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People with sight loss can now access thousands of audio books through Alexa
Blind and partially sighted people can now say “Alexa, open RNIB Talking Books” to get instant access to thousands of RNIB audio books.
RNIB delivers Disability Awareness training to MPs
It’s essential MPs understand sight loss and accessibility to service their blind and partially sighted constituents. We’ve been working hard in Parliament to make sure MPs make the adjustments they need to.
RNIB backs report recommendations to improve low vision services
RNIB is adding its voice to calls from across the sight loss sector, to review the commissioning and provision of low vision services in England. This follows the publication of survey results by the Clinical Council for Eye Health Commissioning (CCEHC).
National Disability Strategy: Too early to tell
The new National Disability Strategy is out today, promising to improve the lives of disabled people as part of the Government’s “levelling up” agenda.
Campaign success: blind women invited to local GP consultation panel
Steve Hyde, RNIB’s Regional Campaigns Officer for the South West, has helped a woman with visual impairment get access to a previously inaccessible consultation on changes being made to her local GP surgery.
Blind TV Licence concession made easier to access
A ground-breaking agreement between the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), TV Licensing and the Health and Social Care Board (HSCB) will make it much easier for people with severe sight impairment to access a blind concession TV Licence.
RNIB guidance update: sighted guiding after 19 July 2021
Following the relaxation of coronavirus rules, we’ve issued revised guidance on sighted guiding, agreed with Guide Dogs and Thomas Pocklington Trust.
Government consults on improving benefits and employment support
The Government is consulting on how the welfare system can better meet the needs of disabled people and people with health conditions, so people can live independently, and stay in or move into work.
RNIB delivers petition demanding rail safety for passengers with sight loss
We have delivered the rail safe petition backing our calls for tactile paving to be urgently installed across the rail network - signed by 15,817 people - to Network Rail and the Department for Transport.
Seven musicians with sight loss from around the world talk about their struggle to pursue their chosen career
Blind Notes, a seven-part conversation series of radio programmes featuring one-to-one interviews with musicians from around the world – all of whom are blind – begins this evening.