Rangers and blindness charity put on football open day
It's happening later today at Drumoyne Football Club in Govan
Rangers are teaming up with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) to deliver a football open day later.
People with sight loss will be able to go along and take part in football games, if it proves popular there could be similar events held elsewhere in Scotland.
It's taking place at Drumoyne Football Club in Govan from 1 to 3pm and is open for people of all ages and all levels of sight loss.
Jordan Boyd, senior community executive with the Rangers Charity Foundation, will lead the session, explaining how specially adapted footballs that give audio-cues can help players who have sight loss.
Mr Boyd said: "The Rangers Charity Foundation is delighted to be part of the event and hope that this will be the starting point for a lot of visually impaired people to take part in football."
Rangers fan Neil Atkinson from Livingston, is a member of the RNIB and has actively pushed for events like this. Neil, 20, has the sight condition Stargartd, which affects his central vision.
"As a life-long supporter, I wanted Rangers to be the club in Scotland to help me grow participation in visually impaired football," Neil says.
"So, at the start of the year, I contacted them and found they had recently started a small club for visually impaired children through their Charity Foundation.
"Also, as a volunteer for RNIB Scotland, I was keen to use the reach of the charity to grow the interest. This is what has led to this partnership between Rangers Football Club, RNIB Scotland and the Scottish Football Association.
"The aim of this initial session is to bring together people with visual impairments who would be interested in playing football and gain feedback on the types of sessions or groups they would like to take part in, whether that is youth football, walking football groups, or even a competitive Futsal club like the one I currently play for."
Neil is the only Scottish futsal player in the British Partially Sighted Futsal League after joining Blackpool-based North West Scorpions in 2016. He says the game is better suited for people with sight loss.
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