Connect Voices Round up 15 September 2021

Max Conway, RNIB's National Involvement Coordinator shares the latest opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to get involved in.

Opportunities highlighted this week include:

Sight Loss Councils (SLCs), funded by Thomas Pocklington Trust - seeking blind and partially sighted volunteers interested in advocacy and campaigning

Call for Research Participants to make the DWP’s Access to Work service better -  RNIB have been contacted by an external agency who are currently conducting research on behalf of the DWP to improve the experience of people/organisations who receive payment of the Access to Work (AtW) grant

Research into vision loss after a stroke - RNIB has been contacted by Lauren a Post-doctoral Orthoptic Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool, who is conducting research around vision impairments after strokes.

To find out more about these items and how you can get involved with RNIB Connect Voices do visit - https://www.rnib.org.uk/rnibconnect/connect-voices.

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