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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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Where are we now? The benefits U-turn unpacked

Planned changes to disability benefits are in disarray after a last minute U-turn by government in response to widespread campaigning and the concerns of many …

Posted Thursday, 3 July 2025 News type: News story

UK Government concessions not enough: Help maintain pressure on MPs to vote against damaging benefit cuts

Thanks to your persistent campaigning, the UK Government is offering major concessions to its planned cuts to health and disability benefits. But the concessio…

Posted Friday, 27 June 2025 News type: News story

Mayobridge woman Aoife’s ‘Sight Towards the Summit’ challenge raises over £45,500 for sight loss charity RNIB

This May, 28 year old Aoife McGlade from Mayobridge (in Northern Ireland), alongside family and friends, took on an incredible challenge to raise funds for the…

Posted Wednesday, 25 June 2025 News type: Press release

New community café opens in Edinburgh

Sight loss charity RNIB Scotland has opened a new community café in Edinburgh.

Posted Tuesday, 24 June 2025 News type: News story News type: Press release

Time to act: Ask your MP to vote against the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment bill

On 18 June, we saw the detail of how the UK Government intends to make changes to Universal Credit (UC) and Personal Independence Payments (PIP). We’re gravely…

Posted Wednesday, 18 June 2025 News type: News story

Edinburgh's iconic floral clock celebrates 200 years of braille

Edinburgh’s iconic floral clock- the oldest in the world- is marking 200 years of braille, the tactile code that enables blind and partially sighted people to …

Posted Wednesday, 18 June 2025 News type: News story

Poppy’s inspiring journey to skiing success

Poppy Watton, 13, from Donaghcloney, who has a visual impairment, has for the third consecutive year become the Northern Ireland Senior School Girl Ski Champio…

Posted Wednesday, 18 June 2025 News type: Press release

Every Thursday at 11am, something quietly powerful happens across Scotland

RNIB Talk and Support group, and for many, it’s become the most meaningful conversation of their week.

Posted Wednesday, 18 June 2025 News type: News story