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Blind and partially sighted people “forgotten’”as COVID vaccine rolled out in Wales
At the beginning of the year, we asked the Welsh Government COVID Vaccine Board and all health boards to consider two things when rolling out the coronavirus vaccination programme in Wales:
Campaign win: Government will take steps on accessible info after legal challenge
We’re delighted the Department for Health and Social Care have agreed to make sure preferred formats are consistently recorded and acted on, after blind woman Sarah Leadbetter brought a legal case following failures connected to the shielding programme.
Blind and partially sighted people urged to email Scottish Parliament election candidates
Over 8,500 blind and partially sighted people and their supporters across Scotland have been urged to join a concerted drive to contact their local candidates for the Scottish Parliament election in May.
In memorial: RNIB Volunteer Tony Jenkins shows how one person can make a huge impact
RNIB volunteers form the backbone of everything we do as a charity: their achievements both individually and collectively across the UK are absolutely invaluable and the impact they have on the sight loss community as a whole is truly incredible.
Online conference will examine impact of coronavirus on Scots with sight loss
The impact of the year-long coronavirus crisis on blind and partially sighted adults and children will be examined in a major Scottish online conference that begins today.
RNIB responds to Government guidance on safe workplaces and services
RNIB shares its view on updated Government guidance regarding how businesses can work safely with easing coronavirus restrictions.
Care home providers in England issue guidance allowing visitors with sighted guides
The Care Provider Alliance (CPA) has clarified its guidance, which RNIB welcomes, after a blind person was not allowed to visit his mother at her care home.
Scribit launches new audio description tool for online videos
The Dutch company, Scribit.pro, has created an easy-to-use tool to produce captions, transcripts and audio description for online videos, such as the ones on YouTube.
Sekha Hall tells us about his partner Cleveland
Sekha Hall talks about unsafe railway stations and how his partner, Cleveland's life was cut short.
Vaccines Minister pledges move towards accessible vaccination communications
Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi has told RNIB that he will act to make sure the vaccine programmes is accessible and has asked his team to look at how people can routinely get vaccine appointment booking information in their preferred formats.