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Susan and Jo cross the finish line at the Great North Run. Behind them are more runners, and supporters lining the route.

Ready to run

Posted 04/03/25 | Interviews

Running has lots to recommend it – good for your health, gets you out in the fresh air, (basic kit aside) free to take part in – but you might thin...

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Open tin with easy-to-see maths tools - including ruler, protractor, set squares, and compass - inside. Inside the lid is a yellow stencil with the alphabet in upper and lower case and numbers.

Take 9am double maths in your stride

Posted 18/02/25 | News

We don't promise that this tactile, easy-to-see maths set will make the hypotenuse your favourite animal, but it can make drawing and measuring ang...

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Sightless Kombat, a young white man in a dark t-shirt with a skull and blue gear wheel on it and baseball cap, holds a games console controller in front of shelves containing models of characters from games and science fiction franchises.

Gaming with sight loss: A beginner's guide

Posted 24/02/25 | Advice

RNIB's Accessible Gaming Officer, SightlessKombat, who is also an award-winning and multi-credited accessibility consultant, has no sight whatsoeve...

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Close up image of clear plastic sheet with embossed braille that matches the original page of text and illustration from The Baddies seen through it.

Fire up young imaginations

Posted 26/02/25 | Advice

Leave the real world behind for a little while this World Book Day (WBD) and hang out with Bluey or Paddington, ride with Eira as she takes on the ...

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A young black man in a turquoise sports vest stands with his back to the camera and his head turned to show his side profile. The OpenMove headphones sit around the back of his head with the bone-conduction speaker resting in front of his ear

Discover the magic of open-ear headphones

Posted 12/02/25

Open-ear headphones are a great way to listen to calls, audiobooks, music, GPS directions and more, while staying safe in a frenetically paced worl...

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A white man with short, light-coloured hair stands in front of shelves holding accessible products and demonstrates a big button telephone to a customer who has their back to the camera,

Get hands on with our products

Posted 12/02/25 | Advice

If you'd like to find out more about the products we offer, you can book a consultation in one of our Products for Life Stores.  You can chat to ou...

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Two deafblind symbol canes with alternating red and white sections. One unfolded, one partly unfolded

How can I show people I have sight loss?

Posted 12/02/25 | Advice

If you're not ready for a guide cane or long cane, you can carry a symbol cane to let people around you know that you have sight loss. A symbol can...

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A person feeling an image of a lightbulb with a filament on a Dot Pad

Meet the Dot Pad

Posted 03/02/25 | News

It wasn’t that long ago that the idea of a real-time tactile graphics display that blind and partially sighted people could use to access images by...

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A person's dark brown eye with a cataract visible

Cataract and how it affects what you see

Posted 22/01/25 | Advice

Louise Gow, RNIB's head of optometry, low vision and eye health, shares useful information about cataracts and how to make the most of your vision ...

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