Our Director James Adams addressed the Scottish Parliament Committee on the Scottish Elections Bill, advocating for accessible voting, pilots, democracy funding, and alt text use by political parties.

In the following clip, James speaks about the need for accessible voting:

Taster Day for VI Cricket coming to Glasgow!

On Sat 27 April, both visually impaired and sighted players can give the game a go and see how it's adapted for accessibility.

Listen below for more information 🏏

RNIB Scotland Scottish Disability Sport Cricket Scotland
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We're delighted that Dr Zac Koshy has been shortlisted for an RNIB See Differently Award- Eye Care Professional of the Year! Amongst many other achievements, Zac helped establish the ECLO service in NHS Ayrshire & Arran.

Read about the awards and all the finalists: bit.ly/3TT3yH1

We want to make the next general election the most accessible ever.

Our guide for candidates and party political campaigners has advice on how to make communications accessible for blind and partially sighted people.

rnib.in/CampaignAccess… #AddAltText #CapYourHashtags

We're at the Scottish Greens Spring Conference this weekend. Looking forward to listening and engaging with everyone in the day ahead. #SGPConf

Anyone for cricket?

We're running an event in association with Cricket Scotland and Scottish Disability Sport on the 27th of April in Glasgow to have a day of VI cricket fun!

If you would like to register or know more, please visit: bit.ly/3V7OlCw or scan the QR code below.

Here at the The DataKirk Edinburgh Migrant Resource Fair at Edinburgh Napier University to engage with services and service users from the migrant community in Scotland to share how RNIB Scotland can support their community. Lovely to meet so many friendly and inspirational people.

Didn't find all of our Easter eggs? Don't worry, we’ve got a basket full of tips for you. #AccessibleSocialMediaEggHunt

Crack open this accessibility tip! Add Alt Text to your images. Describing your images means your content is accessible to everyone.

Adding Alt Text is easy. When you upload your image, click on the ‘Alt’ button, add your description and save. #AccessibleSocialMediaEggHunt .

This Easter, we've hidden special Easter eggs filled with valuable social media tips across RNIB's social channels. Each post contains an egg-cellent tip so you can make your social media content accessible to everyone. Hoppy hunting…

#AccessibleSocialMediaEggHunt

What is the Blind Person's Allowance?

What's different about tax in Scotland?

What support can you get?

Michael from our Advice team is here to answer all your tax questions!

Find out more info at: bit.ly/46RJvvZ HM Revenue & Customs

Our friends from RNIB Scotland are in Central Library today to speak to people affected by sight loss.
If you would like to pop in and pick up some information, learn about support offered by RNIB or to simply say hello, the team will be onsite until 2.30pm today.

We want to make the next general election the most accessible ever.

Our guide for candidates and party political campaigners has advice on how to make communications accessible for blind and partially sighted people.

rnib.in/CampaignAccess… #AddAltText #CapYourHashtags

#ALTTextDay Election Candidates Urged to Make Their Campaigning More Inclusive theorkneynews.scot/2024/03/23/alt…

Earlier this week, RNIB Scotland held The Scottish Vision Strategy Conference in Edinburgh.

This year's event focused on the eye care support pathway, and better support from diagnosis to living well with an eye condition.

Hear more from the event here:
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We can't believe it's been 7 years already!

Our wonderful Quigley the #GuideDog is officially retiring at the end of the month, but today was his final day in our radio studios 😢

Check out that happy face and the stunning cake that his friend Mary brought in!

Guide Dogs

Thanks for joining us Making Life Easier and Disability Information Team, and for having us North Lanarkshire Libraries!

Image #AltText : James sitting at a table with a pink RNIB Scotland tablecloth and booklets, alongside Kirsten from Making Life Easier, at a table with a blue tablecloth and booklets, and a banner.

Thanks to all who joined us at #SVS2024 this year.

We heard from a fantastic group of speakers, showcasing the value of collaboration in the eye care support pathway.

Listen in to the behind the scenes interviews with RNIB Connect Radio : audioboom.com/playlists/4635… Jenni Minto MSP

Are you interested in learning more about radio or creating audio? RNIB Connect Radio are looking for a Content Producer with lived experience of sight loss.

Find out more: bit.ly/3VpG0du

This #WorldPoetryDay , we're delighted to hear from Scottish poet Nuala!

To find out more about Nuala's story, visit our website: rnib.org.uk/news/partially…