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Mother’s Day: our CEO shares her story

Happy Mother’s Day to everyone celebrating! In recognition of this special day, we sat down with our CEO, Julie, to hear about her relationship with her daughter, Saime, who is registered blind.

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Mother’s Day: our CEO shares her story

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Latest News November 15, 2023

World Sight Day 2023: Royal Society for Blind Children eyes up success

The Royal Society for Blind Children is thrilled to announce the success of its fundraising initiative in observance of World Sight Day, which took place on Thursday, October 12th.

A group of blind and partially sighted children and young people and their families gathered in the RSBC LWLC Atrium holding AQA certificated. They are accompanied with RSBC volunteers, staff and trustees. They are all looking up at the amera.

Latest News November 2, 2023

Empowering Achievement: RSBC’s 2023 AQA Awards Ceremony

On Saturday 28th October 2023, RSBC held its annual AQA  (Assessment and Qualifications Alliance) Awards Ceremony at the Life Without Limits Centre (LWLC) in London. Blind and partially sighted children and young people, accompanied by their families and friends, as well as our dedicated volunteers, committed trustees, and devoted staff members gathered with pride to […]

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Health and Wellbeing November 1, 2023

Stress Awareness Week: 5 Tips to manage stress

International Stress Awareness Week 2023 is an annual event which raises awareness about stress, its impact on mental and physical health, and the importance of stress management.  The aim of the week is to educate and encourage individuals and organizations about stress-related issues and provide resources and strategies for coping with stress in healthy ways.

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Health and Wellbeing November 1, 2023

Stress Awareness Week: 5 Tips to manage stress

International Stress Awareness Week 2023 is an annual event which raises awareness about stress, its impact on mental and physical health, and the importance of stress management.  The aim of the week is to educate and encourage individuals and organizations about stress-related issues and provide resources and strategies for coping with stress in healthy ways.

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Latest News October 9, 2023

National Braille Week: Juliette’s inspiring journey of adaptation and resilience

Meet Juliette, Engagement Officer at RSBC, who has been a dedicated Braille user for about five years. Juliette was born with a visual impairment and five years ago, she decided to learn Braille by herself. In this article, we share Juliette’s inspiring journey of learning Braille and how this valuable skill has made a significant […]

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Latest News October 2, 2023

5 tips on maintaining eye health in the run up to World Sight Day

The statistics paint a striking picture. In the UK, over two million people have a significant vision impairment. It is predicted that this figure will double by 2050.

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Latest News September 27, 2023

Global art project to celebrate World Sight Day

The Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC) is proud to announce its ground-breaking fundraising initiative in celebration of World Sight Day, Thursday 12th October. The campaign #loveyoureyes is supported by Chris McCausland, TV presenter and comedian who is registered blind.

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Latest News September 11, 2023

Dorton College starts the year in their new space

Blind and partially sighted students at RSBC Dorton College are enjoying their new College Hub at the LSEC Orpington Campus building. RSBC Dorton College is the only specialist college for vision impaired young people (aged 16-25) in the south east. The College has been steadily increasing student numbers at Orpington. This year we have 20 […]

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Children and Young People's Stories September 1, 2023

Meet Chloe: transitioning to secondary school

Meet Chloe. She has ocular albinism, a genetic condition which increases sensitivity to light and decreases the sharpness of vision. Chloe also has nystagmus which causes her eyes to move uncontrollably and makes it difficult to focus and to see the world in three dimensions. Right now Chloe is just about to finish her first […]