Ignorance towards blind people being passed from generation to generation
43% of children with a vision impairment have been bullied at school Verbal and physical abuse of children with sight loss a common occurrence in…
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RNIB launches national quality assurance mark
New cards from RBS will be first products to achieve RNIB Approved status The UK’s largest sight loss charity RNIB has launched a new quality…
Daily assault course of street obstacles and dangerous crossings injuring blind people
Thousands of blind and partially sighted people are being injured as they walk around their local streets, leaving many of them without the confidence to…
British Blind Sport launch their Visually Impaired Friendly Athletics Resource for coaches, teachers and parents
British Blind Sport are proud to announce the release of their Visually Impaired Friendly Athletics resource to support blind and partially sighted people in track,…
Forum Opens to Support People with Sight Loss
A new community scheme from Guide Dogs is giving people who are blind or partially sighted, and their loved ones, the opportunity to play a…
North London musician wins competition to design sound of leading sight loss charity
35-year-old Charlie San from Tottenham has created the new audio logo for the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), after entering a national competition…
Guide Dogs Annual Awards 2014, one life-changing night!
The stars came out and joined more than 450 guests at the glittering Guide Dogs Annual Awards 2014, in partnership with Microsoft. Guide dog owner…
Leading charity warns UK is leaving thousands of blind people isolated and at risk of depression
RNIB says fewer than one in three (30%) eye departments offer adequate support to people who are losing their sight National sight loss charity RNIB…
Blind opera singer releases album to help raise money for sight loss charity
Elizabeth Capener, 33, a blind soprano from London has released her first opera album and will be donating a portion of the proceeds to the…
Blind campaigner from Irlam travelling to Brussels to meet MEPs
Kimberley Burrows, 26, who is blind, is travelling to the European Parliament on 11 November to meet a number of MEPs as part of an…
Guide Dogs forges guidance for police officers to help guide dog owners
Agreement means guide dogs and their owners who face the trauma of an attack will be dealt with effectively and compassionately, in accordance with new…
Sense and RDA in partnership to support deafblind riders
RDA and Sense are starting a project at theSense stables in Spalding, Lincolnshire looking at how both organisations can work more closely together and benefit…
Ecuador Declared Free of River Blindness
CBM UK welcomes milestone towards ending avoidable blindness Ecuador has become the second country in the world to eliminate River Blindness, a debilitating disease that…
RNIB launches Overdrive, a digital audio library for people with sight loss
Exciting new service allows users to download books, magazines and podcasts directly onto computers, smartphones and tablets The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)…
Glasgow conference explores how technolgy can transform the lives of blind people
‘SMART’ glasses that maximise the remaining vision of partially sighted people, shoes with vibrating sensors that guide the wearer in a certain direction, and a…