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RNIB installing a Breathing Space bench on Hillside Crescent
A Breathing Space bench will be installed on Hillside Crescent in an official unveiling ceremony on World Sight Day (8 October. The bench is supported by The Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) Scotland along with NHS24 and Breathing Space, and is one of more than 100 installed since 2018. The siting of a bench in this way is intended to provide somewhere welcoming to sit where anyone can pause, reflect or begin a conversation about how they are feeling. Research shows that people with sight loss in the UK are twice as likely to experience depression as others.