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RNIB disappointed by lack of support for blind and partially sighted people in Spring Budget
Today the Chancellor announced his Spring Budget, which sets out the UK Government’s financial plans.
Keeping in Touch for volunteers
The Keeping in Touch for volunteers sessions are back for 2024 for our amazing RNIB volunteers. These events take place online, three times a year and our open to all current RNIB volunteers.
Milton Keynes mother shares experiences of parenthood with sight loss
Hannah Burgess, 26 from Milton Keynes has been sharing her experiences of being a mother with sight loss to mark Mothers’ Day (Sunday 10 March) with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB).
Top turn out for tech event in NI for people affected by sight loss
Yesterday (Wednesday 28 February), the Europa Hotel in Belfast played host to RNIB’s Technology for Life Fair - the biggest showcase of assistive technology products for blind and partially sighted people in Northern Ireland. The event brought together the industry’s leading suppliers of technology related products and services all under one roof.
Blind Comedian Takes To The Stage at Glasgow Comedy Festival
A blind comedian takes to the stage this month at Glasgow’s International Comedy Festival for his first solo show.
“She’s the Lewis Capaldi of the art world" - the young visually impaired artist transforming creativity
Hannah Evans (17) from Linlithgow, has been creating art since she was three years old and has three group exhibitions and three large solo shows under her belt. She is also partially sighted, autistic, and has specific learning and communication disabilities.
Partially Sighted Poet Focuses on Visual Impairment and Parenthood in New Book
Glasgow-based poet Nuala Watt (39) aims to show that disabled people “have important things to say” in her latest book of poems, ‘The Department of Work and Pensions Assesses a Jade Fish’.
NWRC becomes Northern Ireland’s first college to receive RNIB’s Visibly Better Employer Quality Standard
North West Regional College has become Northern Ireland’s first ever college to achieve the RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) ‘Visibly Better Employer’ standard.
RNIB meets with Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting MP
RNIB staff, including Chief Social Change Officer Vivienne Francis, took Wes Streeting MP on a guided walk to demonstrate the barriers blind and partially sighted people face getting from A to B. Alongside this, Mr Streeting heard about our priorities for vision rehabilitation, eye health and accessible health information over a coffee in his remit as Shadow Health and Care Secretary.
Paw-sitive reception for robot guide dog could lead to new assistive technologies
Blind and partially sighted people could soon receive help to find their way around indoor spaces from chatty robot guide dogs currently in development at a Scottish university.