Glasgow-based Visibility’s digital participation project Let’s Get Digital wins Digital Dynamo award

A project which aims to help people who are visually impaired access technology has won the Digital Dynamo award at this year’s Scottish Charity Awards.

Glasgow-based Visibility’s digital participation project Let’s Get Digital provides both one to one and group training on how to use mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones.

It launched in January 2014 and is run by two tutors, who are visually impaired and 13 volunteers, of which 12 are visually impaired.

Together they are able to explain and teach from the perspective of a blind person and so far have trained 120 people, from teenagers to people in their 90s.

Sarah Quinn, marketing officer at Visibility, said: "We are extremely thrilled to win this award.

We would like to thank our wonderful service users, local businesses and individuals who supported us

"We would like to thank our wonderful service users, local businesses and individuals who supported us, as well as all of our dedicated volunteers and staff because without them all it would not have been possible.”

The Scottish Charity Awards, in their ninth year, were held in Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms on Thursday night.

Organised by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), the awards bring together several charities and volunteers from across the country to recognise their contribution to life in Scotland.

Other winners on the night included MND Scotland, Beith Community Development Trust, Prostate Cancer UK and the Scottish Huntington’s Association, with Matthew McVarish crowned Charity Champion.

Shulah Allan, convener of SCVO, said: “This year’s finalists and winners work tirelessly to support vulnerable people in our communities and to raise awareness of important causes. They really have earned this acclaim.”