Press Releases

Here are our press releases:

Mum Cheryl and daughter Lily. Cheryl is running the 2018 RSBC Blindfold Run.

From diagnosis to independence - Mum Cheryl's story

Lily was diagnosed with Coloboma, an underdevelopment of the eye that happens in the womb, at the age of three.

Text says I won't let blindness defeat me, #everyblind child and Sasha is looking determined

Have you met a blind child? - Video

Two thirds of people in the UK have never met a blind child. These people won’t know many vision impaired children often face challenges that makes achieving their dreams harder than it should be. Many children go on to achieve their dreams, but this isn’t always the case. It’s time to stand up for #EveryBlindChild in the UK.

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Every Blind Child van set against the background of the English countryside, with rolling hills and fields. Dark clouds sit draped across the night sky.

#EveryBlindChild Launch - Video

On Wednesday 31st January 2018 we launched our #EveryBlindChild campaign. We kicked off our nation-wide tour at Granary Square in Kings Cross, where artist Robert Montgomery and RSBC CEO Dr. Tom Pey spoke about the charities ambitions and how this campaign is going to help us reach the 36,000 blind children in the UK.

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Light poem that sits on top of the Every Blind Child van, reading 'In Our Dreams We See Forever'

In Our Dreams - Video

For the past year, as part of our #EveryBlindChild campaign, international artist Robert Montgomery has collaborated with blind and partially sighted children and their families to develop a piece of art that shares their stories and hopes for the future.

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RSBC young people at an NHS employability event

Work experience is key to ensuring blind young people are not left behind

As unemployment falls, work experience holds the key to ensuring blind young people aren’t left behind.

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A group of young people sat in the audience at a RLSB event

RLSB and Royal Blind Society form alliance

Following formal discussions The Royal London Society for Blind People (RLSB) and the Royal Blind Society (RBSoc) have agreed to form an association to better serve the needs of vision impaired children and young people and their families in England and Wales.

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