A DUNFERMLINE councillor has visited a Fife charity for the blind and visually impaired.

Cllr Auxi Barrera paid a visit to Seescape in Glenrothes alongside three other Fife SNP councillors where they received a tour of the site, saw the tech available for those with a visual impairment and learned about the classes and groups that the charity runs.

Speaking after her visit, she said: "It is amazing to learn how many technologies are out there to help people who are visually impaired and to know the services and help they can receive from SeeScape."

The charity, which originally formed over 150 years ago as the Fife Society for the Blind, are the leading provider of support services for people with a visual impairment in Fife, offering a range of services as part of a one-stop-shop approach, including information and advice, rehabilitation, assistive and smart technology advice and training, befriending and social groups.

Over 3000 service users benefit from the charities vital work, some of the classes and groups that this charity runs include Warm Space every Friday from 1pm to 3pm, Tech Support Drop-In every Wednesday from 2pm to 3pm, Art Class every Wednesday, and Exercise Class on the last Friday of each month.

While all of these classes take place in Glenrothes, the charity also offers regional social groups across the kingdom at the Salvation Army in Kirkcaldy on the second and fourth Monday of each month from 2pm to 3:30pm, in the Baldridgeburn Community Centre in Dunfermline every Tuesday from 10.30am to 12.30pm, in the Lomond Centre in Glenrothes every Tuesday from 2pm to 4pm and in the Old Parish Centre in Cupar on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month from 1.30pm to 3.15pm.

For more information on the amazing work SeeScape do and what they can offer you or someone you know, contact them directly on 01592 644979 or visit www.seescape.org.uk.