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6^th March       Alan Bennett at the Aye Write Festival

British novelist and playwright Alan Bennett appeared at Glasgow ’s Aye Write! Festival to speak about his life, work and latest book ‘The Uncommon Reader’. Visibility was the charity partner for this event and received a donation from every ticket sold. Read more

20^th March     Civic Dinner at Glasgow City Chambers

The Lord Provost of Glasgow hosted a reception and dinner for 180 selected guests to celebrate Visibility’s 150^th year. Read more about the event or view the photographs here.

30^th April        Lunchtime Charity Performance at Oran Mor, Glasgow

Glasgow Lunchtime Theatre invited Visibility to share their own 150^th celebration when their very successful A Play A Pie and A Pint series at Oran Mor presented its 150^th play. A charity performance of ‘A Drop In The Ocean’ by Dave Anderson took place on Thursday 30^th April and a number of Visibility supporters came along to enjoy their pie and pint before watching the play.

Friday 19^th June        Tribute Flowerbed and Picnic, King’s Park, Glasgow

Glasgow City Council Parks Department has installed a specially designed flower bed in Kings Park, on the south side of Glasgow, to mark our 150th year. On Friday 19th June a specially invited group of children with visual impairments came along to the park, to take part in activities and enjoy a birthday picnic to mark the unveiling. The activities were organised by the Community Support Team at Glasgow City Council and the children made fresh flower posies, handled some of the exotic animals from Queen’s Park glasshouses, and learned about growing their own food.

Fiona Sandford, Visibility’s Chief Executive, then cut a magnificent 150th birthday cake donated by Greggs the Bakers. Everyone agreed it was delicious and a perfect way to end a great picnic. - view our photographs of this event here.

18^th June        Spymasters Corporate Challenge

Corporate Spy Hunt Challenge 2009 -

Visibility’s 150th birthday challenge took place on Thursday 18th June. Seven teams met for a meal before their mission started. After an exciting evening of spy activities and initiatives the winners were a team from the North Lanarkshire Low Vision Project. The money raised was a fantastic £3075 and Visibility would like to say a big thank you to all who took part. Read more about the event here.

6th September - Great Scottish Run

To celebrate our 150^th  birthday we asked people to join 'Team Visibility'  to take part in the Great Scottish Run on September 6^th 2009. We had an amazing response and you can read all about the day and view pictures here.

Further events for later in the year still to be announced

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