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RNIB collaborates on scripted comedy podcast ‘You’ve Got Braille’
You’ve Got Braille is the hilarious new scripted comedy podcast series following the life of blind twenty-something, Paddy, as he explores love, work, life and…
Blind and partially sighted speakers take to the stage at Glasgow City Chambers
A group of blind and partially sighted people celebrated the culmination of a public speaking course this week, delivering speeches to a delighted audience at …
Blind and partially sighted musicians perform stunning concert to celebrate 25 years of vital support
A group of talented blind and partially sighted musicians gathered on Friday (July 3) to showcase their skills at an event at London’s Guildhall School of Musi…
RNIB responds to a new report as part of the Timms Review which found Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment process is no longer fit for purpose
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has today (Thursday, 9 July) published an Interim Report as part of the review into PIP carried out by Sir Stephen Ti…
UK’s leading sight loss charity, RNIB, appoints five new trustees
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has appointed five new trustees to its board. The new additions bring a wealth of experience and will play …
Emotional support at diagnosis training offered to ophthalmologists
New training to give eye care professionals all the tools to provide better emotional support to patients receiving a diagnosis of sight loss was rolled out at…
Sighted guide support for Edinburgh Fringe
RNIB Scotland is launching their sighted guide service to support blind and partially sighted festival-goers in August.
RNIB joins panel in Parliament on self-driving taxi services
With public pilots of self-driving taxi services set to begin on London’s streets in the coming months, RNIB’s Head of Policy joined a panel event in Parliamen…
MPs visit RNIB’s mock polling station
On Wednesday 17 June, MPs and their staff joined RNIB in Parliament to learn how audio-tactile voting devices could enable blind and partially sighted people t…
Minister for Care responds to RNIB’s Out of Sight petition
Back in March, a group of campaigners handed in RNIB’s biggest ever petition to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) as part of our Out of Sight cam…