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RNIB’s counselling service offers a safe space for you to process a diagnosis
Peter Middleton (56) had very little useful vision in his left eye, unbeknownst to him, until a traumatic accident at work left him without vision in his right eye. Pete found it difficult to ask for help from loved ones, which caused him to experience severe depression, leading him down a dark road. Through RNIB’s Sight Loss Counselling service, he was able to open up about what he was experiencing and learn tools to cope, crediting it with saving his life.
Taking on a challenge to raise vital funds
Lauryn Brown has a rare form of uveitis that affects her left eye. Uveitis is an autoimmune condition that can result in macular scarring and sight loss. Lauryn also suffers from health-related anxiety and found relief through running. After connecting with RNIB, she ran the London Marathon in the RNIB bib to raise money for others with sight loss.
Securing a U-turn on proposed train ticket office closures
In July 2023, the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) announced plans to close all train station ticket offices in England and Glasgow. If successful, these proposals would have had a devastating impact on people with sight loss, who can rely on trains to travel independently.
Policy and Campaigns: 2024 in Review
2024 has been full of campaign achievements and developing relationships with MPs, Councillors, and Mayors. Grab a coffee and look back over the campaigning you’ve helped to deliver this year, and what's on the horizon in 2025 for the UK Policy and Campaigns team.
'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.
Change lives by leaving a gift in your will
My name’s Joyce and I’m a long-standing supporter of RNIB - a charity extremely close to my heart. Moray, my husband of 18 years, lost his sight in his left eye and has reduced vision in the right due to congenital glaucoma. Jodie and Greg, our two children, were born with Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis, a condition which results in severe vision loss and many other knock-on effects. Greg sadly passed away six years ago, age 24, after a long battle with chronic kidney disease.
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.