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NEWSLETTER No. 365

Celebrities including Jon Richardson, Ralf Little, Dr. Hilary Jones, and Mathew Baynton are supporting the Royal Society for Blind Children’s campaign by recording bedtime stories to address the shortage of audiobooks for blind and partially sighted children. Meanwhile, the RNIB’s In My Way report exposes how obstacles like pavement parking and overgrown greenery make UK streets unsafe and inaccessible, with 61% of respondents unable to make all the journeys they need. Fight for Sight also hosted its first Early Career Researcher Network event to connect and support the next generation of vision researchers. Separately, MP Marie Tidball has spoken out about the inaccessibility of the Houses of Parliament for people with disabilities, sharing her personal struggles as a disabled politician.

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Reading Sight Resource Pack

Librarian with a blind reader

Share the Vision, in partnership with the Ulverscroft Foundation, The Reading Agency, and Libraries Connected, have developed a FREE Reading Sight resource pack aimed at supporting people working in libraries to better support people with vision and print impairments. 

Hard copy packs have been sent to each library service in the UK and digital versions of all the embedded resources are yours to freely download from this website.

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The Vision and Print Impaired People’s Promise

blind reader

‘I can’t see to read books anymore. The library staff know what authors I like and request items for me, it is a lifeline to me.’
Talking with Readers quote from library user, Libraries Connected

The Vision and Print Impaired People’s Promise sets out the experience that people with blindness, sight loss and other print disabilities should have through public library services. We want everyone who visits a public library to be inspired by an exciting accessible environment which makes reading and seeking information a pleasure.

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