RNIB Connect

Each month, RNIB Connect Radio's Allan Russell is joined by some of RNIB Northern Ireland’s Campaigns Team to discuss some of the big projects they’re working on.
This month’s topics include a recent Stormont event and work on a Disability Strategy.
If you’d like to find out more, or get involved in campaigning, email [email protected]

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Each month, RNIB Connect Radio speak to some of the RNIB Campaigns Team to discuss some of the big projects they’re working on at the moment. Hywel Davies has been finding out more.
If you’d like more information on campaigns or want to get involved , email [email protected]

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Take your family on a magical adventure through the interactive Fairytales exhibition at the British Library until 23 August 2026 which has been made accessible to young blind and partially sighted people and their families too.  
Explore enchanted lands, magical creatures, iconic characters and timeless tales, brought to life through books, theatre costumes, puppets, pop-ups, artwork and illustrations.   
RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Rebecca Campbell-Gay, one of the Curators of the Fairytales exhibition to find out how the stories of many of those classic fairytales have been brought to life within the exhibition and how the British Library have been working with the RNIB to make the exhibition as accessible as possible to young blind and partially sighted people. 
For more about the Fairytales exhibition at the British Library which is on until 23 August 2026 do visit - https://events.bl.uk/exhibitions/fairy-tales 
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Sight Village exhibitions are a great way to learn more about products and services designed for blind and partially sighted people in your area. Hywel Davies has been hearing all about plans for this year’s Sight Village Exeter.
For more information, visit the QAC website - Sight Village Exeter, Devon in 2026 - Queen Alexandra College

On Tuesday 24 March 2026 a number of blind and partially sighted people took part in a RNIB cane walk from Parliament Square in central London to the Department of Health and Social Care to hand in the RNIB Life on Pause petition, made up of over 48,000 signatures, calling on Wes Streeting, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to take action on Vision Rehabilitation Services to ensure that blind and partially sighted people get the right support when they need it and not to have their lives put on pause.
RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey was there for the cane walk and, after the handing in of the Life on Pause petition, caught up with Rob Sears - Athlete and Content Creator, Claire Sisk - RNIB Ambassador, Content Creator and Radio Broadcaster plus Mike Wordingham - RNIB’s Head of Policy to find out why it is so important for Wes Streeting the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to take action on Vision Rehabilitation Services and what it was like for Rob and Claire taking part in the cain walk, handing in the Life on Pause petition and their own personal experiences of vision rehabilitation services.
To find out more about the Life on Pause petition which is part of the RNIB Out of Sight Campaign and ways of getting involved in this and other RNIB Campaign work do visit - https://www.rnib.org.uk/campaign-with-us/
Image shows blind and partially sighted people and RNIB campaigners holding long canes stood in front of Parliament Square with Big Ben in the background. From left to right are Charmaine Ashpole, Rob Sears, Claire Sisk, Mike Wordingham, Geoff Smith, Tom Skelton and Frankie Brady.