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RNIB submits evidence for UN Committee monitoring disability rights
RNIB has provided evidence for a report which monitors how the UK is implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRDP).
‘Alexa, read my RNIB Letter from Santa’. For the first time, more UK children than ever before can receive a message from Father Christmas
Sight loss charity the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and Amazon Alexa have teamed up to ensure that more children living with a vision impairment can listen to a Christmas message from jolly Old Saint Nicholas himself.
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).
Doctors and clients praise Fife service that helps people come to terms with sight loss
A life-changing service, run in partnership between RNIB Scotland, NHS Fife and Seescape, celebrates a key anniversary this week.
East Kilbride teenager with sight loss will be heard at UN meeting on children and adolescents with disabilities
An East Kilbride teenager who is partially sighted will contribute her thoughts to a global online meeting today to launch a new United Nations manifesto for children and adolescents with disabilities.
A very accessible Christmas! Keira experiences festive magic thanks to RNIB and Santa
This year, the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is celebrating the magic of Christmas with 12-year-old Keira Mills and the excitement she experiences when receiving a letter from Santa in an accessible format.
Metro story highlights the benefits of disclosing your sight loss
Newspaper The Metro has published a First Person story by entrepreneur and artist manager Ben Price, where he tells of his sight loss journey and how he came to realise the importance of disclosing his disability.
Young people with sight loss in Scotland will get a chance to make their voices heard
What's it like to be a young person who's blind or partially sighted in today's Scotland? To strive to keep up in the classroom alongside your sighted peers? To try to be part of the youth's highly visual world of social media and computer games?