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Gail Burns, who had an undetected, detached retina, is running the Edinburgh Marathon this May

A woman who has had two eye operations is aiming to run her first 26.2 miles at the Edinburgh Marathon on May 28th.

Posted Friday, 26 May 2023 News type: Press release

Muirend man Alan Stewart will mark 10 years of sight loss as he embarks on a 14 mile sponsored walk in clan tartan on Sunday, April 30th

The Kiltwalk is an annual multi-city event allowing anyone to raise funds for the charities and causes they care about. Alan, who will wear his Black Stewart tartan kilt, has chosen to raise funds in Glasgow’s Kiltwalk for national sight loss charity RNIB. It's a cause that's important to him and over 180,000 other people who have sight loss in Scotland, as well as their friends and families.

Posted Friday, 14 April 2023 News type: Press release

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.

Posted Monday, 27 February 2023 News type: Case study News type: Your Stories

Jack Davey goes viral on TikTok as he raises £6.8k for RNIB by running the London Marathon

The video shared by Jack's sister of his marathon went viral in October and has now received more than 100,000 views on TikTok.

Posted Tuesday, 29 November 2022 News type: News story

#BlindVotersCount campaign update

With the help of Surrey VI County Cricket Club, we delivered our #BlindVotersCount petition to Michael Gove.

Posted Monday, 11 April 2022

Banbridge Sisters' singing raises £3,000 for RNIB

They set themselves a £100 target, but two young sisters from Banbridge have sung their way to £3,000 for RNIB – and they’re not done yet!

Posted Wednesday, 19 January 2022 News type: News story

Caerphilly mum takes on Marathon Mates challenge

Emma Arnold, a mum of two from Hengoed, has signed up to run 26.2 miles in support of blind and partially sighted people across Wales.

Posted Tuesday, 20 April 2021 News type: News story

Pass on something wonderful

We know many of you have recently been reflecting on the things that matter the most – family, friends and the causes close to your heart.

Posted Tuesday, 8 September 2020 News type: News story

RNIB receives £38,220 boost from National Lottery Community Fund

Sight loss charity RNIB has received a £38,220 boost from The National Lottery Community Fund to continue much-needed support to blind and partially sighted people during this challenging time.

Posted Wednesday, 17 June 2020 News type: News story

Young football fan shoots 26,000 penalties to support RNIB Cymru

Tabitha Ryan, 12, from Merthyr, is completing 26,000 penalties and 26,000 keep-ups in her back garden as part of the nationwide 2.6 fundraising challenge.

Posted Friday, 22 May 2020 News type: News story