National disability charity, Sense, has responded to the news that the Labour Party intends to launch an early years taskforce looking into childcare provision and early-years learning. The taskforce, announced by shadow education secretary, Angela Rayner, as part of this year’s Labour Party Conference, will aim to ensure that all children and parents have access to quality, affordable childcare. Sense, ... Read More »
A summer garden party marked the official opening of garden set up by blind and partially sighted people in Selby on Sunday 11 September 2016. The Optimeyes Garden was created by Selby District Vision (SDV), with the help of RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) and a grant from the Big Lottery Fund. Members of SDV designed the garden ... Read More »
National sight loss charity Blind Veterans UK has been shortlisted for a prestigious award in the sight loss sector, with the help of some of the blind ex-Service men and women it supports. The Vision Pioneer Awards 2016, run by NB Online and the UK Vision Strategy, received more than 50 entries across all six award categories. Blind Veterans UK ... Read More »
Blind and partially sighted readers can enjoy Julian Fellowes’s new book ‘Belgravia’ before it is published in hardback or paperback. The ‘Belgravia’ audio book, read by actress Juliet Stevenson, will be available to read on RNIB Overdrive at the very same time as it is released each week on a special app and via Audible. Julian Fellowes’s ‘Belgravia’ is ... Read More »
A record number of 875 new blind and vision impaired ex-Service men and women in the UK are set to receive support from national military charity Blind Veterans UK, according to new figures. In Blind Veterans UK’s 101-year history, the charity saw more veterans than ever before come forward for its free specialist services and support in the 2015/16 financial ... Read More »
On Easter Sunday a group of Royal Mail staff helped kick off blind veteran Shaun Stocker’s 100 kilometre Stocker’s Strides Challenge. Despite horrendous weather, local posties and sorting office workers from Bangor, Caernarfon and Llangefni depots walked 34 km pier to pier, from Llandudno to Bangor. In a show of support for Shaun and all blind veterans, they undertook ... Read More »
RNIB’s Talking Books service originally launched in 1935 to help soldiers blinded in the war. Talking Books, a service which provides 4,000 audio books every single day to people with sight loss, will be entirely free for all blind and partially sighted people from today. RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People), the sight loss charity which runs the service, has made the announcement ... Read More »
A group of young campaigners with sight loss travelled to the Houses of Parliament on 14th October to experience Westminster life and met with the Minister for Disabled People. The campaigners, aged 18-30 years, are part of a campaigning network called Envision set up by sight loss charity RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People). The event followed a ‘campaigner ... Read More »
Attitude is Everything, the charity that campaigns for improved access to live music for millions of Deaf and disabled fans, has been announced as the latest partner for Venues Day 2015. Taking place at the Ministry of Sound on Tuesday 20th October, the one-day event is focused on the needs of small and medium scale music venues from across the UK who, alongside representatives ... Read More »
In the UK, there are an estimated 25,000 children under sixteen years old, who are blind or partially sighted. Approximately 64 per cent of those are educated in mainstream schools (RNIB survey of VI services, 2012). Many children with visual impairments face barriers in physical activity. The reasons for this can include poor inclusive PE teaching and limited access to ... Read More »
National deafblind charity Sense has responded to North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group’s implemented changes to hearing aid provision. The charity, which supports and campaigns for people with dual sensory loss, has expressed serious concerns regarding the decision to restrict NHS funded hearing aids for adults with mild to moderate adult-onset hearing loss. Sue Brown, Head of Public Policy at Sense ... Read More »
A revolutionary ‘smart’ cane enabling the visually impaired to instantly identify friends and family could be available soon, thanks to students at Birmingham City University. The ‘XploR’ mobility cane, being developed by ICT students Steve Adigbo, Waheed Rafiq and Richard Howlett, uses smartphone technology to recognise familiar faces from up to 10m away. The cane also features GPS functionality to aid ... Read More »
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