At an exploratory meeting on 20th November 1997, it was agreed to form the Scottish Advisory Group on Deafblindness.

The aims of SAGOD are:

1. To improve the lives of deafblind people within Scotland by seeking to influence policy at every level - government, local authority, service-providers, society in general.
2. To assist deafblind people to gain the information, training and experience to enable them to achieve the above aim for themselves.
3. To inform policy within Deafblind Scotland.
4. To provide an opportunity for local authority representatives, MSPs & professionals to meet deafblind people.

Scottish members will have the opportunity to gain skills in working on a committee and this will be of long-term benefit for both the organisation and the members.

The group will try to ensure that each age group, sex, geographical area is represented and also that the various communication methods used by members are represented.

The development of a working committee of both deafblind and sighted hearing members which can eventually become truly representative of Scottish views will take much time and patience, and a lot of hard work, but it is a goal well worth achieving.

SAGOD will not always meet in Glasgow or Edinburgh but will meet in different areas to allow more members to participate.