2. Support
in the
Community

3. Nothing Living Lives Alone

4. Scottish Vision Strategy
66% registered blind or partially sighted people of working age are unemployed
3 out of 4 blind or partially sighted people live in poverty
1 in 8 people over 75 years old have sight loss – increasing to 1 in 3 people when over 90

5. Scottish Vision Strategy
By 2021
40% of the population
will be over 50 ….

6. Christie Commission
‘a radical change in the design and delivery of public services is necessary, irrespective of the current economic challenges’

7. Christie Commission
‘work closely with individuals and communities to understand their needs, maximise talents and resources, support self reliance, and build resilience …’

9. Change

10. Timing

11. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.
There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river.
We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.

12. Michael Matheson
‘The ultimate aim of SDS is to support independent living, deliver better outcomes for individuals and to ensure that all individuals can participate fully in society regardless of their circumstances or disability’

13. to see our children have a better life
to be together
to learn
to contribute
to see our children have a better life

16. Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.