At the Annual Conference in June Guide Dogs announced that they had named a golden labrador puppy “Scovi”. Currently Scovi is being puppy walked down south, but will return to the Dundee area as a working dog when fully trained. Here is the latest picture.
Yearly Archives: 2011
Delivering low vision solutions for re-ablement and independence
A practical learning experience led by international exponent, Krister Inde from Sweden Why should I attend? 95% of people with a serious sight loss can be supported to utilise residual vision enabling them to retain independence and choice. Low vision services need to move beyond the simple issue of magnifiers together with cursory advice on [...]
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SCOVI Annual Conference
Dundee, 21st June 2011 The conference began with a welcome and address by the President, Graham Findlay [PowerPoint, 130kb]. He summarised the history of SCOVI’s predecessor, the Scottish National Federation for the Welfare of the Blind, and outlined the timetable for the day. There then followed two workshops. Lee Stanway from Guide Dogs gave a [...]
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New Blue Badge Regulations
An event to explain the new Blue Badge regulations will be held in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Argyle Street, Glasgow, on 29th June and will run from 11:00 to 16:00. At the workshop the scope of BBIS will be explained in more detail as well as the high level requirements that have already been [...]
New Linburn Centre opened
Scottish War Blinded held the official opening of the new Linburn Centre on 1 June. HRH the Duke of Gloucester carried out the ceremonials and there was an RAF fly past to mark the occasion. Scottish War Blinded members and staff have been impressed by the support they have received from many quarters. The building [...]
New name for SNFWB
The Scottish National Federation for the Welfare of the Blind has changed its name to the Scottish Council on Visual Impairment. The organisation is an umbrella body which has as its members representatives from local authorities and voluntary organisations both local and national and is unique in the UK in providing a forum where all [...]
Visibility and Dumfries and Galloway Association of the Blind to merge
As from April 2011 Dumfries and Galloway Association of the Blind (DGAB) will become part of Visibility. For the last three years DGAB, Visibility and Dumfries and Galloway Council have been working together to develop community based services for visually impaired people. Visibility has worked throughout the west of Scotland for over 150 years and [...]
Scotland’s first blind MSP
Holyrood has its first blind MSP, after Dennis Robertson claimed victory for the SNP at the May 5th elections by taking Aberdeenshire West from LibDem chief whip Mike Rumbles with a majority of over 4000. Dennis has been registered blind since the age of 11 and attended Edinburgh’s Royal Blind School. He qualified as a [...]