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 ...

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National Braille Week

Watch this film to discover more about Braille, how it is produced and how it is taught in the 21st Century

Ian Rankin marks launch of National Braille Week

Best selling author launched National Braille Week and announced a campaign on behalf of Royal Blind to raise £2 million in order to re-house one of the nation's leading Braille printing presses.

Scottish Braille Press

As well as printing the first editions of Harry Potter and the first Braille edition of Julia Donaldson's children's classic The Gruffalo, the Scottish Braille Press handles financial, legal and government documents. Watch the film to discover more about The Scottish Braille Press.

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