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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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Children with vision impairment waiting up to 18 months for essential life skills training

Only one in four Scottish councils meets the national standard for habilitation support, leaving some children waiting more than a year for help developing basic independence skills, a new report by RNIB Scotland reveals.

Posted Thursday, 21 August 2025

Revvv It Up Festival set to become new family event of the year

The people of Dungiven and the surrounding areas are eagerly anticipating the return of the action-packed family festival roaring into Ballyguddin Road, Dungiven this 19 and 20 July.

Posted Friday, 11 July 2025 News type: Press release

Poppy’s inspiring journey to skiing success

Poppy Watton, 13, from Donaghcloney, who has a visual impairment, has for the third consecutive year become the Northern Ireland Senior School Girl Ski Champion at the Ski Club of Northern Ireland, with dreams of securing Olympic gold.

Posted Wednesday, 18 June 2025 News type: Press release

ECLO service wins prestigious AQS standard

RNIB’s flagship support service for people with sight conditions wins coveted quality standard.

Posted Thursday, 29 May 2025 News type: Press release

EastEnders airing visual impairment storyline

EastEnders is working with the Royal National Institute of Blind People on aa story centred around Lauren and Peter’s newborn son.

Posted Friday, 16 May 2025 News type: Press release

New Funding Boosts Platform for Scotland’s Young Blind Voices

A youth-led forum for blind and partially sighted young people has secured vital funding, enabling a new period of opportunity for young blind and partially sighted people across Scotland.

Posted Thursday, 15 May 2025 News type: News story

Blind astrophysicist inspires next generation

Eilidh Morrison (23), a physics graduate from Aberdeen and Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYP) was starstruck last month when she met her long-time inspiration, blind astrophysicist Dr Wanda Díaz-Merced.

Posted Monday, 14 April 2025 News type: News story News type: Press release

Charity urges change in attitudes towards mothers with sight loss

Ahead of Mother's Day (Sunday 30 March), leading sight loss charity the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has released research that shows the barriers faced by mothers with sight loss during pregnancy and into their first years of motherhood.

Posted Wednesday, 26 March 2025 News type: Press release

Read author Tom Palmer's World Book Day letter to editor

Posted Friday, 7 February 2025 News type: News story

Safer streets thanks to community campaign

A Macduff man has campaigned for safer streets by petitioning for a crossing outside the local primary school.

Posted Friday, 17 January 2025 News type: News story