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#SupportCantWait social media day of action

Today, 6 April, RNIB is taking part in a social media day of action under the banner of #SupportCantWait to emphasise the need for further support with the cost of living as a new financial year begins.

Posted Thursday, 6 April 2023 News type: News story

RNIB NI Response to community transport provision funding concerns

"We are encouraged to see that the threat to vital public service that is rural community transport is being taken seriously by our elected representatives at Stormont and by the Department for Infrastructure Permanent Secretary. "

Posted Sunday, 19 March 2023 News type: Press release

RNIB responds to Ofcom’s work plan 2023/2024

RNIB has pushed Ofcom to start looking at the accessibility of Gaming and the Metaverse in their plan for next year. We have also stressed that the work on affordability of communication services needs to consider blind and partially sighted people.

Posted Friday, 3 March 2023

RNIB welcomes Network Rail commitment to install tactile paving at all rail stations within two years

Network Rail has pledged to install tactile paving on all rail platforms in Britain by 2025. This news follows RNIB’s #RailSafe campaign after the tragic death of Cleveland Gervais, a partially sighted man who fell from a platform without tactile paving in 2020.

Posted Friday, 24 February 2023 News type: News story

RNIB demands urgent Government action to address Access to Work delays

Thousands of jobs and careers at risk due to increasing delays

Posted Thursday, 26 January 2023

Voters with sight loss are still denied by a broken system, says RNIB's report

Most voters with sight loss express frustration and humiliation with barriers preventing them voting independently and in secret.

Posted Wednesday, 4 January 2023 News type: News story

Join RNIB’s call on the Electoral Commission to rethink draft accessibility guidance

New guidance for local Returning Officers, to ensure disabled voters are supported to vote independently and in secret, falls short of its aims and will not do enough for blind and partially sighted people, we believe.

Posted Thursday, 22 December 2022 News type: News story

RNIB responds to guidance from the Electoral Commission for Returning Officers

The right to vote independently, and in secret, is a cornerstone of our democracy. Yet blind and partially sighted people continue to face unacceptable barriers.

Posted Wednesday, 21 December 2022 News type: Press release

2022 Year in Review: Campaign Successes

As 2022 comes to an end, we’d like to reflect and share our campaign success from the year. None of this would have been possible without your support, and by working together we have achieved real change.

Posted Wednesday, 14 December 2022 News type: Article

Glasgow councillors to experience street obstacles wearing sight loss simulation-spectacles

A cross-party group of Glasgow City Councillors will try to navigate around obstacles and clutter on the streets near George Square this morning wearing spectacles that mimic different sight loss conditions.

Posted Thursday, 1 December 2022 News type: News story