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Six ways RNIB have helped make businesses more accessible

We’re working hard to make sure that measures are being put in place to make businesses and supermarkets more accessible for blind and partially sighted people.

Posted Tuesday, 4 August 2020 News type: Article

E-scooters: essential guidance

We have been highlighting our serious concerns about the impact e-scooters could have on the safety, confidence and independence of blind and partially sighted people.

Posted Tuesday, 28 July 2020 News type: Article

World Upside Down: Making sure coronavirus updates, testing and contact tracing are accessible

One of the ways coronavirus has turned the World Upside Down is the sheer number of new announcements and instructions the Government has issued to keep us all safe. We’ve been working hard to make sure this information is accessible to blind and partially sighted people.

Posted Friday, 17 July 2020 News type: News story

World Upside Down: Educating the public about social distancing and sight loss

Social distancing relies on being able to see where others are, something that’s impossible for many people with sight loss.

Posted Thursday, 16 July 2020 News type: Article

Let’s speak up together as e-scooter trials begin

As the first trial e-scooter rental scheme is launched in Middlesbrough, we’re asking blind and partially sighted people to tell us about their experiences and encounters with e-scooters in rental areas.

Posted Wednesday, 15 July 2020 News type: Article

WorldUpsideDown: How RNIB is calling for tailored guiding advice

Measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus turned the "World Upside Down" for blind and partially sighted people. New layouts to streets and shops have been implemented at the same time as restrictions affecting how close you can get to other people.

Posted Tuesday, 14 July 2020 News type: News story

Navigating a World Upside Down: RNIB launches social distancing campaign

Today we’re launching our World Upside Down campaign with a takeover of the largest advertising display in Europe, London’s Piccadilly Lights, to explain to the public how hard social distancing can be for blind and partially sighted people.

Posted Monday, 6 July 2020 News type: News story

‘A very real threat’: RNIB Chair Eleanor Southwood gives evidence on e-scooters in Parliament

Eleanor Southwood has told the Transport Select Committee that RNIB considers e-scooters a very real threat to the safety and independence of blind and partially sighted people.

Posted Thursday, 2 July 2020 News type: News story

#InfoForAll campaign success: alternative formats of shielding letter available

Unlike letters that went out at the beginning of the coronavirus lockdown, new letters to the ‘shielding’ population are available in alternative formats thanks to RNIB campaigning.

Posted Wednesday, 24 June 2020 News type: Article

Supermarket campaign success: priority delivery slots now available

Priority delivery slots are now available to blind and partially sighted people in England who need them, after 22,653 people signed our sight loss charities’ campaign petition.

Posted Tuesday, 16 June 2020 News type: News story