UK organisations for blind and partially sighted people

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The list below shows some of the organisations and websites in the UK that provide advice, information and other services to blind and partially sighted people. The organisations are ordered according to the range and kind of services they offer. For more information, click on the individual links. (Please note that Renfrewshire Council is not responsible for the content of any of the external websites included in the list.)

National organisations/websites

(1) General advice, information and services

For people of all ages:

• Action for Blind People
• Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
• National Federation of the Blind of the UK
• Partially Sighted Society
• Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB)

For children:

• LOOK - The National Federation of Families with Visually Impaired Children
• National Blind Children's Society
• Sort it!
• Visual Impairment Scotland

(2) For people with specific eye conditions

• Albinism Fellowship
• British Retinitis Pigmentosa Society
• International Glaucoma Association
• Macular Disease Society
• Nystagmus Network
• SPECS (Specific Eye Conditions)
• Uveitis Information Group

(3) Dual sensory impairment

• Deafblind Scotland
• Sense Scotland

(4) Advice and information on education, training and employment and specific skill training

• AbilityNet
• British Computer Association of the Blind
• Blind Business Association Charitable Trust
• Blind in Business
• OPSIS - National association for the education, training and support of blind and partially sighted people
• Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB)

(5) Other specific services or interests

• British Blind Sport
• British Wireless for the Blind Fund
• Calibre Cassette Library
• Living Paintings Trust
• RNIB Scotland Transcription Centre
• Scottish Blind Golf Society
• Talking Newspaper Association of the UK
• Torch Trust for the Blind
• Vitalise

Organisations in the west of Scotland

• Cue and Review Recording Service
• Bowling clubs and social clubs for visually impaired people in Renfrewshire (more information available from Renfrewshire Council's Services for Blind and Visually Impaired People - see related content on the right)
• Playback Recording Service
• Renfrewshire Forum on Visual Impairment (more information available from Renfrewshire Council's Services for Blind and Visually Impaired People - see related content on the right)
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