Over the coming months, I will be taking on Sight Scotland’s Sight for Sight Challenge by abseiling at the locations below.

• Hawkcraig, Aberdour – Saturday 19^th March 2022
• Trapain Law, Haddington
• Kilsyth Cliffs
• Craigie Barns, Dunkeld
• Rosyth Quarry, Rosyth 
• North Buttress, Buachaille Etive Mor Glencoe (this will be our
  biggest event)

I wanted to show my support for Sight Scotland by taking on their Sight for Sight challenge– celebrating some of my favourite Scottish sights and raising funds for the charity. 

I have been a residential care worker at Sight Scotland’s Edinburgh-based residential services for young adults with visual impairment and additional disabilities for four-and-a-half years. 

Sight loss is becoming more apparent in society. We’re in an aging population, so more and more people are being impacted by a visual impairment, whether it’s someone receiving a sight loss diagnosis themselves or a friend or loved one, or someone else they know. 

By taking part in this challenge, I’m also hoping to raise some funds for a great charity, and also raise awareness that there is support there for people with sight loss from Sight Scotland. The charity provides support to people with sight loss of all ages.

I used to be quite experienced, but I’ve not really climbed for over ten years. The sights I’m planning to abseil at are pretty much all areas I have previously climbed in but not abseiled yet. The longest and hardest one coming up is at the North Buttress at Buachaille Etive Mor on Glencoe.  

This is also a challenge for me because I’m not actually that good with heights. I’m not scared of heights; it’s more being scared of falling. The exposure up there on a cliff is actually quite a scary thing. 

A BIG Thank You to Decathlon Edinburgh who has kindly donated climbing ropes for this fundraising challenge.

Any donations at all in support of my fundraising challenge would
be hugely appreciated Sight Scotland is a brilliant charity which really makes a difference for people with sight loss and their families with their specialist support.

Please visit SightScotland.org.uk  or call 0131 446 3089 to find out more about Sight for Sight and fundraising for Sight Scotland to support people with sight loss.  

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