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Volunteer campaigners meet Catherine McKinnell MP and take her on a blindfold walk to highlight accessibility issues in Newcastle.
Newcastle becomes the first city in the North East to include actions to tackle taxi drivers refusing assistance dogs in their Street Charter.
Respond to Ofcom's latest consultation on electronic programme guides (EPGs) and help ensure television is accessible to blind and partially sighted people.
Read our recommendations to Government to ensure blind and partially sighted people can vote independently and in secret.
Find out about our joint response to the Department for Transport's consultation on Blue Badge (disabled parking) eligibility.
RNIB volunteer campaigners take MP Chi Onwurah on a blindfold work to highlight accessibility issues at Newcastle Central train station
Following calls from RNIB, patients living with potentially blinding condition uveitis are now able to benefit from two new NICE approved treatments.
We are seeking views from glaucoma patients in order to shape new guidelines that set out how cataracts treatment is carried out in health care settings such as hospitals. Take part today!
Parents successfully challenge Hackney Council's proposed cuts to support for children with special educational needs and disabilities.
Manchester City Council are reviewing how they support blind and partially sighted children and young people in education. Find out more and have your say by 8 February 2017.
We respond to the new Work and Pensions Committee inquiry report in to assistive technology
Members of the Work and Pensions Committee gather evidence on the benefits of assistive technology to people with sight loss.
Read our comments on the Government's response to the Work and Pension's Committee reports on PIP and ESA.
We met with the Minister of Disabled People, Sarah Newton MP, to discuss Personal Independence Payment and employment support
Ben Bradshaw, MP for Exeter, met the sight loss adviser at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital on 6 April, to learn about her vital role for people experiencing sight loss.
Torbay MP, Kevin Foster, visited the sight loss adviser at Torbay Hospital on 12 February to learn more about the vital role of a sight loss adviser.
Right now, over one million disabled and older people are left to struggle without the support they need. Sign the petition and ensure the Government keep their promise to fix the social care system.
New RNIB research into the benefits of vision rehabilitation launched earlier in 2017, is already helping to boost local services across the country. Mike Bell, Policy and Campaigns Officer, tells us about the benefits for Essex.
This September and October, we took members of our young campaigners network, Envision to meet government ministers, MPs, shadow ministers and others, at the Labour and Conservative Party conferences.
Last month, members of Envision had a rare opportunity to visit Parliament. The event followed on from a day’s training on campaign skills, the role of Parliament and influencing MPs. Members also worked together to further develop their employment campaign.
We've got some great news as part of our Access to Gyms campaign, soon all personal trainers and fitness staff will have to learn about supporting people with sight loss to get fit as part of their roles.
Claire Lawrence, our Regional Campaigns Officer for the East Midlands, and campaigns volunteer Dan Powell, are looking for blind and partially sighted people who would be interested in free sessions with a personal trainer.
2016-17 was certainly an eventful year and we're pleased to be able to share some of our fantastic campaign wins. Read the full round up
Earlier this year, we launched RNIB Connect, a growing community of blind and partially sighted people, their friends, family, carers and supporters of issues facing people with sight loss.
Campaigning news from the East of England
New RNIB research into the benefits of vision rehabilitation launched earlier in 2017, is already helping to boost local services across the country. Mike Bell, Policy and Campaigns Officer, tells us about the benefits for Essex.
We've been working with RNIB Connect Volunteers and partners in Norfolk to highlight the challenges of accessing Norwich City Centre since the implementation of a scheme that removed many of the controlled crossings in the area.
Campaigning news from the East midlands
Claire Lawrence, our Regional Campaigns Officer for the East Midlands, and campaigns volunteer Dan Powell, are looking for blind and partially sighted people who would be interested in free sessions with a personal trainer.
Our Regional Campaigns Officer for the East Midlands is currently working with PureGym on an access to gyms campaign for blind and partially sighted people.
Campaigning news from London
Your chance to take part in a trial of an innovative new station design.
Take part in the Transport for London survey to share your experiences of 'turn-up-and-go' staff assistance at London Underground stations.
Campaigning news from the North East
RNIB volunteer campaigners take MP Chi Onwurah on a blindfold work to highlight accessibility issues at Newcastle Central train station
Volunteer campaigners meet Catherine McKinnell MP and take her on a blindfold walk to highlight accessibility issues in Newcastle.
Campaigning news from the North west
After two years of campaigning, Liverpool council have agreed to adopt a street charter to make the city more accessible for blind and partially sighted people!
We are working with Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and Manchester City Council to ensure that blind and partially sighted people can travel down Oxford Road using their chosen method of transport, safely, easily, and as independently as they wish to.
Campaigning news from the South east
Last year, Volunteer Campaign Coordinator Julia Kirkham alerted us to the long wait that blind and partially sighted people were facing for vision rehabilitation services in West Sussex.
MP Tim Loughton has walked blindfolded through Worthing town centre as part of a campaign to make the area safer for blind and partially sighted people.
Campaigning news from the South west
Steve Hyde, Regional Assistant Campaigns Officer for the South West, and Connect Community Facilitator Sophie Fox payed a visit to the Dorset Blind Association on 2 March, where would-be campaigners were given the chance to find out more about RNIBs work.
We’re thrilled that Volunteer Campaign Coordinator Steve Hyde has now joined the campaigns team as Regional Assistant Campaigns Officer for the South West.
Campaigning news from the West midlands
On 9 March RNIB campaigners celebrated National Express West Midlands signing up to the Bus Charter, with a Swap with Me event in Walsall. National Express are one of the UK's "big 5" bus operators and provide bus services across the West Midlands.
As part of work to improve the accessibility of Birmingham’s New Street station, there have been a number of changes made.
Campaigning news from Yorkshire and Humber
Campaigners in Bradford are celebrating a district-wide ban on A-Boards.
Maqsood Sheikh, our Regional Campaigns Officer for Yorkshire and Humber, has met with Councillor Roy Miller at Barnsley Council to ask for his support to develop a street charter for Barnsley.
Campaigning news from Europe and worldwide
On 30 June 2016, Canada became the 20th country to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty. The Treaty should allow for thousands more accessible books to be available to blind and partially sighted people, both in the UK and elsewhere. Canada’s ratification on 30 June therefore means the Marrakech Treaty will come into force on 30 September 2016.
We thrilled to announce that on 3 May, Members of the European Parliament reached a ground-breaking political deal with governments across Europe to ensure that all public sector websites and apps are made accessible.