Touching Lives - across the generations

Deafblind Scotland announces their new three year project which will impact on the lives of deafblind people across Scotland, particularly those over 50 years of age.

The aim of the "Touching Lives - across the generations" project is to increase confidence and engender a sense of well-being in older deafblind people, who live uniquely isolated lives, by enabling them to acquire the necessary skills to become a valuable resource to their communities. 
Older deafblind people will have the opportunity to:

• Become more involved in their communities
• Become a valuable training resource to their communities
• Interact with the younger generation using tactile communication
• Have increased confidence and a greater sense of well-being
• Increase awareness amoung the general public of how they can help
  

The "Touching Lives" Project would enable older deafblind people all over Scotland to have the opportunities to develop the necessary skills to become:

• Trainers in dual sensory impairment
• Speakers on deafblindness
• Disability awareness-raising facilitators
• Respresentatives on committees

Further information and a downloadable leaflet about this exciting new project from: Deafblind Scotland website