Motability Foundation and RNIB to explore how journeys can be improved for people with sight loss
A new innovation partnership between the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and the Motability Foundation will explore innovative ways of making journeys better for people with sight loss. The three-year partnership will see both organisations share their expertise...
Global health milestone as Pakistan becomes 19th country to eliminate blinding trachoma
Sightsavers commends Pakistan following the World Health Organization (WHO) announcement that it has become the nineteenth country to eliminate blinding trachoma as a public health problem. This phenomenal achievement means around 3.7 million people [1] in Pakistan are no longer...
Shetland actress stars in RNIB’s general election film
Sandra Voe (87) from Shetland, has stared in a film which highlights the need for accessible voting for blind and partially sighted people.
How do blind and vision impaired people experience loneliness and isolation?
This week Fight for Sight / Vision Foundation released a report highlighting the acute experiences of loneliness among people who are blind or vision impaired.
The Retina International World Congress will take place in Dublin from June 5-8
The Retina International World Congress hosted by Fighting Blindness will take place in Dublin, Ireland, from June 5-8.
Blind veterans take to the hills for life-changing winter survival course
A group of inspirational Sight Scotland Veterans recently ventured up the Cairngorms to participate in a life-changing Winter Skills Course.
Two centuries later, braille is still as important as ever, says teenage sight loss campaigner
Braille, the system of raised dots that has enabled blind people to read and write, is as vital as ever, and has adapted to the advances of new technology, says RNIB, Scotland's leading sight loss charity.
RNIB makes sound decision to create memorable new sonic logo
Leading sight loss charity RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) turned to blind and partially sighted people to help create a new sonic identity for the charity.
AI breakthrough in detecting leading cause of childhood blindness
An artificial intelligence (AI) tool could be an effective way of identifying retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), the leading cause of childhood blindness in middle-income countries, finds a new study led by UCL and Moorfields Eye Hospital researchers.