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RNIB submits evidence for UN Committee monitoring disability rights

RNIB has provided evidence for a report which monitors how the UK is implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRDP).

Posted Monday, 20 December 2021 News type: News story

Campaign win: Newham Council appoints specialist teacher for children with vision impairment

We are delighted Newham Council in London has listened to our concerns and increased the specialist educational support available to children with vision impairment (VI).

Posted Tuesday, 14 December 2021 News type: Article

RNIB prompts grocery company Milk & More to open up access to its service

Milk & More has made changes to enable digitally excluded older and disabled customers to use its services after RNIB raised concerns.

Posted Friday, 12 November 2021 News type: News story

Campaign win: London Mayor responds to RNIB-backed letter with call for temporary halt to new colourful crossings

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has asked Transport for London (TfL) to halt the installation of a series of colourful crossings in central London including Tottenham Court Road. He has also advised London boroughs to do the same.

Posted Friday, 5 November 2021 News type: Article

RNIB’s response to the Chancellor’s 2021 Spending Review

On 27 October, we followed Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget and Spending Review to analyse what it might mean for blind and partially sighted people living in the UK.

Posted Thursday, 28 October 2021 News type: Article

RNIB joins calls on Government to change the benefit system and employment support

RNIB has joined a coalition of sight loss charities, which are calling on the Government to make the benefit system and employment support fit for purpose for blind and partially sighted people.

Posted Monday, 11 October 2021 News type: News story

Keeping up the pressure on Government to keep its promise to “fix” social care

RNIB is campaigning - as part of the Care and Support Alliance (CSA) - for the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to commit enough funding to meet the social care needs of older and disabled people when he announces his spending plans later this month.

Posted Friday, 1 October 2021 News type: Article

Confusing colourful crossings are not safe, RNIB tells Mayor of London

RNIB and other charities have written a letter to the Mayor of London outlining safety concerns around colourful crossings, like the recent announcement regarding Tottenham Court Road.

Posted Tuesday, 28 September 2021 News type: Article

Government Elections Bill: RNIB raises “serious concerns” in our evidence to MPs

This Bill risks watering down the requirements to enable blind and partially sighted people to vote independently and in secret.

Posted Wednesday, 22 September 2021 News type: Article

Greater Manchester Police training features a blind person’s experience of disability hate crime

The new police training, delivered via Virtual Reality (VR) headsets, features the experiences of a blind person who has been supported by RNIB.

Posted Monday, 13 September 2021 News type: Article