Blind baking contest highlights challenges of sight loss

Optometry Scotland held a blind baking competition to raise awareness of that challenges that those who live with sight loss face.

Teams of two people from Scottish War Blinded, NHS Education for Scotland, the Association of British Dispensing Opticians and Visibility and Optometry Scotland participated in the contest, with one person baking blindfolded and taking directions from the other.

Communications chair of Optometry Scotland Nicola McElvanney said: ‘It is extremely important to get people talking about the impact of sight loss and we felt this was a creative way to generate conversation and make people think about this issue during National Eye Health Week. I think the competitors found the challenge a lot harder than they expected which really highlights how difficult living with sight loss can be.’