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RNIB collaborates on scripted comedy podcast ‘You’ve Got Braille’

Stuart Mitchell

You’ve Got Braille is the hilarious new scripted comedy podcast series following the life of blind twenty-something, Paddy, as he explores love, work, life and fictional geese in the 21st century. You can listen here You’ve Got Braille RNIB has collaborated with Hat Trick Productions (Derry Girls, Have I Got News For You) and brilliant blind script writer Reece Finnegan to take a light-hearted look at the extra pressures on people with a visual impairment as they navigate life. Paddy’s your average twenty-something who’s just about muddling through life. Trying…

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UK’s leading sight loss charity, RNIB, appoints five new trustees

Stuart Mitchell

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has appointed five new trustees to its board. The new additions bring a wealth of experience and will play a crucial role in making major decisions that affect the charity and its subsidiaries. The five new trustees are: Director of External Affairs at Asthma + Lung UK, Andrew McCracken; finance expert Graham Colbert; Barry Hoffman – a former Chief People Officer at a FTSE company; Motability Foundation CEO, Nigel Fletcher and risk and finance expert Zayna Ali. Anna Tylor, RNIB’s Chair of…

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Sighted guide support for Edinburgh Fringe

Stuart Mitchell

RNIB Scotland is launching their sighted guide service to support blind and partially sighted festival-goers in August. Edinburgh in August means crowded streets, shifting queues, and venues that pop up overnight. For blind and partially sighted attendees, that can be difficult and exhausting to navigate. Not everyone has someone available to help, so RNIB Scotland are partnering with Edinburgh Festival Fringe to launch a sighted-guide service ensuring nobody has to miss out on the fun. Last year, sighted guide volunteers supported comedian Jamie MacDonald in getting to his Fringe shows…

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RNIB appoints actor Victoria Smurfit as new President as Dame Gail Ronson DBE steps down

Stuart Mitchell

RNIB has announced that actor, and star of Disney+ UK’s ‘Rivals,’ Victoria Smurfit has been appointed as the charity’s new President. Victoria takes on the role as Dame Gail Ronson DBE steps down after 14 years of dedicated service. As President, Victoria will help strengthen relationships with supporters and senior volunteers, thank and engage key partners, and champion RNIB’s campaigns and services. RNIB has recognised Dame Gail Ronson DBE’s contribution to the organisation by awarding her the title of Honorary President meaning she will continue to have a close connection…

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New film depicts future travel for people with sight loss

Stuart Mitchell

RNIB and the Motability Foundation commissioned and have now premiered a new short film Nyla’s Story which aims to reimagine transport systems that truly work for blind and partially sighted people. The film aims to influence accessible transport thinking by sharing lived experience insights and learning from Future Journeys to encourage meaningful action by decision makers.  Last night (April 29), a drama film Nyla’s Story, made by Bowman and Poole, premiered at the British Library in London, which follows Nyla, a teenager with sight loss, on a journey in the future where transport is…

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