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What you need to know following the UK Government’s spending review
Chancellor Rachel Reeves today announced the Spending Review, setting out budgets for government departments through to 2029. RNIB welcomes investment in the NHS and in transport infrastructure, but we remain concerned about the urgent funding needs of local authorities. Without immediate support for vital social care services like vision rehabilitation, many blind and partially sighted people face long waits for the help they need to live independently.
How we’re influencing the UK Government’s "Keep Britain Working" review
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) recently hosted an employment roundtable, in our London office, bringing together colleagues from nine national disability charities in the Disability Charities Consortium (DCC), employers, and the team running the UK Government’s independent review on inclusive employment, to discuss strategies for recruiting and retaining disabled people and those with long-term health conditions.
Free telephone courses help people adapt to life with sight loss
A free four-week telephone course for anyone experiencing sight loss, as well as family members and close friends, is helping to improve the lives of blind and partially sighted participants.
Blind Edinburgh Man Named Young Volunteer of the Year
Daryl Stewart (23), a long-standing volunteer with sight loss charity RNIB Scotland, has been awarded the Special Recognition Award for Young Volunteer of the Year at the 2025 Inspiring Volunteer Awards, run by Volunteer Edinburgh.
RNIB appoints Sir Jim Harra as new Vice Chair
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has appointed Sir Jim Harra to take up the roles of Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Governance, Nominations and Remuneration Committee.
New Horizons for leaders with sight loss
Today marks the dawn of an exciting new chapter for leaders with lived experience of sight loss. New Horizons, a pioneering leadership programme, is set to empower these leaders with the skills and confidence to accelerate their careers, fostering a more diverse and inclusive leadership landscape.
Smart students with Vision Impairment built AI robot to help with their exam revision
Students with Vision Impairment at The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) in Hereford are making revision for their summer exams that bit less daunting with the help of an AI robot head named Atlas which is helping coach them for their exams.
Six simple solutions which could create NHS savings of over £1bn over the next decade – as well as saving people’s vision – have been identified by the UK’s leading sight loss organisation
Six simple solutions which could create NHS savings of over £1bn over the next decade – as well as saving people’s vision – have been identified by the UK’s leading sight loss organisation
ECLO service wins prestigious AQS standard
RNIB’s flagship support service for people with sight conditions wins coveted quality standard.
Lucille Franks' Story
Lucille Franks, age 53, has Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) and cataracts, having been diagnosed with RP in her 40s. She lives with her husband and two teenage daughters. Lucille explains how she has received vital assistance from RNIB’s benefits team to secure financial support, and how she’s trying to manage the household with the rising living costs.