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Eye Clinic Liaison Officer (ECLO) service UK Evaluation Report

Eye Clinic Liaison Officers (ECLOs) are situated in eye clinics to provide emotional and practical support at the point of need for all patients living with an eye condition and their family, friends and carers. ECLOs are knowledgeable about eye conditions and local and national support services. They offer dedicated individual care and act as an important bridge between health care and social services. ECLOs are a crucial part of RNIB’s Sight Loss Advice Service.

Posted Wednesday, 31 January 2024 News type: Research Report

RNIB Broadcast Content Project 2023

The aim of this study was to evaluate the current level of audio description (AD) on British television, specifically on Freeview channels. We looked at a 3-day period containing both weekend days and weekdays (from 19th November to 21st November 2023) to gather a larger variety of programmes.

Posted Monday, 22 January 2024 News type: Research Report

RNIB Outlooks: Research report 2023

This report is designed to help the sector and beyond to better understand the lives of people with sight loss. Our study has gone beyond existing ways the sector has looked at the impact of sight loss on people’s lives by providing an indepth look into the psychological and environmental needs of blind and partially sighted people.

Posted Friday, 5 January 2024 News type: Research Report

What we know about public attitudes and understanding

Blind and partially sighted people consistently tell us that public attitudes and understanding is a major barrier.

Posted Wednesday, 20 December 2023 News type: Research Report

Eye care support pathway insight report

This report summarises findings from both RNIB research and external data sources. It provides a comprehensive representation of the ‘pain points’ people experience when trying to access services along the eye care journey.

Posted Wednesday, 4 October 2023 News type: Research Report

People’s experiences of accessing Eye Care services

This report summarises the findings from speaking to approximately 400 people between September and December 2022 about their experiences accessing eye care services.

Posted Wednesday, 4 October 2023 News type: Research Report

RNIB report on improving audio description for documentary television programs

Audio description is described by Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) as additional commentary for television programmes that explains what is happening on screen.

Posted Monday, 2 October 2023 News type: Research Report

TV Content Focus Group 1 (Sports) - Football matches on TV

In order to understand the viewing environment of the participants and whether it has any correlation with the style of commentary they prefer, participants were asked, generally, did they watch matches alone or with family and friends.

Posted Monday, 2 October 2023 News type: Research Report

TV Content Focus Group 2 (Sports) - Major sports events

The purpose of this focus group was to explore blind and partially sighted people’s perspectives on watching live sports on TV and how they would like to see coverage made accessible and enjoyable. The session also explored blind and partially sighted people’s preferences for how audio description should be implemented on live sports coverage.

Posted Monday, 2 October 2023 News type: Research Report

Accessibility of Football Broadcasts on TV Research Report

This report explores blind and partially sighted people’s experiences of watching football broadcasts on TV. It investigates people’s preferences for which commentary or audio description style is enjoyable, accessible and enables the match to be followed accurately.

Posted Monday, 2 October 2023 News type: Research Report