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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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Fife councillors experience street obstacles wearing sight loss simulation-spectacles

A cross-party group of Dunfermline Councillors tried to navigate around obstacles and clutter on the streets of Dunfermline this morning (Friday 24 November), …

Posted Friday, 24 November 2023 News type: News story

The UK Government’s Back to Work Plan and reforms to Work Capability Assessments: FAQs

The Chancellor and the Work and Pensions Secretary have recently announced several new welfare and employment policies under a new ‘Back to Work Plan’ and as p…

Posted Friday, 24 November 2023 News type: News story

Falkirk MP visits RNIB Scotland's award-winning youth forum

Haggeye, which is run by RNIB Scotland, meets regularly to discuss important issues that are relevant to the group as well as hosting informative workshops. …

Posted Thursday, 23 November 2023 News type: News story

Cost of living is hitting mental and physical wellbeing of blind and partially sighted people new research shows

Making harrowing spending choices is impacting the mental and physical health of blind and partially sighted people as the cost of living crisis continues to b…

Posted Thursday, 23 November 2023 News type: Press release

RNIB disappointed by Chancellor’s Autumn Statement

We are disappointed that key elements which could have addressed the additional costs of sight loss faced by blind and partially sighted people were missing fr…

Posted Wednesday, 22 November 2023 News type: Press release

All I want for Christmas is… accessible health and care information

Blind and partially sighted people have a legal right to NHS and social care information they can read and understand. RNIB are calling to make this right a re…

Posted Monday, 20 November 2023 News type: News story

Transgender Awareness Month: “I already feel victimised and marginalised enough due to my sight loss, let alone my gender identity”

We are in Transgender Awareness Month (November), which is recognised worldwide as an opportunity to raise awareness about the issues faced by transgender peop…

Posted Friday, 17 November 2023 News type: Case study News type: Your Stories

2023 King’s Speech: What we did and didn’t hear

We are disappointed that more specific actions to tackle the day-to-day barriers people with sight loss face were not included in yesterday’s (7 November) King…

Posted Wednesday, 8 November 2023 News type: News story

Urgent action needed to tackle Access to Work delays, RNIB tells Minister in joint letter

RNIB has joined forces with sight loss sector charities to write to Mel Stride MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to highlight the recent increase i…

Posted Tuesday, 7 November 2023 News type: News story

Campaign victory: plans to close ticket offices in train stations are being scrapped

Today the Transport Secretary, Mark Harper, announced that he had asked train operators to withdraw plans to close over 800 ticket offices across England and a…

Posted Tuesday, 31 October 2023 News type: News story