What projects it has funded to assist blind and partially sighted adults and children in each of the last three years.

The Scottish Government has funded the projects detailed in Tables 1-3 for the years 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14, that assist blind and partially sighted adults and children. In addition the Government allocated £1 million in each of the two years 2013-14 and 2014-15 to implement ‘See Hear’, the National Sensory Impairment Strategy.
It should be noted however that many projects are designed to assist people with sensory impairment and so may also include elements designed to improve the quality of life for people who are deaf, hard of hearing or who have dual sensory impairment.
Table 1- 2011-12
Organization
Allocation
Project
RNIB Scotland
£6,000.00

Forth Valley Sensory Centre
£26,000.00

Insight Radio/RNIB Scotland
£4,500.00
Keep Safe campaign
North East Sensory Services
£100,000.00
Aberdeen City one-stop-shop
Fife Society for the Blind
£100,000.00
'Just Ask' programme
Forth Valley Sensory Centre
£195,000.00
Prevention strategies
RNIB Scotland
£200,000.00
Lothian one-stop-shop
Borders one-stop-shop
£120,000.00
Sensory champion and prevention project
RNIB Scotland
£226,996.00
Ayrshire one-stop-shop
Glasgow Sensory Centre
£75,000.00
Independence, re-enablement and inclusion
Deafblind Scotland
£99,826.00
Develop links for deaf-blind people
Sight Action
£200,000.00
Highland one-stop-shop
Scottish Sensory Centre
£150,000.00
Production of high-quality CPLD to support teachers of children and young people with sensory impairments.
Total
£1,503,322.00

Table 2
- 2012-13
Organization
Allocation
Project
Sight Action
£200,000.00
Highland one-stop-shop
RNIB Scotland
£200,000.00
Lothian one-stop-shop
RNIB Scotland
£226,996.00
Ayrshire one-stop-shop
Fife Society for the Blind
£40,000.00
Showcase and media resources
RNIB Scotland
£33,357.00
Bridge to Vision
- Dementia
Visibility
£254,641.60
Dumfries & Galloway one-stop-shop
RNIB Scotland
£125,000.00
Awareness training
Scottish Sensory Centre
£150,000.00
Production of high-quality CPLD to support teachers of children and young people with sensory impairments.
Total
£1,229,994.60

Table 3
- 2013-14
Organization
Allocation
Project
Visibility
£181,420.50
One-stop-service Dumfries
RNIB Scotland
£51,189.00
Bridge to Vision service
RNIB Scotland
£10,000.00
Technology for life conference
RNIB Scotland
£9,000.00
Insight Radio Keep Safe campaign
SISG (Ayrshire Hearing Support)
£30,000.00
Ayrshire one-stop-shop
Heriot Watt University
£8,164.00
Assessment of blue light for vision
Scottish Sensory Centre
£150,000.00
Production of high-quality CPLD to support teachers of children and young people with sensory impairments.
Total
£439,773.50