We fund charities that support people who are blind or visually impaired. Access to technology, services and the right kind of emotional support are all important in promoting involvement and participation in society. Particular attention is given to lower incidence conditions.
We are also keen to encourage a wider range of organisations to develop initiatives that better meet the needs of people with visual impairments.
Funding is also available for medical research into visual impairment and sight loss.
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- 5th Sep 2023 11:00:am Visual Impairment & Sight Loss
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Recent Awards
| Year | Recipient | Project Title | Amount |
| 2022-23 | Hearts & Minds Ltd | Clowndoctors in the Classroom at The Royal Blind School | £46,665 |
| 2022-23 | NHS Forth Valley | Comparison of live remote paediatric digital vision testing outcomes versus face to face appointments in orthoptic clinic | £63,129 |
| 2022-23 | Forth Valley Sensory Centre | Replacement Brailler equipment | £4,600 |
| 2021-22 | Imaginate | Performance: ‘How do you take a photo of a dinosaur?’ | £3,520 |
| 2021-22 | Fife Society for the Blind T/A seescape | Tech at Home Project | £9,620 |
| 2021-22 | musicALL Scotland | Sounds Like A Story Project | £10,000 |
| 2021-22 | Visibility Scotland | REACH | £36,000 |
| 2021-22 | Fruitmarket Gallery | See with Me | £34,500 |
| 2021-22 | Living Paintings Trust | Touch to See Book Library for Blind People in Scotland | £18,000 |
| 2021-22 | Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) | Haggeye Youth Engagement Forum | £24,000 |
| 2021-22 | Edinburgh Art Festival | Edinburgh Art Festival Visually Impaired Audience Programme 2021 | £5,728 |
| 2021-22 | Listening Books | Audiobook service for visually impaired people in Scotland | £9,000 |
| 2020-21 | S.I.S.G Enterprises Ltd | Support During Covid for Older People with Sight Loss | £8,969 |
| 2020-21 | ClearVision Project | Free postal library of dual print and braille children’s books for vision impaired children in Scotland | £18,000 |
| 2020-21 | Fight for Sight | Characterisation of an animal model for cornea stromal dysfunction: the ZNF469 mouse knockout | £60,000 |
| 2020-21 | VisionPK | VisionPK’s furture ambitions | £20,000 |
| 2020-21 | Visibility Scotland | Dumfries & Galloway Confident Connected Communities Project | £21,275 |
| 2020-21 | Macular Society | Emotional and practical support services to people with macular disease | £36,000 |
| 2020-21 | Calibre Audio Library | Connecting, Stimulating and Empowering Disabled People in Scotland through Audiobooks | £6,500 |
| 2020-21 | British Wireless for the Blind | BWBF Connect | £5,000 |
| 2020-21 | Living Paintings Trust | Library Book Service for Blind/Partially Sighted | £5,000 |
| 2019-20 | Glasgow Eagles Sports Club | Visual Impaired Football ‘2’ | £1,000 |
| 2019-20 | Cycling UK | In Tandem | £39,748 |
| 2019-20 | Falkirk Football Community Foundation | Falkirk Blind Club | £28,290 |
| 2019-20 | Cerebral Visual Impairment Society of Scotland | Filming Lessons and Website Costs | £2,716 |
| 2019-20 | Listening Books | Audiobooks for visually impaired in Scotland | £4,500 |
| 2019-20 | Edinburgh Art Festival | Edinburgh Art Festival: Audio Described | £1,300 |
| 2018-19 | Cerebral Visual Impairment Society of Scotland | Small Projects and Website Fees | £2,300 |
| 2018-19 | Cerebral Visual Impairment Society of Scotland | CVI Support Specialist | £87,500 |
| 2018-19 | Deafblind Scotland | The Opening Up Technology Outreach Project | £42,267 |
| 2018-19 | North East Sensory Services (NESS) | Connect Include and Support (CIS) | £33,000 |
| 2018-19 | S.I.S.G. Enterprises Ltd | Coping Strategies Training – Older Sight Loss | £38,456 |
| 2018-19 | Visibility | Confident Connected Communities | £30,000 |
| 2018-19 | Calibre Audio Library | Enhancing our Download Service | £5,300 |