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Bus drivers experience their service without sight at Swap With Me event

Eleven of our campaigners from across South Wales swapped places with Stagecoach bus drivers to raise awareness of the difficulties blind and partially sighted people face when using public transport.

Posted Friday, 18 October 2019 News type: News story

Serious about inclusion? Priorities for the new Prime Minister

What does it take for all of us to be able to “succeed as a nation”?

Posted Wednesday, 31 July 2019 News type: News story

Campaigning for accessible streets in Poundbury

Our campaigning for accessible streets in Poundbury has led to a meeting to discuss the central shared space area, Queen Mother Square, with Poundbury’s landowner, the Duchy of Cornwall.

Posted Tuesday, 9 July 2019 News type: Article

Department for Transport announces £20 million for station accessibility improvements

Blind and partially sighted people rely on public transport to get around. Ensuring that public transport is accessible and inclusive, so people can be independent, is absolutely fundamental. We're asking your help to highlight the issues to the Department for Transport.

Posted Monday, 8 July 2019 News type: News story

A step towards the end of silent vehicles on UK roads

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced an important step towards the end of silent vehicles on UK roads. But what are the risks when vehicles are silent, what does the DfT announcement mean in practice, and does it go far enough?

Posted Monday, 1 July 2019 News type: News story

Successful challenge to guide dog refusal

A private hire taxi company has been fined by Preston Magistrates' Court, after refusing a passenger travelling with a guide dog.

Posted Thursday, 13 June 2019 News type: News story

We're challenging Hampshire County Council cuts

Hampshire County Council cuts funding for children with special education needs. We are urgently calling on the Education Secretary Damian Hinds to challenge Hampshire County Council's decision, and for SEND funding to be included in the Government's next spending review so every child with a vision impairment can access the same level of education as their peers.

Posted Tuesday, 11 June 2019

RNIB Scotland launches manifesto for the European Union elections

Scotland's six elected Members of the European Parliament can still help to transform services for people with disabilities as part of a legacy to the EU.

Posted Friday, 17 May 2019 News type: News story

Banks can no longer ignore financial inclusion

This week the Treasury Committee published its report on consumer access to financial services, warning that banks can no longer ignore financial inclusion.

Posted Tuesday, 14 May 2019

Bus drivers to experience travel like passengers with sight loss

Stagecoach West Scotland employees will take part in a training session today as part of the bus operator’s pledge to make its services more accessible to blind and partially sighted people.

Posted Monday, 13 May 2019 News type: News story