April is Sports Eye Safety Month. According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, it is estimated that 100,000 people suffer a sports related eye injury with around 13,500 of these injuries resulting in permanent vision loss.

A reminder that our Parent Support Group for children with Visual Impairments or Sight Loss returns on 24 April at The Mitchell Library.

There is no need to register, we look forward to welcoming you there!

Our Policy team recently responded to the Scottish Government's consultation on Guidance on Inclusive Design for Town Centres and Busy Streets. Read our response here:

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Sight Loss Councils, delivered in Scotland by Sight Scotland, Sight Scotland Veterans and Visibility Scotland and funded by Thomas Pocklington Trust, are regional groups led by blind and partially sighted volunteers.

Our first events are in Edinburgh 25 April and Glasgow 30 April.

Tomorrow Visibility Scotland and Sight Scotland, in collaboration with Dr Nadia Northway and Food Heroes, are hosting a webinar from 1.30pm - 2.30pm for professionals supporting visually impaired children, young people, and families.

Register here:
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Tomorrow Visibility Scotland and Sight Scotland, Dr Nadia Northway and Food Heroes are hosting a webinar, for professionals involved in supporting visually impaired children, young people, and families.

Time: 1.30 pm – 2.30 pm.

Register for free below:
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🚆Join our Pave the Way campaign by writing to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport to call for tactile paving in all train stations in Scotland.
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#PaveTheWay

🚆Join our Pave the Way campaign by writing to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport to call for tactile paving in all train stations in Scotland.
✍️ow.ly/LAjv50QyS2e
#PaveTheWay

Sight Loss Councils, delivered in Scotland by Sight Scotland, Sight Scotland Veterans and Visibility Scotland and funded by Thomas Pocklington Trust, are regional groups led by blind and partially sighted volunteers.

Our first events are in Edinburgh 25 April and Glasgow 30 April.

Visibility Scotland and Sight Scotland, in collaboration with Dr Nadia Northway and Food Heroes, are hosting a webinar on Friday 19 April 1.30pm - 2.30pm for professionals supporting visually impaired children, young people, and families.

Register here:
ow.ly/4kwL50R8js9

Sight Loss Councils, delivered in Scotland by Sight Scotland, Sight Scotland Veterans and Visibility Scotland and funded by Thomas Pocklington Trust, are regional groups led by blind and partially sighted volunteers.

Our first events are in Edinburgh 25 April and Glasgow 30 April.

Our #FairRail campaign has been featured on The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) website.

It's time for Fair Rail.

Read the full article below:
abdo.org.uk/news/free-rail…

Our work on accessible venues continues. Recently our policy team visited the Scottish Event Campus (SEC), OVO Hydro, and SEC Armadillo in Glasgow along with members of our policy group. We have a few more venues to visit, so watch this space!

Sight Loss Councils, delivered in Scotland by Sight Scotland, Sight Scotland Veterans and Visibility Scotland and funded by Thomas Pocklington Trust, are regional groups led by blind and partially sighted volunteers.

Our first events are in Edinburgh 25 April and Glasgow 30 April.

Visibility Scotland and Sight Scotland, in collaboration with Dr Nadia Northway and Food Heroes, are hosting a webinar on Friday 19 April 1.30pm - 2.30pm for professionals supporting visually impaired children, young people, and families.

Register here:
ow.ly/4kwL50R8js9

Jason MacMillan called in to Radio Scotland programme today to talk about older people and tech and digital exclusion.

You can listen to this mornings show below:
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Sight Loss Councils, delivered in Scotland by Sight Scotland, Sight Scotland Veterans and Visibility Scotland and funded by Thomas Pocklington Trust, are regional groups led by blind and partially sighted volunteers.

Our first events are in Edinburgh 25 April and Glasgow 30 April.

Blind athlete and captain of the women’s blind England football team Samantha Gough joined the Lionesses at St. Georges Park to discuss her footballing journey and strengthen the connection between the teams. Great work Sam!

Such an incredible day 🫶🏻⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

An honour to have you with us! 🤝

A special day as Zara Musker 🤟🏼 - our deaf women's team captain - and Samantha Gough - our blind women's team captain - joined the #Lionesses at St. George's Park to strengthen the connection between the teams and discuss their football journeys.