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RNIB’s free online resource for pupils and teachers gets a brand-new web platform
Thousands of children and young people across the UK with vision impairment and/or difficulty reading standard print, due to conditions like dyslexia, can now access more than a million books and images more quickly and easily after RNIB’s Bookshare service...
Young visionaries win global competition by re-designing the Glasses of the Future
The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) celebrated UNICEF World Children’s Day by announcing the winners of ‘Glasses of the Future’, a global competition that invited children across the world to design the next generation of glasses. Lama...
Braille at 200: The code that changed everyday life
Frenchman Louis Braille was in his teens in the mid-1820s when he began developing the six-dot tactile code that enables millions of blind and partially sighted people around the world to access the power of literacy. Two centuries on from...
Royal Navy Veteran returns to cenotaph 50 years after first parade with Sight Scotland Veterans
John Finlay, 66, from Dalkeith, served as a Radio Operator in the Royal Navy from 1974 to 1979, stationed at the HMS Cochrane naval base in Rosyth. Now living with sight loss due to diabetes, John is marking an emotional...
Celebrating 225 years of seeing ability in parliament
This October, the House of Lords provided the venue for charity SeeAbility’s celebration of its 225th-year anniversary, with people it supports, colleagues, volunteers, funders and partners. They were joined by parliamentarians, including the Rt Hon Lord David Blunkett, who sponsored...
SCOPE supports VCHP
Longstanding VCHP supporters, Scope Eyecare, have stepped up their giving with a £2,000 donation which will help the charity to deliver even more free eye examinations around the country. Daniel Achilles, Medical and Professional Affairs Advisor with Scope Eyecare and...
Glasgow-based eye surgeon, Dr Tim Lavy, speaks into new vision and new life for Mamadou
The moment a seven-year-old boy sees clearly for the first time has been captured in a video by the charity that gave him free surgery. Surgeons from international charity Mercy Ships believe Mamadou, who lives in Sierra Leone, would have...
Touching base with Peter Holland, CEO of the IAPB
For the upcoming Eye News Dec/Jan 2025, our co-editor, David Lockington, had the opportunity to sit down with the CEO of IAPB, Peter Holland. We’re really excited to share this interview with you, which delves into Peter’s fascinating career and...
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...
Global attention was on the importance of children’s eye health during World Sight Day
Over one million pairs of young eyes tested for World Sight Day. IAPB Global Ambassador, HRH Duchess of Edinburgh, reads Specs for Rex on CBeebies Bedtime Story to commemorate World Sight Day. IAPB, in collaboration with the Seva Foundation, releases...
Bus driver swap sessions hit 50
Sight loss charity RNIB Scotland are marking their 50th ‘Swap with Me’ event with trainee bus drivers across Scotland this week. The hands-on sessions help drivers better understand the experiences of blind and partially sighted passengers. The sessions involve RNIB...
