Further Education at RNIB College Loughborough
RNIB College Loughborough supports students with a wide range of disabilities to achieve their goals. We are a small, friendly College where each member of…
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RNIB produces top tips for healthcare professionals
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has produced two guides aimed at helping healthcare professionals to ensure their services are accessible to blind…
RNIB challenges bus companies to sign up to accessibility charter
First UK Bus has become the first national bus operator to pledge its support for a Charter to ensure services are accessible for customers with…
RNIB launches good practice guide on making train services more accessible
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has produced a new guide aimed at improving the service the rail network offers passengers with sight…
Patients are going blind as overstretched eye clinics reach breaking point
New research reveals that delays in diagnosis, treatment and follow up care are resulting in people losing their sight Eye clinic staff describe their working…
Blind and partially sighted technology beginners encouraged to ‘Switch on’
This November the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is helping technology beginners to switch on and learn the basics. RNIB’s Switch on to…
Young blind and partially sighted campaigners meet with MPs
A group of young blind and partially sighted people travelled to the Houses of Parliament to meet MPs as part of the launch of a…
RNIB Pears Centre sponsors Three Spires Academy
The Royal National Institute of Blind People’s (RNIB) Pears Centre for Specialist Learning has joined together with Three Spires School in Coventry to convert the…
UCAS launches videos to help deaf students apply to university or college
Deaf students applying to university now have additional support from UCAS, with seven new videos available in British Sign Language (BSL). Key parts of the…
RNIB and Network Rail make major changes in Birmingham
Leading sight loss charity the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has worked closely with Network Rail to ensure that blind and partially sighted…
Lack of awareness risking thousands of people’s sight
* Nearly half of adults (48 per cent) have never heard of Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK…
Children with vision impairment need more early years support
The RLSB (the Royal London Society for Blind People) and the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) have launched a report which underlines the…
Confused by your Christmas gadget? RNIB Technology Support Squad to the rescue
Blind and partially sighted people who are having trouble setting up a new gadget they received for Christmas, or bought in the January sales, can…
Help Scheme ensures successful Switchover for blind and partially sighted people
As the switchover to digital TV comes to an end, the Help Scheme set up to assist those who required extra advice or assistance has…
RNIB launches online services directory
Blind and partially sighted people can now search for key services and support in their local area using a new online directory launched by the…