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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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“I am not just making a difference in a single day, it is long term”

Fanny Martin is a RNIB volunteer who talks about looking for volunteering outside of working hours and the fulfilment she finds in her role with the youth grou…

Posted Wednesday, 1 November 2023 News type: Case study News type: Your Stories

Technology is no longer a barrier - Jonathan Abro's story

Jonathan Abro has been volunteering in RNIB’s Tech for Life team for more than five years, supporting blind and partially sighted people – and their families a…

Posted Wednesday, 20 September 2023 News type: Case study News type: Your Stories

Remember a Charity Week draws attention to the incredible impact of leaving gifts in wills on people’s lives

Speaking with Connect Radio on its 20th anniversary, Deborah Rosen, age 25, from Norfolk, explains how RNIB’s counselling service helped her to face a future w…

Posted Friday, 15 September 2023 News type: Case study News type: News story News type: Your Stories

How Living Well With Sight Loss Courses can help put things in perspective

Eddie Hartop is 52 years old and has Schnyder corneal dystrophy. Eddie did RNIB’s Living Well With Sight Loss course (LWWSL) in 2021. He is married with three …

Posted Tuesday, 8 August 2023 News type: Your Stories News type: Case study

Parents talk about how ECLO opened up the world for their child

Mark Chapman is the ECLO at Luton and Dunstable Hospital. He also runs a family group for Sight Concern Bedfordshire on a monthly basis. Chrissy French is …

Posted Tuesday, 8 August 2023 News type: Case study News type: Your Stories

RNIB volunteer encourages inclusivity for older people through technology

Padma Cheriyan is 82 years old and has macular degeneration and cataracts. Padma joined RNIB as a Campaign Co-ordinator in 2009 and volunteers locally in Milto…

Posted Tuesday, 8 August 2023 News type: Case study News type: Your Stories

RNIB Bookshare opens world of books for young girl and mother

Samantha Stout is 48 years old and lives with her daughter Jessica, age 10, in West Sussex. Jessica was born with cataracts, Microphthalmia and Nystagmus. …

Posted Monday, 10 July 2023 News type: Your Stories News type: Case study

Jessica, age 8, discovers world of music with RNIB's services

8-year-old Jessica Hardy lives in West Sussex. Jessica was born with cataracts, microphthalmia and nystagmus. However, she doesn’t let her visual impairments h…

Posted Monday, 10 July 2023 News type: Case study News type: Your Stories

Celebrating a remarkable braille volunteer

Sehar Mashiyat, a volunteer braille tutor with leading sight loss charity RNIB, has an impressive story to tell.

Posted Friday, 2 June 2023 News type: News story News type: Your Stories News type: Case study

RNIB volunteer Natalie Holford talks about volunteering

Natalie Holford, age 59, has Marfan’s syndrome and is registered as Severely sight impaired in 2019 following a stroke. Having volunteered previously, she now …

Posted Thursday, 25 May 2023 News type: Your Stories