Copyright and Permissions

Copyright

All rights reserved. These materials (including without limitation all articles, text, images, logos, and sound and video recordings) are Copyright © Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB). A copyright statement, including the year of copyright, is at the foot of each page. RNIB endeavours to ensure that the information on this website is correct but does not accept any liability for error or omission.

Linking to and from our website, and other permissions

If you would like to use a graphic or logo, you must request permission. Please email shop@rnib.org.uk.

You do not need to request permission to create a text link from your website to any of RNIB’s websites. RNIB reserves the right to request the removal of any link. Where possible, please include the following descriptive text (or part of it):

More than two million people in the UK are living with sight loss. RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) is the leading charity offering practical and emotional support and information to anyone affected by sight loss.

If you would like to invite us to link to your website, please email shop@rnib.org.uk. We get many submissions every day, it’s not always possible for us to respond to everyone individually. Our priority is to link to sites which are accessible to access technology users.

Republishing

Users are permitted to copy some material for their personal use. Except where explicitly permitted, users must not republish any part of the data either on another website, or in any other medium, print (electronic or otherwise), or as part of any commercial service without the prior written permission of RNIB.

For further information on permitted use, or to request a licence to republish material, please email us at shop@rnib.org.uk.

Photocopying or other permission requests

For all other requests to use copyrighted material from RNIB’s website, please email shop@rnib.org.uk.

Using screenshots

You may use screenshots of RNIB websites in other publications, only with RNIB’s permission. Please email shop@rnib.org.uk.

Screenshots must appear without any alteration to the copy, design, or images. When using a screenshot, you must include the URL it comes from and credit RNIB as follows: Reprinted with permission from rnib.org.uk.

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