Sight Scotland Veterans Annual Review 2020/21
Policy Our ambition through our policy and public affairs activity is to achieve a more inclusive society for people with sight loss in Scotland.
We communicated the findings of our research in the media and through engaging with parliament.
Our goal is to work with the blind and partially sighted veterans we support to be the leading champions for positive change on the issues which affect them most.
A new strategy for policy will be implemented in 2021-22 which will encompass wider media engagement and the strengthening of a research function, building on the work of the research reports we commissioned in recent years.
After the 2020 lockdown began, we worked with our sister charity Sight Scotland and conducted the most extensive study of the impact of lockdown on blind and partially sighted people in Scotland. More than two thirds (70%) of the 400 blind and partially sighted people who took part said they felt their sight loss made the Covid lockdown a more difficult experience.
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