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Royal Blind unveil 2011 collection of Celebrity Easter Eggstravaganza Eggs

A batch of exclusive Easter Eggstravaganza Eggs, which have been signed by some of the countries favourite celebrities in aid of Royal Blind, were unveiled yesterday at the People’s Palace, Glasgow Green. The eggs go live for bidding on Ebay today at 7pm www.tinyurl.com/royalblindeggs.Among the celebrities supporting this year’s event are: Stephen Fry, Michael Ball, Ed Miliband, Simon Pegg and Christine Bleakley. In addition John Lowrie Morrison - Jolomo - one of Scotland's best loved contemporary artists designed, hand painted and signed on of this year’s eggs. The fabulous 2011 selection

Pagan Osborne donate a Will Aid Month to Royal Blind

This April - as part of their Charity of the Year support for Royal Blind - legal, financial and property specialist Pagan Osborne’s Edinburgh office has donated a Will Aid Month.This means that during April, instead of asking for their usual fee forwriting or amending a basic Will, Pagan Osborne will ask for a donationof £75 to be made to Royal Blind.Commenting on this generous initiative, Richard Hellewell, ChiefExecutive of Royal Blind said: “Many people believe that writing a Willis complicated. It need not be with the expert help of a solicitor tomake sure that after your

First piece of new Scottish writing to be released simultaneously in print and in Braille

PRESS RELEASEA NOVEL about the true story of the Clydebank Blitz has made history - by becoming the first piece of new Scottish writing to be released simultaneously in print and in Braille. Mavis’s Shoe, written by Glasgow author Sue Reid Sexton, will be released by Waverley Books on March 1. On the same date, thanks to collaboration with the Scottish Braille Press in Edinburgh it will also be available to Braille readers. First time author Sue Reid Sexton said she was: ‘delighted’ to know that blind readers would be among the first to enjoy her book. “I am very excited about it being in

It's guinea pig therapy for blind nursing home residents

Staff at Royal Blind’s award winning Scottish care home have discovered a new way of helping residents with dementia - by giving them the opportunity to spend time with guinea pigs.Activity sessions with Cheeky and Thomas have now become a regular therapy at Braeside House in Edinburgh, which is home to 70 blind and visually impaired older people. Sessions with the pets, which live in a pen on the roof of the home have made a huge difference to residents at the home - where the average age is 92. Linda Mason from the home’s activities team says: “We have a lot of residents with severe

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