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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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Disabled people report being financially worse off since pandemic
New research published by the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) shows that thousands of disabled people on out of work benefits, such as Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and Job seeker’s Allowance (JSA), are financially struggling because of the pandemic.