Lost for words: money

Being in control of your money is key to retaining your independence. For eight out of ten people, cash machines are the fastest and most convenient way to get their money.

But imagine if you couldn't use them? That's the grim reality for 90 per cent of blind and partially sighted people.

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How we help

We believe that customers who have lost their sight should enjoy the same access to banking services as everyone else.

RNIB WebDocs is a service that helps businesses and service providers turn short Microsoft Word documents like letters, leaflets and lists of services into braille, large print or audio CD.

We will continue to work with banks to help them provide information in accessible formats and make Britain's ATM network accessible to blind and partially sighted people.

How you can help

Our new campaign aims to make Britain's cash machine network accessible to blind and partially sighted people. We need your help to get talking cash machines in Britain's banks. Take action now!

Banks can contact us to find out how to better meet the needs of blind and partially sighted customers.

Read our 2011 Lost for words report, with the latest statistics and stories about sight loss and reading.

Talking cash machine campaign

Help us get Britain's banks to make their cash machines talk. In Britain only one in a thousand cash points talk - it's one in four in the USA! The world where only sighted people get to use cash machines must be made a thing of the past.

"I used to just do all the normal stuff. But since losing my sight it's a different story. I've had to ask total strangers to withdraw money for me." - James, 57, Belfast

Last updated: 2 November 2011

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.

"I'm afraid to say that I have had to ask strangers to help me use cash machines." - Paul

Just one in ten blind and partially sighted people can use cash machines unaided.