A Paisley-based charity received £1,000 from a homebuilder to help its service for the visually impaired.

Miller Homes donated the money to Renfrewshire Sound through its Community Fund initiative to support the charity's Talking Newspaper for the Blind service which has been helping visually impaired people in Renfrewshire for almost 43 years.

The funds will aid in the upgrade of outdated and unreliable equipment for the charity.

This will allow digital technology to be used, making it easier to produce the Talking Newspaper for the Blind service and improving the user experience with better audio.

The charity will also purchase USB flash drives and CDs to keep the 'physical' audio newspaper circulated to users.

Every week, the team of volunteers at Renfrewshire Sound gather to record articles from local newspapers.

These recordings are then distributed for free to service users via USB flash drives, CDs, and accessible online versions of the programme.

The charity can be contacted on 0141-848 6116 or at renfrewshiresound.com.

Ian Glover, chairman of Renfrewshire Sound, said: "Like many small charities, we experienced difficult times during and after the Covid-19 pandemic, and the donation from Miller Homes will significantly contribute to allowing us to continue delivering our talking newspaper service to visually impaired people in Renfrewshire.

"We'd be particularly keen to hear from anyone interested in helping us produce our service or who knows a visually impaired person who might like to receive it."

Andrew McArthur, regional operations director for Miller Homes Scotland West, added: "We're pleased to be able to support causes close to the communities we're building in, and the Community Fund has become an important part of what we do here at Miller Homes.

"Renfrewshire Sound in Paisley makes such a difference to the visually impaired community, and we are pleased to support them this year.

"The Talking Newspaper for the Blind service is a vital way to ensure service users are kept up to date with the latest news and know about what's happening locally to Paisley, a community they are deeply rooted in."