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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…
Final words from Need to Talk
A celebration has been held in Belfast to mark the end of a unique initiative which has helped over 1,300 people living with sight loss.
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…
Minister for Disabled People hears about the challenges of sight loss as he visits RNIB office
Tom Pursglove MP, the Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, learnt more about what needs to change to create a truly inclusive society for blind and p…
RNIB works with M&S to create first accessible Christmas Food magazine
Leading sight loss charity the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has worked with M&S to create the retailer’s first ever accessible Christmas Foo…
“Volunteering is absolutely crucial”, Anita tells us about being a Products for Life volunteer
Anita Nicholls, age 65, was working as a credit controller before getting made redundant. Now she works in RNIB’s shop, engaging with customers and demonstrati…
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…
Charities celebrate success in university discrimination case
The legal team at leading sight loss charity the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) recently achieved success in a case against a university that …