RNIB Connect
Kanaal Besonderhede
RNIB Connect
RNIB Connect Radio is the UK radio station for blind and partially sighted people to find out what is happening in the community. You can also contribute and share your stories by emailing radio@rnib.org.uk. Get involved and join the conversation. Other great podcast channels from RNIB Connect Rad...
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S2 Ep1756: Charity Chief Exec's Customer Update 23/05/2026
Each week, RNIB Connect Radio sits down with Simon Antrobus, CEO of RNIB, to look at some of the big stories coming from the UK sight loss charity.
S2 Ep1755: Sensed, Not Seen: Accessible Sensory Garden Experience
Rebecca Williams is an amateur gardener from Essex, who created a beautiful multisensory garden design which will be featured at the upcoming Gardener...
S2 Ep1752: Vidar Hjardeng MBE - WNO The Flying Dutchman, AD Theatre Review
RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey is joined again by Vidar Hjardeng MBE, Inclusion and Diversity Consultant for ITV News across England, Wales, Northern...
S2 Ep1754: See Work Differently Work Placement Helps Aminah Get the First Steps on Her Career Ladder…
We know how difficult it can be for blind and partially sighted people to get that first run on the career ladder or come back into work after a break...
S2 Ep1753: Bolton Futsal Look Ahead To The EE Disability FA Cup Final
The teams are gearing up for this year’s EE Disability FA Cup Finals which take place in June. Hywel Davies has been catching up with Bolton Futsal ah...
S2 Ep1750: What Is Sensory Play? Play Guides For Children With A Vision Impairment
What is sensory play and why is it so beneficial for children with a vision impairment?
Amelia spoke to Tom Norton from the RNIB Education and...
1750: RNIB Play Guides For Vision Impairment
Did you know RNIB have play guides to fun-filled playtimes for children with a vision impairment.
Amelia spoke to Tom Norton from the RNIB Educa...
S2 Ep1739: Let’s Celebrate The Work Of Charity Volunteers
It’s time to celebrate the huge, positive, difference that volunteers make to charities across the UK.
Today Hywel Davies talks to Lisa Foulkes-...
S2 Ep1749: What Is It Like To Be A Volunteer With RNIB Cymru?
It’s time to celebrate the huge, positive, difference that volunteers make to charities across the UK.
Today Hywel Davies is talking to Paul Mor...
S2 Ep1740: How Can Volunteering Lead On To Employment?
It’s time to celebrate the huge, positive, difference that volunteers make to charities across the UK.
Today Paulina is talking to Adam Pearson,...
S2 Ep1750: Happy National Volunteers Week 2026
It’s time to celebrate the huge, positive, difference that volunteers make to charities across the UK.
Today Allan Russell is talking to RNIB’s...
S2 Ep1751: How Can Cornea Donations Change Lives?
The NHS are encouraging people to register as cornea donors to give the gift of sight.
Amelia learned more about Cornea transplants and the imp...
S2 Ep1751: Paul Hervey-Brookes on the RNIB Talking Books Garden at the RHS Sandringham Flower Show 2026
Following on from the great success of the RNIB Gold medal winning Legacy Garden at the RHS Wentworth Woodhouse Flower Show 2025 the RNIB has been inv...
S2 Ep1752: Lynda La Plante Records an Extract from Buried for the RNIB Talking Books Garden
Following on from the great success of the RNIB Gold medal winning Legacy Garden at the RHS Wentworth Woodhouse Flower Show 2025 the RNIB has been inv...
S2 Ep1753: Bill Blundell on Running the London Marathon for Team RNIB…
Bill Blundell one of the 2026 London Marathon Team RNIB runners who helped to raise £200,000 for the RNIB chats with RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey a...
S2 Ep1751: Take To The Green With 'Touchwood VI Bowls Club'
Bowls is a low-impact, social and accessible sport that’s a great way to spend time outdoors. Hywel Davies has been speaking to one club in north Wale...
S2 Ep1751: Rosie Talks About Her Placement With RNIB Connect Radio
In this podcast, Hubert chats to Rosie Murray about her experience of the RNIB See Work Differently Placement at RNIB Connect Radio. We also hear from...
S2 Ep1748: Charity Chief Exec's Customer Update 16/05/2026
Each week, RNIB Connect Radio's Allan Russell sits down with Simon Antrobus, CEO of RNIB, to look at some of the big stories coming from the UK sight...
S2 Ep1745: Vidar Hjardeng MBE - A Midsummer Night’s Dream, AD Theatre Review
RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey is joined again by Vidar Hjardeng MBE, Inclusion and Diversity Consultant for ITV News across England, Wales, Northern...
S2 Ep1750: The Big Help Out Hi Vis Fortnight and National Year of Reading
The year is the National Year of Reading. With more on RNIB’s plans and how you can get involved, here’s David Hogg…
S2 Ep1747: UK Sight Loss Charity Responds To King’s Speech Content
UK sight loss charity RNIB has been giving it’s response to some of the announcements, relating to the lives of blind and partially sighted people, co...
S2 Ep1746: Running With Sight Loss In Your 70s
Blanche Morrissey is 70 and an avid runner. She recently completed the TCS London marathon and spoke to Amelia about her sight loss journey, love of s...
S2 Ep1742: Taking on the Jurassic Coast Walk in Support of RNIB
An upcoming fundraiser will see one yoga teacher tackle the Jurassic Coast walk.
Dawn Blezard from Pathway Yoga lives with Stargardt Disease an...
S2 Ep1743: Life-Changing Eye Gene Therapy Treatment Makes a Real Difference to Saffie’s Vision
Saffie, a six-year-old girl from Stevenage who has the rare inherited eye condition Leber's Congenital Amaurosis (LCA), which prevents cells in the ey...
S2 Ep1744: A Great Trip to Sicily from Seable Holidays for Young Visually Impaired Adults
Seable Holidays have secured funding for 16 young blind and partially sighted adults aged 18 to 26 to take part in a transformative trip to Sicily thi...
S2 Ep1738: Talking Magazine Reaches Anniversary Milestone.
Scottish talking magazine Playback is celebrating it’s 50th anniversary this year.
RNIB Connect Radio’s Allan Russell spoke to Playback presente...
S2 Ep1737: Public Speaking Course For Blind & Partially Sighted People Returns To Glasgow
Fancy improving your public speaking skills?
RNIB Scotland is partnering up again this summer with Glasgow Speakers Club to run a weekly Public...
S2 Ep1736: Charity Chief Exec's Customer Update 09/05/2026
Each week, on RNIB Connect Radio we sit down with Simon Antrobus, CEO of RNIB, to look at some of the big stories coming from the UK sight loss charit...
S2 Ep1735: Neil Atkinson on Voting as a Visually Impaired Person
RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey was joined by Neil Atkinson, RNIB Scotland, Social Action Community Coordinator to find out how how he found it voting...
S2 Ep1734: VICTA Parents Event Coming To Birmingham
The parents of children who are blind or partially sighted are being given the chance to meet up in person and share their experiences. Hywel Davies h...
S2 Ep1733: RNIB See Work Differently Placement - Aarifah & Eric
RNIB’s See Work Differently Placement programme offers placements across RNIB Teams and gives people with sight loss the chance to gain real work expe...
S2 Ep1732: Sight Village Leeds Preview
Sight Village exhibitions are a great way to learn more about products and services designed for blind and partially sighted people in your area. Hywe...
S2 Ep1712: Postcode Lottery RNIB £15m Milestone Supporting RNIB’s Libraries Engagement Manager
We are celebrating the power of people helping other people and an incredible £15 million in flexible funding raised by players of the Postcode Lotter...
S2 Ep1713: Postcode Lottery RNIB £15m Milestone - Laura Chow, Head of Charities, Postcode Lottery
We are celebrating the power of people helping other people and an incredible £15 million in flexible funding raised by players of the Postcode Lotter...
S2 Ep1731: Vidar Hjardeng MBE - Barnum, AD Theatre Review
RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey is joined again by Vidar Hjardeng MBE, Inclusion and Diversity Consultant for ITV News across England, Wales, Northern...
S2 Ep1729: Dame Gail Ronson DBE Looks Back on 14 Years as RNIB President
The RNIB has announced today (7 May 2026) that actor, and star of Disney+ UK’s ‘Rivals,’ Victoria Smurfit has been appointed as the charity’s new Pres...
S2 Ep1730: Actor Victoria Smurfit Becomes RNIB’s New President
The RNIB has announced today (7 May 2026) that actor, and star of Disney+ UK’s ‘Rivals,’ Victoria Smurfit has been appointed as the charity’s new Pres...
S2 Ep1728: Tam Gilbert - Second Extant Trainee Artistic Director
Bournemouth-based writer, theatre-maker and Audio Description Consultant Tam Gilbert is almost coming to the end of her time as the second Trainee Art...
S2 Ep1726: Collective Climate Repair - Free Tree Touch Tour
Collective Climate Repair is a UK initiative showing how simple, nature-based actions with plants and water can tackle climate change in practical, ac...
S2 Ep1727: RNIB Voice of the Customer Research Programme Focusing on Community Eye Care
There are many ways in which you can help the RNIB in making a more inclusive society for blind and partially sighted people and one way is through th...