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Listening and responding to people affected by sight loss in the west of Scotland

Expansion

By 1881 one-third of all Outdoor Blind in Scotland were under the care of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Mission. The city became so large that by 1907 it had to be divided into three districts.

On 1 September 1923 the Dumfries and Galloway Society became part of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Society, and on 8 May 1925, a new Branch Library was opened at Presbytery House, which by then was meeting the needs of 192 blind persons covering Dumfries , Kirkcudbright and Wigtown. 

In 1926 the numbers had so increased that the city was divided still further into 5 Districts, and by 1930 each one had a Social Club. Each club membership was made up of both men and women, and both could compete in the various competitions which took place annually when cups and trophies were awarded. By 1939 there were 9 clubs established throughout the area and all were very active.

Visibility moved premises often in the years up till 1948 when it settled in St Vincent Street Glasgow and in 1966 we upgraded, extended and reconstructed these premises.   Visibility moved to new premises in Queens Crescent in XXXX  and still supports over 2000 blind and visually impaired persons in the 11 local authority areas in the west of Scotland .

info@visibility.org.uk.