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How to share your views on the future of the NHS in England
In October 2024, the UK Government launched a major public consultation to gather views on how to make a health service fit for the future as part of their 10 Year Health Plan for England. We want to ensure that eye care and blind and partially sighted people are fully considered in the 10 year health plan. This is your opportunity to help shape the NHS of the future.
New housing development will mark invention of braille
North Ayrshire’s largest-ever council house development will mark the invention of braille.
Expanding our campaign to raise awareness of sight loss with #BeforeYouAsk
We built on the success of See the Person, our successful awareness campaign from 2022/23, by introducing a new phase called #BeforeYouAsk, which encourages people to think more deeply about shifting their own perceptions and attitudes to sight loss.
Offering access to emotional and practical support: RNIB Eye Care Liaison Officers
Remi McDonald, age 7, is severely visually impaired from birth – she has Aniridia, Nystagmus and Cataracts in both eyes and also has Photophobia. Her mother Sukhi talks about Remi's sight condition and the invaluable support they have received from an ECLO (Eye Care Liaison Officer) at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
RNIB’s Bookshare offers equal access to education
Jessica (14) was born with cataracts, Microphthalmia and Nystagmus. She doesn’t let her visual impairments hold her back, she enjoys life and takes on new challenges.
RNIB’s counselling service offers a safe space for you to process a diagnosis
Peter Middleton (56) had very little useful vision in his left eye, unbeknownst to him, until a traumatic accident at work left him without vision in his right eye. Pete found it difficult to ask for help from loved ones, which caused him to experience severe depression, leading him down a dark road. Through RNIB’s Sight Loss Counselling service, he was able to open up about what he was experiencing and learn tools to cope, crediting it with saving his life.
Taking on a challenge to raise vital funds
Lauryn Brown has a rare form of uveitis that affects her left eye. Uveitis is an autoimmune condition that can result in macular scarring and sight loss. Lauryn also suffers from health-related anxiety and found relief through running. After connecting with RNIB, she ran the London Marathon in the RNIB bib to raise money for others with sight loss.
Securing a U-turn on proposed train ticket office closures
In July 2023, the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) announced plans to close all train station ticket offices in England and Glasgow. If successful, these proposals would have had a devastating impact on people with sight loss, who can rely on trains to travel independently.
Policy and Campaigns: 2024 in Review
2024 has been full of campaign achievements and developing relationships with MPs, Councillors, and Mayors. Grab a coffee and look back over the campaigning you’ve helped to deliver this year, and what's on the horizon in 2025 for the UK Policy and Campaigns team.
'Nothing about us without us': UK Covid Inquiry hears closing arguments from disabled groups
The UK Covid Inquiry recently completed its public hearings on access to healthcare during the pandemic. The last days provided a final opportunity for disability charities to summarise the impact of the pandemic, and the UK's response to the pandemic, on disabled people and their healthcare, including what must change in any future national crisis.