Campaigns
Every day another 100 people will start to lose their sight. RNIB campaigns on issues that matter to people with sight problems.
Our campaign work will be around our six campaign priority areas over the next three years: eliminating avoidable sight loss; improving access to health and social care; improving access to information and information systems; increasing employment amongst blind and partially sighted people; increasing income for blind and partially sighted people; improving access to television, audio visual culture and life long learning. We will also continue to campaign on reactive issues.
We campaign and lobby to influence decision makers. We have strong links with government in the EU and Westminster and the devolved administrations in the UK. We work in partnership with other organisations to maximise the effectiveness of our campaigns.
Latest news
- Shared surfaces protest - 150 blind and partially sighted people gathered outside a meeting of the London Assembly to protest at plans for 'shared surfaces' - areas shared by cars and pedestrians.
- DLA Victory - People with severe visual impairment will be able to claim the higher rate mobility component of DLA!
- High Court battle - success for pensioners fighting for sight saving treatment.
- RNIB responds to Ofcom research into Audio Description awareness.
- NICE decision gives thousands of people hope that their sight could be saved. Treatment of wet AMD campaign.
- RNIB and the recently formed Glaucoma Alliance UK are part of a joint global initiative to raise awareness of glaucoma. Find out what's happening on World Glaucoma Day.
- Campaigns review of 2007 - the highlights and successes of last year.
- Right to Read campaign - add your name to the Declaration and tell us what reading means to you.
- Older people and eye tests campaign - RNIB research shows that 47 per cent of people over 60 fail to have their eyes tested regularly.
- Find out what you can do about planned post office closures in your area.
- Find out what RNIB is doing at the 2008 Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat party conferences.
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Content author: webeditor@rnib.org.uk
Last updated: 17/06/2009 14:15
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Jenny's story - Jenny Burgess volunteered for a disability support group run by people with physical disabilities. She was the only staff member with a sight problem. “I depended on a colleague with physical disabilities to give me a lift to work. I have far greater mobility problems than most people with physical disabilities who can drive a car, yet receive less benefit - it’s unfair and unjust.” Join our campaign to make the mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance fair - taken for a ride.
