SCOTLAND'S largest blind charity is to benefit from fund-raising efforts by Rangers over the next year.

SCOTLAND'S largest blind charity is to benefit from fund-raising efforts by Rangers over the next year.

The Rangers Charity Foundation hopes to raise £50,000 to help the Royal National Institute of Blind people with a project to increase the number of books available in braille, audio and large print for blind and partially-sighted children.

Defender Kirk Broadfoot launched the initiative with Evan MacFarlane, 12, who is learning to read braille, and Declan Davidson, 11, who uses large print books.

Broadfoot said: ""We all look forward to working closely with RNIB Scotland over the year."

John Legg, director of RNIB Scotland, said: "With the foundation's help and support, our Transcription Centre in Glasgow will be in a fantastic position to ensure many more books are available."

He said 96% of books in the UK are not published in a format a blind person can use.

In 2007 the Rangers Charity Foundation broke through the £1million barrier in cash and in-kind donations to charities and other organisations.

The foundation recently announced an international partnership with Unicef will fund a £300,000 education project in India, reaching more than 45,000 children in more than 200 schools.