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Five people wearing pink RNIB t-shirts and holding signs protesting railway stations ticket office closures, stand outside the Department for Transport.

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Two in five UK adults interested in listening to television drama without the screen, RNIB research finds

New research commissioned by sight loss charity RNIB and conducted by Ipsos found that 42 per cent of UK adults aged 18 to 65 expressed interest in listening t…

Posted Monday, 14 September 2026

AI smart glasses as assistive technology

The rise in AI smart glasses, like Meta AI smart glasses, has meant some blind and partially sighted people are benefitting from hands-free access to informati…

Posted Monday, 14 September 2026 News type: News story

Take part in our survey on AI smart glasses

There’s a lot of discussion among blind and partially sighted people – and the wider public and media – about the rise in AI smart glasses like Meta smart glas…

Posted Friday, 11 September 2026 News type: News story

Democracy Minister commits to improve accessible voting for blind voters

Yesterday (2 September), the UK Government committed to working on changes to improve voting accessibility for blind and partially sighted people following mon…

Posted Friday, 4 September 2026 News type: News story

RNIB comment on free 24 hour bus travel for disabled people in England

Read RNIB's reaction to a move by the government to extend free bus travel to eligible disabled people in England around the clock.

Posted Friday, 21 August 2026 News type: News story

RNIB NI sows the seeds of good Eye Health to Thousands at Country Festival

Sight loss charity (The Royal National Institute of Blind People) RNIB in Northern Ireland, plough new ground with the charity’s eye health and sight loss prev…

Posted Monday, 17 August 2026 News type: News story

RNIB comment on Prime Minister’s commitment to fix the broken social care system in England.

Read RNIB's reaction to Prime Minister Andy Burnham's commitment to fix our broken social care system

Posted Friday, 31 July 2026 News type: News story

World's strongest blind man heads for Aberdeenshire’s Dinnie Stones

Blind strongman Evan Schwerbrock, who was crowned World's Strongest Disabled Man earlier this year, will travel from Waco, Texas to Aberdeenshire this August t…

Posted Friday, 24 July 2026 News type: News story

Ten years and counting is too long to wait for accessible health information

A decade after the launch of the NHS England Accessible Information Standard, RNIB campaigners went to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to celeb…

Posted Thursday, 23 July 2026 News type: News story

Accessible menus, clearly labelled make-up and lighting among small changes that could make a big difference to blind and partially sighted people

Leading sight loss charity the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) asked blind and partially sighted people to share the one small change that woul…

Posted Thursday, 23 July 2026