RSBC Stories

Albie was born with severe sight impairment, having been diagnosed when he was 4 months old. His mum and dad, Abbie and Lewis, are both running the 2025 London Marathon to raise funds for RSBC – the first time that two parents of a child supported by the charity have run together at this famous […]

George is an energetic and confident eight-year-old boy who lives in a bustling household with his mum, Nicola, his dad, and his baby brother Ted. It’s a home that’s filled with love and resilience as the family faces the challenges and celebrates the triumphs that vision impairment brings. 

Meet Joe. Joe has vision impairment, caused by congenital cataracts (cloudiness in the lens of the eye) and nystagmus (where the eyes make uncontrolled movement). And he’s Dad to two young sons, Noah, aged 9, and Lyle, 3, who have the same eye conditions. 

Meet mum and son Janet and Nathan, from Hackney, whose lives were turned around by a dedicated RSBC expert. Their struggle is familiar to us at RSBC, which is why we’re asking for your support, to help us reach every local family that needs us.

Lily was diagnosed with Coloboma, an underdevelopment of the eye that happens in the womb, at the age of three. It means she is blind in her right eye and has no upper vision in her left.

Meet Selam, she is mum to five-year-old Isaac. Despite his age, Isaac has already faced huge challenges battling Retinoblastoma, a type of eye cancer. He makes his mum proud every day.