Join our Joy Makers this Christmas
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Join our Joy Makers and help make Christmas special
No one should be left out at Christmas
Everyone should feel the Christmas magic but, for many children with vision impairment, it can be hard to feel included.
We don’t think anyone should be excluded at Christmas. That’s why we need you to join our Joy Makers.
With your support, we can send accessible Letters from Santa to children with vision impairment and make sure they feel the Christmas joy just like their friends and family.
For children like Aadam, getting a Letter from Santa they can read on their own is at the heart of making Christmas special.
How a Letter from Santa made Aadam’s Christmas
Aadam has Fraser syndrome - a condition where both of his eyelids are fused to the cornea. Even though he has some usable sight, he still struggles. Especially at Christmas time, where there are lots of things that make him feel left out, like not getting to see the festive lights turn on or meet Santa in his grotto.
But when Aadam opened his very own accessible Letter from Santa and read it by himself, he was overjoyed that Santa could write to him too!
Aadam, a boy with vision impairment, wears a Santa hat and holds a gold envelope, while standing in front of a Christmas tree.
“If Christmas wasn’t accessible to me, I’d feel upset and left out, because I wouldn’t be having fun and everybody else would.”
Last year, we sent more than 1,600 accessible Letters from Santa. As a Joy Maker, you could make sure more children with vision impairment get Letters from Santa and feel included in the Christmas magic.
Keira: why donating matters this Christmas
“Hi! My name’s Keira - I’m Head Joy Maker. And this year I’m on a mission to help even more children with vision impairment - just like me - feel included in all the festive magic.
I used to feel left out at Christmas – until the year everything changed! I got my first accessible Letter from Santa, and unlike most letters, this one was in braille. I could read it without Mum’s help! I finally felt included – it was so magical.
Last year, RNIB made Christmas special for children with vision impairment by sending more than 1,600 accessible Letters from Santa. There are over 25,000 children with vision impairment in the UK and too many of them are still missing out at Christmas. But, with you on our team of Joy Makers, we can make sure many more of them can take part in this festive tradition! We can send more letters than ever before – in braille, audio and large print – to more children and show them they deserve to be included too.
By joining our team of Joy Makers, you could help children with vision impairment feel included in the festive magic with an accessible Letter from Santa this Christmas.”
Keira smiling wearing a Christmas jumper with Rudolph on it and Christmas decorations blurred in the background.