Celebrities and blind artists join together in National Braille Week Exhibition

CELEBRATIONS for National Braille Week 2011 included a unique exhibition featuring artwork by blind artists and Braille messages from a host of UK celebrities, including Susan Boyle. The exhibition featured autographed celebrity portrait images as well as messages in Braille from UK household names including Stephen Fry, Dougray Scott and Michael Ball amongst many... Read More ...

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National Braille Week

Braille is used all over the world and National Braille Week is about raising knowledge and understanding about its use within the UK. We see it as a great way to raise awareness, which we hope will inspire interest and support for Braille, which is the world's only truly universal written code. Read More ...

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Joe McElderry support National Braille Week

In support of National Braille Week 2010, X-Factor winner, Joe McElderry launched the first ever Braille CD booklet as part of a pioneering new initiative by the charity Royal Blind. Braille copies of the X-Factor lyrics and CD notes for the single, ‘The Climb’, were launched at the same time as the single and were designed to celebrate the... Read More ...

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Rankin launches National Braille Week

In 2009 Ian Rankin launched our very first National Braille Week. At the launch he stated that: "The gateway to education and inspiration that Braille represents can never be underestimated. I support anything that can be done to improve access to reading in all formats from Braille to large print. It is vital that we support organisations like the Scottish Braille Press and... Read More ...

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

Sue Reid Sexton

A NOVEL about the true story of the Clydebank Blitz has made Read More ...

Braille games

We have some fun games and riddles for you to try in Braille. The full Braille cells will help you colour in the games correctly. Cells are arranged with six dots, 3 in each column.

Fun with riddles and Braille

Using the Braille guide, try to solve the riddles by writing in the print letter above each Braille symbol.

Download Document: Braille_Riddles.pdf (236.6 KB)

The Braille Guide

The Braille guide will help you with the games and riddles. The guide gives you the position of each letter of the alphabet, how to capitalise and the Braille numbers.

Download Document: Braille_Games_BrailleGuide.pdf (67.7 KB)

A-Z in Braille

Complete each line in the game by colouring the dots for each letter of the Braille alphabet. To help you get started the dots for the letter a, k and u have all been completed.

Download Document: Braille_Games_AtoZ.pdf (36.4 KB)

Braille numbers

Complete each line in the game by colouring the dots for each of the Braille numbers. To help you get started the dots for the special number sign has been coloured in.

Download Document: Braille_Games_Numbers.pdf (25.9 KB)

Who are you?

Write your names and where you come from in the boxes along the top and then colour in the dots below using the Braille guide.

Download Document: Braille_Games_WhoAreYou.pdf (58.6 KB)

A secret message

Using the Braille guide, colour in the dots to create a secret message to share with a friend. Remember to leave a blank cell between the words. Then give your message to your friend for them to decode.

Download Document: Braille_Games_SecretMessage.pdf (63.3 KB)

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