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RNIB collaborates with garden designers to create a specially designed multi-sensory long border at RHS Flower Show Tatton Park
Visitors to the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park from Wednesday 19 – Sunday 23 July will be able to explore a specially-designed long border by touch, smell and sound called ‘Seeing Through The Senses.'
Celebrating a remarkable braille volunteer
Sehar Mashiyat, a volunteer braille tutor with leading sight loss charity RNIB, has an impressive story to tell.
Volunteer Advisory Council reaches the four nations
I am Joanne Wilson, Volunteer Support Project Manager at RNIB. My role involves leading on Volunteer Engagement including managing the Volunteer Advisory Council and Project Management support in the Volunteering Team.
Supporting volunteer campaigners to make a difference
Maqsood Sheikh is a Senior Regional Campaigns Officer with RNIB. Maqsood supports volunteer campaigners in the Yorkshire & Humber region with local campaigns about issues affecting blind and partially sighted people ranging from accessible information to transport or any issue the volunteer feels strongly about.
Ray Salmon, age 81, has been volunteering for the last 30 years as a sooty collector for RNIB
He took up volunteering following a long successful career in banking when he took early retirement. Ray is based in South Sheffield, right on the border between South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire, about five minutes from Peak District.
“Making a difference to just one person is so important!” Ken Carson shares his volunteering story
Ken has made a difference to so many as he has supported, encouraged and connected people with sight loss through his volunteer work. Read more below and find out why he has maintained his enthusiasm for RNIB.
RNIB volunteer Carole Birch raises over £170,000
Carole Birch, age 72, is a retired teacher. She has been volunteering for RNIB as a Sooty Collector since 2007 and has collected over £170,000.
One of our volunteers explains how the cost of living crisis has hit them, share your experiences with us
“I want the UK Government to recognise the position that the rising cost of living puts me and other people with sight loss in,” urges one of RNIB’s volunteers as they tell their story below.
Key insights from the 2022 annual volunteer survey
I am Hannah Baguley, the Volunteering Insight Manager at RNIB and I am responsible for all of the volunteering research that we undertake.
Huda and Alia Hathaf share their volunteering experience
Huda and Alia Hathaf are sisters and based in Wales, they started volunteering in RNIB in the summer of 2020 as Telephone Group Facilitators. They are both studying Optometry at Cardiff University and joined RNIB after their University Lecturer suggested it would be a good place to gain volunteer experience.