Get involved news

Find out what's new with fundraising, volunteering and campaigns. Get involved today!

Volunteer RNIB campaign buddy positions (East of England)

We are recruiting for volunteer campaign buddies in Cambridge, Essex, Hertfordshire and Norfolk.

Ballot closes for Royal Parks Half Marathon

The Royal Parks Half Marathon ballot entry system has now closed, but you can still take part with Team RNIB!

The importance of DLA - Watch the videos

Terri, Siobhan and David are all registered blind. They are concerned that the challenges they face won't be recognised when the Government replaces Disability Living Allowance with Personal Independence Payment, and that they may lose this vital support. Watch their stories to find out more

Well done to Team RNIB runners!

A huge congratulations to each and every runner in our 2012 Virgin London Marathon team, we really appreciate all of your hard work put behind training and fundraising!

Good luck to all running in the Virgin London Marathon!

We want to wish the very best of luck to everybody taking part in this year's Virgin London Marathon, especially the 133 runners who will be running as part of Team RNIB.

Gift ideas for Father's Day

We've put together some gift ideas from Amazon to help you find your dad the perfect Father's Day present. There are also some great Father's Day eCards for you to send for free!

Telephone Inductions for New Volunteers

How we're welcoming all new volunteers into RNIB Group

Hardest Hit North East: Conference on the impact of cuts on disabled people

Details and link to register for the Hardest Hit North East conference on the impact of cuts on disabled people that is being held on 1 June 2012.

Join a RNIB fundraising group and help your community

The RNIB Group Community Fundraising team needs your help. We're looking for volunteers to join and set up new fundraising groups across the country.

Help prioritise future Lottery funding for young people!

For the next two months, 20 young people from across England will be working with the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) to decide the priority areas for its new investment in young people.

A cycling challenge to raise money for RNIB

Paul O'Shaughnessy will be embarking on a 300 mile cycling challenge in aid of RNIB. Paul will be cycling from Portsmouth to his home town of Liverpool in just three days!

Mad Hatter's Read for RNIB Day competition

This year, Read for RNIB Day is going Alice in Wonderland-tastic. To celebrate, why not enter our Mad Hatter's competition to win a Sam Sterne cookery book? Our closing date is Tuesday 24 April 2012.

Paul's story

Meet one of our Virgin London Marathon runners, Paul, and find out what inspired him to take on this challenge - and many more - for Team RNIB

Smoking and sight loss in the EU

Success! We've won a long running campaign to get a warning on the link between smoking and sight loss on to tobacco product packaging.

Helping our work live on

Thank you to Bill, who after 27 years as an RNIB volunteer braillist, continued his support by remembering us in his Will.

Last updated: 18 April 2012

Make a donation

Right now we can only reach one in three of the people who need our help most.

Please make a donation and help us support more blind and partially sighted people.

Email updates

Sign up for email updates and you'll get an alert each time this page is updated.