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RNIB NI Products for Life co-ordinator Louise Kenny shares her expertise with a visitor at the 2025 tech fair while a volunteer guide listens.

RNIB NI Technology Fair 2026

Posted 04/02/26 | News

The RNIB NI Technology Fair will open its doors for the third year on Wednesday 11 February 2026. For one day only, this completely free event is t...

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Front cover of the large print New Product Guide for January 2026

New Product Guide – now on our Shop

Posted 22/12/25 | News

You can now download a digital copy of the New Product Guide free of charge. To support sustainability and reduce waste, printed copies (large prin...

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Wirobound braille and print copy of The Scarecrows' Wedding

The Scarecrows’ Wedding comes to BBC One this Christmas Day – Available in braille

Posted 09/12/25 | News

BBC One is staging a charming Christmas Day wedding and everyone’s invited… Tune in on Christmas afternoon for a delightful animated film based on ...

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A neat stack of gift-wrapped presents in front of a dark green background with white text that reads 'Seasonal sale'

Seasonal sale offers

Posted 19/11/25 | News

Whether you’re Christmas shopping or buying for yourself, our Seasonal sale is here to make your budget go just a little bit further. These are all...

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A graphic of a house with DIY SOS in big white lights on the walls, with the programme's team in hard hats behind it and some of the show's volunteers underneath

Supporting DIY SOS to create a new home

Posted 27/10/25 | News

We want to ensure all blind and partially sighted people can live the life they want to lead, without limits, so we were delighted to be able to do...

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A man in a black RNIB shirt demonstrates a big button telephone to a customer in the London Products and Advice Centre.

Get hands on with our products

Posted 24/09/25 | News

We have a number of events planned this autumn where you can ask our suppliers questions and get hands on with their products… Our first event is w...

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Front cover of Christmas 2025 New Product Guide

Download your Christmas New Product Guide

Posted 22/09/25 | News

Grab your bumper Christmas New Product Guide in your preferred format – APDF, BRF, MP3 – and settle down to plan your festive shopping (as well as ...

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A sheet of colourful, tactile Christmas stickers with wrapped gifts on a red cloth

Christmas gifts that give back

Posted 15/09/25 | News

Whether you’re looking for accessible cards and gifts, Christmas essentials or simply want to support our vital work with your festive purchases, o...

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RNIB partners with Cards for Good Causes

RNIB partners with Cards for Good Causes

Posted 15/09/25 | News

This Christmas we’ve partnered with Cards for Good Causes, the UK’s largest not-for-profit retailer, to raise even more money to support blind and ...

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