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Fundraisers take on 4 Kiltwalks for sight loss

Two fundraisers with sight loss are taking on an 18-mile sponsored walk in tartan on Sunday 4 June 2023.

Posted Friday, 2 June 2023 News type: News story

Celebrating a remarkable braille volunteer

Sehar Mashiyat, a volunteer braille tutor with leading sight loss charity RNIB, has an impressive story to tell.

Posted Friday, 2 June 2023 News type: News story News type: Your Stories News type: Case study

Eleanor Rothwell's RNIB volunteering experience

Eleanor Rothwell, age 45, (as of November 2022), is a Community Connection Coordinator, based in Cardiff. For the last six years, Eleanor has managed a team of volunteers at RNIB, to engage with blind and partially sighted people, to help them form connections and support each other. To recognise the invaluable contribution to RNIB that volunteers selflessly give, Eleanor nominated her team for the Wales Online award for Peer Network of the Year.

Posted Thursday, 1 June 2023

See Sport Differently tackles reasons why sport isn’t accessible for blind and partially sighted people

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and British Blind Sport (BBS) launch See Sport Differently participation campaign to tackle the disparity of physical activity amongst blind and partially sighted people.

Posted Thursday, 1 June 2023 News type: Press release

Volunteer Melanie Stewart discusses the impact of volunteering

Melanie Stewart, age 52, is partially sighted with optic atrophy, and has found that volunteering for RNIB has enriched her life. When she started losing her sight, she found that her job was increasingly stressful, so became a stay-at-home mum for her youngest daughter.

Posted Thursday, 1 June 2023

Gail Burns, who had an undetected, detached retina, is running the Edinburgh Marathon this May

A woman who has had two eye operations is aiming to run her first 26.2 miles at the Edinburgh Marathon on May 28th.

Posted Friday, 26 May 2023 News type: Press release

RNIB volunteer Natalie Holford talks about volunteering

Natalie Holford, age 59, has Marfan’s syndrome and is registered as Severely sight impaired in 2019 following a stroke. Having volunteered previously, she now volunteers for RNIB as a facilitator on the Living Well With Sight Loss Course (LWWSL).

Posted Thursday, 25 May 2023 News type: Your Stories

FCA’s new Consumer Duty

In July 2023 the Financial Conduct Authority will launch the new Consumer Duty setting clearer standards of consumer protection across financial services.

Posted Wednesday, 17 May 2023 News type: News story

Supporting your customers during the cost of living crisis

Our Business Services team has put together some tips to help you support your customers during the cost of living crisis.

Posted Wednesday, 17 May 2023 News type: Blog

Make It Accessible now to end healthcare information drought for blind and partially sighted people, urges RNIB

Blind and partially sighted people’s health is being put at risk because they are being denied their right to receive vital patient information in a format they can read.

Posted Tuesday, 16 May 2023 News type: Press release