Vision magazine

Vision is our award-winning, bi-monthly magazine that's available exclusively for RNIB Members.

Delivered to your door every other month, Vision brings you the latest news and products, as well as information on special offers and competitions. We've also got a technology column, audio book reviews and seasonal recipes, with hints and tips from our blind and partially sighted columnists.

Vision also gives you the opportunity to share your experiences of living with sight loss through the member letters section and feature interviews.

Latest issue

In June/July Vision magazine, find your way with an RNIB Map for All. Highlights of this edition include:

  • RNIB Maps for All: explore new places and interests with Maps for All, tactile images and touch installations.
  • Arlene Phillips, TV personality and choreographer, tells why she wanted to support RNIB's Spot the signs campaign.
  • Radiotherapy breakthrough to treat wet AMD: Dr Tim Jackson from King's College London, on the results of the IRay trials.
  • Need a new computer but can't afford one? RNIB has teamed up with Computer Recyclers to bring you reasonably priced recycled computers with pre-installed screen reader.
  • Winners of the annual RNIB Members' writing competition part 2: extracts from the two runners up.
  • Did you know that RNIB Members can get some transcription done for free? You could have washing machine instructions brailled or a children's book turned into giant print. Join as a member to get this and many other benefits, including six editions of Vision magazine a year.

Sign up for Vision magazine

Vision magazine is sent exclusively to RNIB Members. It's available in large print, braille, audio CD, DAISY CD and by email. The audio versions are produced as a radio-style programme with presenters and on-location interviews. Join today:

Free Vision podcast

In this edition: find out about RNIB's Maps for All service. You may be able to find a map for your next holiday destination, local train station or a touch installation at the next museum or gallery you visit. Get connected with an affordable computer with accessible software and find out how RNIB's Technology Support Squad of volunteers can help you get set up.

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Find out how to subscribe to the Vision podcast.

RNIB Members writing competition

A Haunting Memory - short story

Read or listen to "A Haunting Memory" - set in Glasgow in 1944, two sisters share the same bad dream about a frightening hospital trip. By winner Gladys Taylor.

The Misfit - short story

Read or listen to "The Misfit" - as Peter watches a Victorian mental health hospital being demolished, he thinks about his 20 years as a patient and life with "care in the community" since then. By runner up Christopher Watt.

Beyond Reasoning - short story

Read or listen to "Beyond Reasoning" - inspired by a ghostly seafaring tale told in Cornish communities as a true story. By runner up Nigel Davies.

Last updated: 3 June 2013

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