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UK Government’s proposed welfare changes are the answer to the wrong question
The Prime Minister has declared that he wants to ‘put work at the heart of welfare’, announcing a package of new measures.
Belfast Care provider shortlisted for RNIB See Differently Award
Unique Home Care NI has been shortlisted for an RNIB See Differently Award in recognition of their work in making the company an accessible place of work for an employee who has sight loss.
Campaigner from Derry/Londonderry shortlisted for RNIB See Differently Award
A campaigner from Derry/Londonderry has been shortlisted for an RNIB See Differently Award in recognition of his vigorous campaigning to make his local council area the world’s first “visually aware” space.
Pocket Gamer Connects conference
Earlier this year, RNIB's Jonny Marshall had the opportunity to attend the Pocket Gamer Connects video games conference in London, with the aim of raising the importance of accessibility features for gamers with vision impairments from across the sight loss spectrum. Find out about his experience of the event in his article below.
New Loughborough University research for RNIB reveals that a quarter of blind and partially sighted people miss out on their disability benefits
New research from the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University, produced for RNIB, reveals that more than one in four blind and partially sighted people (83,000) miss-out on the disability benefits they’re entitled to.
RNIB response to the Minister for Disabled People role being upgraded in seniority
Response from RNIB following the news about the Minister for Disabled People role being upgraded in seniority, after the role was downgraded in December 2023:
John Gainham’s story - Community Connection and ECLO volunteering
John Gainham has been volunteering in the West Midlands, originally supporting the local ECLO service and then volunteering with Community Connection at the Erdington Sight Loss Support group. John took the time to speak with us on his last day of volunteering to share some of his experiences and why he won’t rule out coming back to volunteer.
RNIB publishes Gender Pay Gap report
In response to the Government’s requirement for all companies with over 250 employees to publish their gender pay gap data, RNIB today published its 2023 Gender Pay Gap report . The gender pay figures are calculated on data available on our reporting date, 5 April 2023.
The photography exhibition you don’t need to see
RNIB is excited to announce that we have partnered with Canon Europe to create a unique photography exhibition called "World Unseen".