Read More
Press Release 15 May 2013 RE-DEVELOPMENT OF ROYAL BLIND SCHOOL BEGINS One of Scotland’s oldest specialist schools begins a year-long re-development project this month to merge its two campuses into one. The Royal Blind School in Edinburgh, which has supported blind and visually impaired students for 178 years, begins work this month to adapt its campus at Canaan Lane in Morningside. The... Read More
Friends and family members of children attending the Royal Blind School visited the Canaan Lane campus this week to have a look at the facilities, meet the staff and eachother. The visit included parents and carers of children currently attending the Craigmillar campus as these pupils will move next year to Canaan Lane as well. Work is beginning this month to renovate the Canaan Lane... Read More
At 1900 on Good Friday, Royal Blind's Easter Eggtravaganza went live on auction website eBay. Over 40 pieces of signed celebrity memorabilia were made available to fans and Royal Blind supporters alike. Items range from signed Eastenders character postcards, JLS tour T-shirts to books and audiobooks signed by Ian Rankin, oh and let’s not forget the signed picture of everyone’s... Read More
On Thursday evening, a select group of Royal Blind School pupils made a special promise and were invested into the 77th Braid Scout group. The school hall was packed with parents, Royal Blind School staff and a few distinguished guests, including Regional Scout Commissioner Isabel McNab and former RBS pupils Jim McCafferty and MSP Dennis Robertson. The Scout group began their meeting by... Read More
Former Royal Blind School pupil and London 2012 Paralympic Silver Medalist Libby Clegg paid a recent vist to the Royal Blind School recently to show off the gleaming silverware she won this past summer. Pupils and teachers were excited to welcome Libby back to her old school and to hear the tales and stories of her time at the 2012 London Games, as well as try on the... Read More