We’re proud of what we’ve achieved – to make a difference for people with sight loss – in our financial year which ended 31 March 2024. For the first time – alongside the audited RNIB Annual Report and Accounts 2023/24 - we’ve brought together a few different stories to show the impact of our work and bring the stats from the report to life.
If we are to serve blind and partially sighted people in the best way – and build a better future – we can’t afford to sit still so it’s useful to see our work in 2023/24 as a platform for our current strategy and focus.
You can read the Annual Report and Accounts for 2023-24 or to find out more about our ambitious plans for the future, you can read all about our current strategy and watch the video on our recent successes below.
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. Read more about our campaign which secured a U-turn on these planned closures.
Between 2023 – 24 our ECLOs reached more than 72,000 people. ECLOs provide a vital bridge between and are central to the support and wellbeing of patients. People who had spoken to an ECLO told us about the impact this service had for them
After speaking to an ECLO:
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.
We’ve built on the ambitious strategy RNIB launched last year. The new strategy has two key priorities and four objectives split between these priorities; it has three additional objectives to ensure RNIB is in the best place to deliver for blind and partially sighted people in the present and the future.
RNIB Group Annual Report and Accounts 2023/24 (PDF)
RNIB Group Annual Report and Accounts 2022/23 (PDF)
My name’s Joyce and I’m a long-standing supporter of RNIB - a charity extremely close to my heart. Moray, my husband of 18 years, lost his sight in his left eye and has reduced vision in the right due to congenital glaucoma. Jodie and Greg, our two children, were born with Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis, a condition which results in severe vision loss and many other knock-on effects. Greg sadly passed away six years ago, age 24, after a long battle with chronic kidney disease.
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.
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.
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.
