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Make Accessible Design a Reality - #DesignForEveryone
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What is accessible design, and how can companies make their products more available to blind and partially sighted people? The new RNIB campaign called Design for Everyone aims to answer those questions. 

Steven Scott found out more about the free advice being offered to designers when he spoke to RNIB&#39;s Interim Head of External Communications, James Simpson.

https://www.designforeveryone.org...
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S1 Ep560: Interview with Sally Gardner, author of The Snow Song
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2.5m best-selling author Sally Gardner discusses her latest novel with Read On’s Red Szell and reveals her special reason for loving The RNIB Talking Books Library
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S1 Ep559: Sight Loss Charity Has Advice For Claiming Universal Credit.
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In these uncertain times, many people may be facing redundancy and having to cope with all the uncertainty that will bring.

For those who are blind or partially sighted, there is a wealth of advice and support from RNIB&#39;s Legal Rights Service and it&#39;s helpline.

RNIB Connect Radio&#39;s Allan Russell spoke to Dominic Milne, from RNIB, to find out what is on offer for those facing redundancy and th...
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S1 Ep559: The Pregnancy Test That Could Start An Accessibility Revolution.
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Imagine having to ask a stranger to read your pregnancy test for you, tell you what&#39;s in the results letter from the hospital or even if you&#39;ve been accepted, or refused, a bank loan?

That&#39;s what it&#39;s like for many blind and partially sighted people, despite legislation like the Equalities Act protecting the right to accessible information.

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) ...
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S1 Ep560: Why Is #AccessibleVoting Not A Reality
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A new report highlighting the challenges faced by blind people trying to vote independently in elections has been launched by RNIB. 

Steven Scott spoke to RNIB&#39;s Policy Officer for Accessible Information, Michael Wordingham, to find out more about their latest &quot;Turned Out&quot; report.
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Don&#39;t Sacrifice Your Privacy Because of Inaccessible Design - #DesignForEveryone
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Design for Everyone is a new campaign by RNIB to highlight the importance of accessibility for all, especially personal health information.

Steven Scott spoke to the Chair of RNIB, Ellie Southwood, to find out more about the campaign and how the charity is working to improve the lives of blind and partially sighted people.

#DesignForEveryone

Picture shows a portrait shot of Ellie Southwood s...
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S1 Ep558: Frances Batty Shand, founder of Cardiff Institute for the Blind
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In Black History Month, Peter Jones tells the story of the life of Cardiff Institute for the Blind&#39;s (now Sight life) founder, Frances Batty Shand.  
Photo is of Sight life logo.
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RNIB Chief Exec&#39;s Weekly Update 16/10/2020
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It&#39;s been another big week at RNIB with a new report on accessible voting being published and the launch of a new collaboration with charity Sense.

Steven Scott spoke to RNIB Chief Executive Matt Stringer to tell us more about the week at the charity. 
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S1 Ep557: Why Not Attend This Exciting Virtual Braille Event? 
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The International Council on English Braille (ICEB) will be holding its 7th General Assembly from Sunday 18th October through to Thursday 22nd of October. 

This week-long event hosted by RNIB and UKAAF (UK Association for Accessible formats), will focus on braille and its exciting future potential, including digital braille. Expect presentations online, on subjects including braille literacy, ...
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S1 Ep556: Government Help To Spot Fraudsters.
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There are people out there who want to get hold of your identity and bank details in order to defraud you of your hard earned money.

Fortunately, there is help to support you spot scams and phishing attempts, as well as report them to the authorities.

RNIB Connect Radio&#39;s Allan Russell spoke to Roland Stutz, from Her Majesty&#39;s Revenue and Customs, to find out how they can help stop fraud befo...
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S1 Ep554: Interview with Diane Cook, Booker Prize Shortlisted Author
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2020 Booker Prize shortlisted author Diane Cook talks to Red Szell about her novel The New Wilderness
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Christmas Gift Ideas from the RNIB Shop
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RNIB&#39;s new gift guide for Christmas is now available to download or order from RNIB Shop. 

Steven Scott found out about what&#39;s in this year&#39;s catalogue with Dave Williams from the RNIB Shop.

Image shows a personalised lightbox reading &quot;Xmas Gift Guide&quot;, surrounded by holly and baubles
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S1 Ep552: Big Wins For Disability Tech Company.
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Gavin Neate created the Neatebox company to provide, easy to use, tech solutions to improve the independent mobility and confidence of people with disabilities.

The solutions also help service providers deliver a first class customer service offering to anyone who uses the Neatebox products.

RNIB Connect Radio&#39;s Allan Russell spoke to Gavin to hear about 2 Ayrshire towns who are making crossi...
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S1 Ep553: Read Easy With RNIB &amp; In Your Pocket 
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In Your Pocket is a simple way for blind and partially sighted people to access the RNIB Reading Services Online Library and RNIB Newsagent services, as well as make phone calls. 

Our Red Szell spoke with two enthusiastic adopters of the device Margaret Wilson-Haynes and RNIB&#39;s Paul Porter, to discuss the great features it offers and how it helps access books and newspapers easily.  

For more...
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S1 Ep550: Fantastic Virtual Events For Visually Impaired Children And Young People.
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With pandemic restrictions putting an end to many face to face events, RNIB Northern Ireland had to move it&#39;s summer camp online.

The virtual events covered a variety of topics, including beauty, yoga, music and much more over several days.

They&#39;re now looking forward to 3 months of events for parents, children and young people, from across the UK.

RNIB Connect Radio&#39;s Allan Russell spoke to...
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S1 Ep551: Why Is Voting Still Not Accessible? 
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It&#39;s claimed the UK&#39;s voting system only allows one in ten blind people to have their say independently. 

Figures also show more than half of people with sight problems weren&#39;t able to read any information sent to them ahead of the last election. 

The RNIB, which carried out the research, is suggesting changes before council and mayoral polls open in England in May. 

Disability campaigner Ra...
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S1 Ep549: Sight Loss Charity Launches Scottish Parliamentary Manifesto
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RNIB Scotland has launched it&#39;s Manifesto, ahead of the Scottish Parliamentary Elections in 2021.

The Manifesto is produced ahead of political elections, and in some cases local by-elections, to put forward the worries, concerns and asks of blind and partially sighted people.

RNIB Connect Radio&#39;s Allan Russell spoke to James Adams, Director of RNIB Scotland, to find out what&#39;s in this year&#39;s ...
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S1 Ep542: Read On Wigtown Book Festival Special
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Usually at this time of year, Read On would be in the beautiful Galloway Hills at the Wigtown Book Festival, but what with Covid and Robert&#39;s broken ankle, our attendance this year was doomed! So, this week in a packed show we revisit the 2019 Wigtown Book Festival.

Former Home Secretary Alan Johnson on his book, &#39;In My Life: A Musical Memoir&#39; (Starts at 1.34)

Kerry Hudson on Lowborn (Down th...
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S1 Ep547: Charity Chief Exec&#39;s Weekly Update 09/10/2020.
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Each week RNIB Connect Radio&#39;s Allan Russell talks with Matt Stringer, RNIB CEO, to look at some of the big stories coming from the UK sight loss charity.

This week there&#39;s news on E-scooters, praise from the UK Cabinet Office, tackling loneliness and a successful Virtual London Marathon.

If you need help or advice for people with sight loss, or more information on eye health, visit https://w...
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S1 Ep548: Don&#39;t Let Stigma Stop You From Seeking Help 
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Let&#39;s chat about mental wellbeing this World Mental Health Day 2020.

 

According to research including over 16,000 people from the charity MIND, more than half of adults and over two thirds of young people said their mental health got worse during lockdown. 

But what if you&#39;re living with sight loss? 

We spoke with Dr. Mhairi Thurston, Senior Lecturer in Counselling at Abertay University ab...
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S1 Ep548: RNIB&#39;s Service Supporting Mental Health In Lockdown
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Many blind and partially sighted people have faced anxiety, sadness and, even, fear about the unique challenges they have experienced since the pandemic reached the UK in March.

In light of this, RNIB&#39;s Sight Loss Advice Service (https://www.rnib.org.uk/advice) has worked with Mind (https://www.mind.org.uk/) , the mental health charity, to offer free emergency mental health sessions over the p...
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#RaiseYourGlasses in support of good eye health with Sightsavers 
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As part of this year&#39;s World Sight Day, international sight loss charity Sightsavers are asking us all to #RaiseYourGlasses to raise awareness of the need for better eyecare in developing countries.

Iain Jones from the charity speaks to Steven Scott about how one billion people&#39;s eyesight problems could have been prevented if glasses were available to them.

Find out more here: https://www.sig...
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S1 Ep543: A beautiful poem for World Sight Day from the Blind Poet
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On World Sight Day, the Blind Poet Dave Steele shares a poem about sight loss.
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The 8th of October 2020 is World Sight Day, with events taking place across the globe.

Globally, at least 1 Billion people have a near or distance vision impairment that could have been prevented or has yet to be addressed.

The WBU will be highlighting the latest World Health Organisation&#39;s report on sight loss, as well as hosting online events for everyone to join in with.

RNIB Connect Radi...
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S1 Ep546: Choc It Out: Kellogg&#39;s Gets New Accessible Packaging!
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To mark World Sight Day, Kellogg’s in partnership with the RNIB launched new Coco Pops boxes that make the packaging fully accessible to blind and partially sighted people.

Featuring a UK-first technology called NaviLens, the cereal boxes will be available in almost 60 Co-Op stores across the UK and include a scannable code that can be used with a smartphone to give access to the ingredients, ...
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S1 Ep545: Don&#39;t Be Overwhelmed By Sight Loss 
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Being diagnosed with a sight condition can have a big impact on your life. 

Which is why, ahead of this year&#39;s World Mental Health Day we spoke with RNIB&#39;s Confidence Building Co-ordinator Ben Gavan to hear about their Living With Sight Loss Courses. 

These free, informal, and community-based  courses can help you adjust to your sight condition, increase your independence and grow your confid...
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S1 Ep541: Connect Voices Round Up 7th October 
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Barry Snell chats to RNIB&#39;s National Involvement Coordinator Clare Aldworth who has more exciting opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to get involved in.

For more information about RNIB&#39;s Connect Voices visit: http://www.rnib.org.uk/rnibconnect/connect-voices

(Image shows RNIB logo. &#39;RNIB&#39; written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pin...
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S1 Ep539: Nicki Takes On Britain&#39;s Best Brains.
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Listeners to RNIB Connect Radio may remember, during the summer, being quizzed by Nicki Cockburn on the Daily Connect show.

She&#39;s taken her love of trivia and quizzing to new heights by appearing on Radio 4&#39;s Brain of Britain competition.

RNIB Connect radio&#39;s Allan Russell spoke to Nicki to hear how she got on and why she&#39;s addicted to trivia…

#RNIBConnect
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S1 Ep540: What&#39;s Available With Braille? 
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For this year&#39;s National Braille Week our Steven Scott has been finding out what&#39;s available with braille through the RNIB Shop.

Steven spoke with RNIB&#39;s Customer Experience Manager Dave Williams.

For RNIB shop go to: https://shop.rnib.org.uk/ or call the RNIB Helpline on 0303 123 9999 
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S1 Ep538: RNIB&#39;S Transcription Services Are Here To Help
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Barry Snell chats too Gill, Mac and Andrew from RNIB’s Transcription Centre in Ivybridge, to learn more about the service and the different formats which are currently available. The team also to discuss the recent transcribing of a poetry book, written by volunteer Mac, which illustrates the service available to anyone with sight loss.

The Personal Transcription team at Ivybridge offer advice...
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S1 Ep537: In Your Pocket Device, Improves Independent Mobility.
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The In Your Pocket device brings a whole host of applications, via a simple to use piece of equipment, to blind and partially sighted people of all ages.

Using your voice, you can make calls, join Zoom meetings, read the days newspapers and magazines, navigate outdoors and much more.

RNIB Connect Radio&#39;s Allan Russell spoke to, guide dog  owner, Stephanie Sergeant to find out why she loves In...
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S1 Ep535: Visionary UK And Beacon Vision Championing Safe Social Care.
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The delivery of social care in care homes, or in the community, has many challenges due to Covid-19 restrictions.

When you add sight loss into the mix, of those requiring care, the challenge to provide a safe and professional service increases.

RNIB Connect Radio&#39;s Allan Russell spoke to Fiona Sandford, from Visionary UK, and Lisa Cowley, from Beacon Vision, to find out how charities are shar...
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S1 Ep536: Social Distancing Wearables On Sale Now
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For those with visual impairments, or hidden disabilities, getting out and about, while trying to social distance, can be difficult and challenging.

In response to calls for some kind of wearable identifiers, to help the public recognise that someone may have difficulty social distancing, RNIB and the Hidden Disabilities Store have teamed up to launch some new products.

RNIB Connect Radio&#39;s A...
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S1 Ep534: Take Part In Exciting New Research Into Dry Age Related Macular Degeneration.
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Professor Paulo Stanga, from the London Vision Clinic, is working on a global research study to look at the causes, and new treatments, for Dry AMD, one of the biggest causes of sight loss in the UK.

He is looking for people with the condition to get in touch and take part in the ground breaking work.

RNIB Connect Radio&#39;s Allan Russell spoke to Professor Stanga to learn more about the work, i...
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S1 Ep534: RNIB Chief Exec&#39;s Weekly Update 02/10/2020.
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Each week, RNIB Connect Radio&#39;s Allan Russell is joined by Matt Stringer, RNIB&#39;s CEO, to talk about some of the latest news coming from the UK sight loss charity.

This week there&#39;s news on Braille Lego, the Give Me Space project, fund raising and work towards better collaborative working for some of the UK&#39;s biggest sight loss charities.

http://www.rnib.org.uk

#RNIBConnect
Image: Matt String...
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S1 Ep533: Music Box Celebrates Black History Month
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Barry Snell chats to Music Box presenter Sandra Gayer, who is marking this year&#39;s Black History Month with four special programmes.

Click below to find out more more about Music Box on RNIB Connect Radio
https://www.rnibconnectradio.org.uk/music-box.html
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S1 Ep532: Cinemas Safely Supporting Visually Impaired People Back To Audio Described Movies.
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Many cinemas, across the UK, are opening their doors once again to welcome us back to enjoy the big screen movie experience.

That return, though, has to be done in a safe and socially distanced manner, to protect the health and wellbeing of customers and staff.

RNIB Connect Radio&#39;s Allan Russell spoke to James Connor, from Cinema UK, and Calum Corser, from Odeon, to find out how cinemas can h...
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S1 Ep532: UK Equalities Act Is 10 Years Old.
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The Equalities Act came into force on the 1st of October 2010 and gave anyone who felt discriminated against, in a wide range of circumstances, a way of standing up for their rights.

RNIB Connect Radio&#39;s Allan Russell spoke to Anita Marshall, from RNIB&#39;s Legal Rights Service, to learn more about the act and how blind and partially sighted people can use it to help them stand up to instances of...
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S1 Ep530: Steps Back To Audio Description In UK Theatres.
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Some theatres, around the UK, have started to host performances inside venues once again, making sure that safety around Covid-19 is a top priority.

For many blind and partially sighted visitors, audio description, is vital for the enjoyment of the visual performance, until now this has been through online shows.

RNIB Connect Radio&#39;s Allan Russell spoke to Anne Hornsby, from MindsEye Arts, to...
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S1 Ep530: New Research Looks At Diabetic Retinopathy And Covid-19.
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Fight For Sight UK is a charity which fund raises in order to award grants in the field of sight loss research.

A new project is now underway looking at Diabetic Retinopathy and any links to Covid-19 that could increase further effects on the body for someone with the sight loss condition.

RNIB Connect Radio&#39;s Allan Russell spoke to Dr Neha Issar-Brown, from Fight For Sight UK, to learn more ...
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S1 Ep531: Red Szell discusses Lego Braille Bricks
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Morten Bonde is a senior artistic director at The Lego Group.  He spoke to Red Szell on Read On recently about his book ‘Sentenced to Blindness’, his struggle to come to terms with sight loss and how he regained his positivity. During that discussion they also chatted about Morten&#39;s joy in becoming the spokesperson for the new Lego braille bricks project.
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S1 Ep529: The Blind Poet performs for National Poetry Day
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Dave Steele ‘The Blind Poet’ has written a poem especially for RNIB Connect Radio to mark National Poetry Day and to reassure BVI listeners facing stricter lockdown measures that they have the strength to get through.  He performs the poem for the first time and exclusively on RNIB Connect Radio.
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S1 Ep528: Senedd Member Takes Up The Marathon Mates Challenge.
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Senedd member, Mark Isherwood MS and his case worker, Toby Jones have taken up the Marathon Mates challenge, from sight loss charity RNIB.

The fund raising event asks you to pair up with a friend, you don&#39;t have to be in the same place, and, between you, cover a marathon distance of 26.2 miles.

You don&#39;t have to do it in one go either, the distance can be run over the month of September.

RNI...
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Last year the Lego Foundation teamed up with charities around the globe including RNIB to promote the importance of learning through play.

The organisation&#39;s latest venture is Lego Braille Bricks, a new concept of play based methodology that aims to teach braille to children who are blind or have a visual impairment. RNIB are the sole distributor of Lego Braille Bricks in the UK. 

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S1 Ep527: Covid-19 advice for Higher Education Establishments With Visually Impaired Students.
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The Thomas Pocklington Trust has put together some best practice advice and guidance for universities to support them in providing the best safe working environment for blind and partially sighted students.

Current restrictions have made it challenging for students with sight loss to attend lectures, navigate campus areas or use online resources.

RNIB Connect Radio&#39;s Allan Russell spoke to Ta...
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RNIB, Guide Dogs and The Thomas Pocklington Trust are collaborating on an in depth survey on the lives of blind and partially sighted people in the UK.

They are looking for anyone with a form of sight loss to get involved and help shape the future work of the whole sector.

RNIB Connect Radio&#39;s Allan Russell spoke to Hilary Ingleton, from RNIB, to learn more about the work and how the public c...
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Each week, we catch up with RNIB CEO Matt Stringer to hear about some of the latest news to come from the UK leading sight loss charity.

This week Matt spoke with our Steven Scott and they chat changes in restrictions nationwide, Social Distancing Indicators (wearable accessories), National Eye Health Week, and whether it&#39;s still warm enough to wear shorts.

For more information about RNIB and...
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Barry Snell chats with RNIB’s counselling and wellbeing team leader Ruth Williams about RNIB&#39;s Talk and Support befriending groups.

These groups help people socialise by phone or online, for friendship and peer support in small groups.

To learn more about RNIB&#39;s Talk and Support befriending groups please visit https://www.rnib.org.uk/sight-loss-advice/talk-and-support

Or call 0303 123 9999

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Barry Snell talks to RNIB’s National Involvement Coordinator Charlotte Jones who has the results from a recent Tech Talk survey, plus more opportunities for people with sight loss to get involved in.

For more information about RNIB&#39;s Connect Voices visit: http://www.rnib.org.uk/rnibconnect/connect-voices

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