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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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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…

Posted Friday, 17 July 2026

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 …

Posted Friday, 17 July 2026 News type: News story

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…

Posted Wednesday, 15 July 2026

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…

Posted Monday, 13 July 2026

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 …

Posted Thursday, 9 July 2026

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…

Posted Tuesday, 7 July 2026

Sighted guide support for Edinburgh Fringe

RNIB Scotland is launching their sighted guide service to support blind and partially sighted festival-goers in August.

Posted Thursday, 2 July 2026

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…

Posted Friday, 26 June 2026 News type: News story

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…

Posted Friday, 26 June 2026 News type: News story

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…

Posted Tuesday, 9 June 2026 News type: News story