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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.
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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Springhill Tesco customers help create a lifeline for people with sight loss during lockdown

Ken Carson and Pauline Canning from Bangor are on a fundraising mission to sponsor two new RNIB Talking Books for the 56,400 blind and partially sighted people in Northern Ireland, and many more across the UK, for years to come.

Posted Friday, 7 May 2021 News type: News story

Working to ensure the vaccine programme is accessible for blind and partially sighted people

Health Minister Robin Swann has praised sight loss charities RNIB and Guide Dogs in Northern Ireland for creating advice for staff involved with administrating the coronavirus vaccine to blind and partially sighted people.

Posted Thursday, 25 March 2021 News type: News story

Asda pledges support to customers with sight loss

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has acknowledged the support of Asda in circulating RNIB’s best practice guidance to 140,000 staff across 640 UK-wide stores, 23 depots and three home offices.

Posted Tuesday, 15 December 2020 News type: News story

Supporting people with sight loss into employment

Only one in four blind and partially sighted people of working age are in employment, but RNIB’s Eye Work Too programme is working to change that.

Posted Tuesday, 17 November 2020 News type: News story

Our Future is Now in Our Hands

Children and young people with sight loss in Northern Ireland are celebrating as today marks the launch of an exciting new project that will empower them to shape their own future.

Posted Wednesday, 11 November 2020 News type: News story

People with sight loss can bank on support from Ulster Bank

The changes experienced across society over the last six months have been particularly challenging for blind and partially sighted people.

Posted Friday, 9 October 2020 News type: News story

RNIB Praises NIHF for Supporting Blind and Partially Sighted People

Social distancing has turned the lives of blind and partially sighted people upside down, with two thirds saying they feel less independent now than before lockdown.

Posted Friday, 25 September 2020 News type: News story

First Ever Museum Zoom Tour for People with Sight Loss in NI

Dr Jackie Witherow and Kathryn Thomson standing in museum foyer Sight loss charity the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has been working with National Museums NI to ensure its four sites are more accessible for blind and partially sighted people.

Posted Monday, 21 September 2020 News type: News story

RNIB and Guide Dogs launch guidance on social distancing for NI

RNIB NI and Guide Dogs NI have developed guidance on social distancing for blind and partially sighted people in Northern Ireland.

Posted Friday, 28 August 2020 News type: News story

RNIB NI Welcomes the Accessibility of the StopCOVID NI App

As part of RNIB NI’s ongoing campaign to address accessible healthcare information, they have been working with the Department of Health and Digital Health and Care NI, to ensure that the new StopCOVID NI Proximity App is accessible. Particularly for those individuals with a range of physical and sensory disabilities. This includes the 55,600 blind and partially sighted people living in Northern Ireland.

Posted Friday, 21 August 2020 News type: News story