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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Blind and partially sighted actors star in charity films aimed at getting people to think #BeforeYouAsk
Leading sight loss charity the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has released a series of humorous, yet challenging, #BeforeYouAsk short films as…
See Dining Differently in Derry this World Sight Day
On World Sight Day, Thursday 12 October, Northwest Regional College in Derry/Londonderry, played host to a special ‘Dining in the Dark’ experience for invited …
Enough is enough: Delays in Government scheme continue to threaten blind and partially sighted people’s jobs
On behalf of the VI Charity Sector Partnership, RNIB is demanding urgent Government action to tackle unprecedented delays to the Access to Work scheme which ar…
RNIB tests four solutions to bring accessible voting one step closer
RNIB has trialled four different accessible voting solutions with blind and partially sighted voters, at an event supported by the Government and the Electoral…