Visibly Better Spaces membership

Visibly Better Spaces (VBS) is a membership programme designed to help organisations create inclusive environments that support people with sight loss. Once a member, organisations are supported to work towards becoming a Visibly Better Spaces certified organisation, demonstrating their commitment to inclusivity.

• Your organisation will be recognised and promoted with a RNIB award for applying inclusive practices and principles.
• By applying the Visibly Better Spaces principles you will also be applying national building guidance and obligatory inclusive practices as part of the Equality Act 2010.
• Costs of applying the inclusive design are minimal or negated altogether.
• Members who have applied inclusive design have stated that their environments are more attractive and less clinical.
• Through our training portfolio staff will be more knowledgeable and gain an increased skill set in supporting people with sight loss.

VBS is now a UK-wide service and is open to all types of organisations.

Our non-domestic building membership is open to organisations such as healthcare settings, offices and other public areas. Our supported living buildings membership is designed for social housing providers who have independent and supported living homes for older people.

Nearly two thirds of social housing providers in Wales are Visibly Better Spaces members, our working partnerships seek to improve the independence and quality of living for people living with sight loss.

Find supported living and non-domestic organisations which have achieved the Visibly Better Spaces quality standard or are working towards it, proving that they are applying inclusive design principles for people with sight loss.

Building Sight publication - inclusive design for people with sight loss

This resource is an excellent reference when designing inclusive environments for people with sight loss, whether it is for large or small spaces for both internal and external purposes. Download the publication here:

Find out more information about Visibly Better Spaces Membership by emailing [email protected] or by completing the form below and a member of our team will be in touch.

Visibly Better Spaces is an advisory service and obtaining the Visibly Better Certification means that buildings, environments, social landlords and the individual resident building have been assessed against principles that support people with sight loss in daily living, and that its staff and organisational practices are inclusive of the needs of people with sight loss only. Our assessment is according to the Visibly Better criteria and is correct as at the date of our inspection. We cannot and do not take responsibility for the whole building use or any other aspect of residential Scheme or other Visibly Better assessed environments.