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Campaigning works: Tactile paving on train platforms completed across Britain

Five years after the tragic death of Cleveland Gervais, a man with sight loss who fell from a train platform that lacked tactile paving to warn him of the platform edge, the Department for Transport (DFT) has confirmed that it has completed a programme of installing tactile paving on all platforms across Great Britain.

Posted Tuesday, 8 July 2025 News type: News story

RNIB response to the publication of the NHS 10 Year Plan

Posted Monday, 7 July 2025 News type: Press release

Bangor Audiobook members create RNIB Talking Books legacy

Bangor Audiobook group are pleased to have now chosen the third RNIB Talking Book to add to the RNIB Library for users of the service across the UK and beyond to enjoy for decades to come. This follows a powerful fundraising campaign spearheaded by group leader Ken Carson, and volunteer sighted guide Pauline Canning, which raised a grand total of £4500.

Posted Monday, 7 July 2025 News type: Press release

Our verdict on the 10-Year Plan for the NHS

The UK Government released the long awaited 10-Year Plan to reform the National Health Service (NHS) in England.

Posted Friday, 4 July 2025 News type: News story

Where are we now? The benefits U-turn unpacked

Planned changes to disability benefits are in disarray after a last minute U-turn by government in response to widespread campaigning and the concerns of many of its own MPs.

Posted Thursday, 3 July 2025 News type: News story

UK Government concessions not enough: Help maintain pressure on MPs to vote against damaging benefit cuts

Thanks to your persistent campaigning, the UK Government is offering major concessions to its planned cuts to health and disability benefits. But the concessions don’t go far enough. We need your support in maintaining pressure on MPs to vote against the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment bill on Tuesday 1 July. No one with sight loss, now or in the future, should be pushed into poverty by the cuts or lose out on essential support to live independently.

Posted Friday, 27 June 2025 News type: News story

Mayobridge woman Aoife’s ‘Sight Towards the Summit’ challenge raises over £45,500 for sight loss charity RNIB

This May, 28 year old Aoife McGlade from Mayobridge (in Northern Ireland), alongside family and friends, took on an incredible challenge to raise funds for the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB): climbing the highest peaks across the UK and Ireland.

Posted Wednesday, 25 June 2025 News type: Press release

Time to act: Ask your MP to vote against the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment bill

On 18 June, we saw the detail of how the UK Government intends to make changes to Universal Credit (UC) and Personal Independence Payments (PIP). We’re gravely concerned these sweeping cuts to health and disability benefits could significantly affect many blind and partially sighted people. MPs are set to vote on these plans within the next two to three weeks, and we’re calling on supporters to join us in opposing the cuts.

Posted Wednesday, 18 June 2025 News type: News story