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RSBC will host four free vision impaired awareness training sessions in October for professionals. The sessions, led by our Delivery Team, will offer guidance to organisations on how they can adapt their services for vision impaired young people.

We would like to take this opportunity to reassure the young people and families that we support. We are doing all we can to assess risk and reduce the spread of COVID-19. RSBC is following the latest advice and government guidance and will continue to adhere to the current policies and procedures. We remain dedicated […]

The Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) is delighted to announce the appointment of Sue Sharp as CEO. Sue joined RSBC in 2011, taking responsibility for the charity’s services before becoming Deputy CEO in May 2019. Her career has been dedicated to working on behalf of disabled people, first in Government service and then as […]

RSBC is excited to announce an action-packed summer programme of FREE activities for vision impaired children and young people aged 0 – 25! We cannot wait to begin our return to face-to-face sessions, and with the continuation of virtual activities, there is something for everyone this summer!

A teacher raised an incredible £1,500 for RSBC by running a marathon in his hometown. Steven, from Rugby, became aware of RSBC when one of the children in his class started being supported by the charity. He always had a dream of one day completing a marathon and had recently started a journey to a […]

One of RSBC’s fantastic Trustees walked 450,000 steps in April 2021 to raise funds for the charity. John Miller fundraised through the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers, where he was the former Clerk, and who named RSBC their 2020-21 charity of the year after over 70 years of amazing support.

Five-year-old Abigail organised a ‘Princess and Pirate Patch’ walk around her village on Valentine’s Day, with friends and family joining in virtually due to the current restrictions. Although Abigail and her mum set out to raise £500, they have already exceeded that target. So far they’ve raised a whopping £954 for RSBC, with money still […]

We’ve been busy distributing Argos vouchers to families with blind and partially sighted children as part of the ‘Brighten a million Christmases’ campaign. It’s been lovely to end a difficult year for all of us with a small gesture, one that we hope will provide relief to the families we support, and joy to their […]

2020 has been a unique year for the whole world, and RSBC is no exception! As much of what we do is face-to-face interaction, we quickly made the decision in March 2020 to move our Families First service and our Live Life, Go Further service online until the virus was completely under control. Because of […]