Royal Blind Press Releases
Our press office handles all media enquiries for Royal Blind and our sister charity Scottish War Blinded.
The team drives news and feature articles in addition to providing a timely, efficient and reactive media service.
Contact:
Davina Shiell, Head of Marketing and Communications, Royal Blind
Tel: 0131 229 1456
Mobile: 07713 987 797
Bright future for Braille as charity opens new Scottish Braille Press
Press Release | 05/06/2018
Today, Royal Blind officially opened its new Scottish Braille Press premises and begins a modern chapter in the production of Braille, large print and audio publications for nearly two hundred thousand blind and partially sighted people in Scotland.
View‘Name the Buildings’ competition launched in Paisley.
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A competition to name two new buildings that are soon to begin construction has been launched in Paisley.
View#Blind4Day: Royal Blind launches blindfold charity challenge
Press Release | 26/01/2016
People across the country are being challenged to blindfold themselves for a day to raise money for Scotland’s largest visual impairment organisation, Royal Blind.
View'Therapony' proves big hit with care home residents
Press Release | 21/09/2017
Residents of a care home for blind and partially sighted older people were paid a visit by a special four-legged friend.
ViewA Royal opening at the Royal Blind School
Press Release | 27/11/2014
In a historic day for the Royal Blind School, the re-developed school building in Morningside is today (Nov 27) officially opened by the charity’s Patron, His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester.
ViewAerospace company adapts technology for Royal Blind School pupils
Press Release | 05/03/2018
A futuristic piece of technology has been adapted by a leading aerospace company to help young blind pupils find their way to class.
Apprentices working at Edinburgh-based company, Leonardo, have adapted sensor technology to help Royal Blind School pupils who are wheelchair users to navigate around the school more easily.
ViewArt Students Support Royal Blind School Pupils in Move to Different Campus
Press Release | 07/11/2013
Students at Edinburgh College of Art are designing an art project to help Royal Blind School pupils remember their historic Craigmillar Park campus after it closes in Summer 2014 and relocates all pupils to its Canaan Lane campus in Morningside.
The four third year art students have taken elements of sound from the Craigmillar Park campus including footsteps, voices and the sound of the lift to create an art installation that will be presented to the pupils on Friday 8 November.
Artist Jonathan Freemantle Paints for Royal Blind
Press Release | 11/02/2014
Jonathan Freemantle, a South-African born artist residing in Edinburgh, has donated a specially commissioned piece of art to raise funds to support blind and partially sighted people.
The artist has donated a work of art to Scottish charity Royal Blind, which will be sold at an art exhibition during the charity’s fundraising week next month.
Jonathan Freemantle has been creating art in Edinburgh since 2006 and recently founded the Edinburgh International Fashion Festival with his wife, former model Anna Freemantle. Jonathan said:
ViewAuthor Danny Weston leads creative writing workshop with visually impaired students
Press Release | 22/09/2016
Aspiring young writers at the Royal Blind School were taught some tricks of the trade by one of their favourite authors during a creative writing workshop.
Bestselling crime author Alex Gray visits Scottish Braille Press
Press Release | 29/02/2016
Celebrated crime author, Alex Gray, has praised the work of the Scottish Braille Press in making literature accessible for blind people after meeting the team who are producing the Braille edition of her much-anticipated new novel.
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