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Policy and Campaigns: 2024 in Review
2024 has been full of campaign achievements and developing relationships with decision makers. Grab a coffee and look back over the campaigning you’ve helped to deliver this year, and what's on the horizon in 2025.
'Nothing about us without us': UK Covid Inquiry hears closing arguments from disabled groups
The UK Covid Inquiry recently completed its public hearings on access to healthcare during the pandemic. The last days provided a final opportunity for disability charities to summarise the impact of the pandemic, and the UK's response to the pandemic, on disabled people and their healthcare, including what must change in any future national crisis.
Disability charities call on Health Secretary to make health information accessible
On 2 December – the eve of International Day of Persons with Disabilities – campaigners from RNIB, Macular Society, Mencap, RNID, Sense, SignHealth, and Thomas Pocklington Trust, delivered an inaccessible health appointment letter to the office of Health Secretary, Wes Streeting.
RNIB’s response to the Get Britain Working White Paper on employment
On Tuesday 26 November the Work and Pensions Secretary, Liz Kendall, published major new proposals on employment designed to support many more people into work. With an estimated 11,000 people with sight loss currently looking for work in the UK, RNIB welcomes steps which could enable more blind and partially sighted people to find work or stay in a job.
RNIB NI Announce Richard Moore as an Ambassador
Sight loss charity RNIB Northern Ireland has paid tribute to Children in Crossfire charity CEO Richard Moore by making him an official Ambassador.
E-scooters and dockless bikes ridden and left on pavements raises collision concerns for blind and partially sighted people
Leading sight loss charity the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has released new research highlighting the daily challenges faced by blind and partially sighted people when walking in our cities and towns due to an increase in dockless bikes and e-scooters.
MPs learn about accessibility and assistive technology at RNIB event
On Monday 25 November, ninety MPs, including Minister for Social Security and Disability Sir Stephen Timms, and their staff, joined RNIB in Parliament to learn how to make their offices and communications more accessible for constituents with sight loss, by taking simple steps like adding alt text to images, and making their surgeries inclusive.
Blind voters excluded from voting in secret
RNIB Cymru’s Turned Out report reveals that only half of blind and partially sighted voters were satisfied with their voting experience at this year’s General Election.
Accessible voting still not a reality, RNIB research finds
Voting is a fundamental democratic right, but again our research found the current voting system simply does not work for blind and partially sighted people.
RNIB responds to Chancellor’s first budget of the new government
Today, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves laid out the UK Government’s spending plans, the first Labour Budget for 14 years. In the next few weeks, we’ll unpack all of the detail from today’s Budget and how it will impact blind and partially sighted people. For now, here’s our initial reaction to what was announced.