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On Saturday 9th April we held a “Family and Friends’ Day’ at the charity’s new Life Without Limits Centre (LWLC) in London. Blind and partially sighted children and young people and their families were invited to tour the Centre and its facilities including the media suite, learning hub, creative suite, accessible kitchen and one-to-one support […]

Jay was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa at the age of four and lost his sight at the age of 12. He became isolated and depressed but gradually gained confidence through the support of RSBC’s Families First team.

When two-year-old Maya was diagnosed as blind at just nine-weeks old, her mum Sharn was devastated. “A year ago, I couldn’t imagine tomorrow,” Sharn told us. “But now I can’t wait to watch Maya grow. I can’t wait to watch her show this world exactly what she’s made of. I can’t wait to watch her […]

RSBC has witnessed an amazing fundraising effort from Stacey, her six-year-old son Teddy and their very determined group of friends from Coventry. Along with her family and local fitness club Bootcamp FM, Stacey took part in the Leicester Winter Wolf Run to fundraise for RSBC.

RSBC is holding an October half term programme of free activities for vision impaired children and young people.

RSBC’s fundraising has gone global for this year’s marathon, with one runner raising a huge £6,500! Sean, from St. Louis in the USA, heard about RSBC from past American runners from Chicago who had recommended RSBC as a great charity to run for. He’s running the London Marathon in pursuit of the Abbot medal, gained […]

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 […]