The following national and local organisations and groups provide services and/or support to visually impaired people.
National visual impairment organisations and groups
- Vision Collaborative Scotland
- RNIB Scotland
- Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans
- Guide Dogs
- Visibility Scotland
- Visual Impairment Network for Children and Young People
- Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland
- Scottish Sensory Centre
- Glaucoma UK (glaucoma)
- Macular Society (macular disease)
- Retina UK
- Diabetes UK (diabetic retinopathy)
- Thomas Pocklington Trust
- Visionary
- SeeAbility (learning disabilities and autism)
- Nystagmus Network
- The Scottish Parliament Cross Party Group on Visual Impairment
Local visual impairment organisations
- Highland Blindcraft Sensory Services (Highland)
- Forth Valley Sensory Centre (Forth Valley)
- Seescape (Fife)
- North East Sensory Services (Tayside and Grampian)
- VisionPK (Perth and Kinross)
- Dundee Blind and Partially Sighted Society (Dundee, Angus and North East Fife)
- Sensory loss - Edinburgh Health & Social Care Partnership (Edinburgh)
For details of your local sight loss organisation please email Visionary’s information service at visionary@visionary.org.uk. Visionary is the membership organisation for local sight loss charities, and you can find out more information on the Visionary website.
You can find details of your local eye clinic patient support service on the RNIB website. If your local patient support service is not provided by RNIB you will be connected to the appropriate organisation.