The new school term is fast approaching! Make sure your kids are kitted out with some funky notepads and pencil boxes and other great products. Great if they are about to study the stone age.

Thanks to the Waltham Forest Echo for carrying this lovely story about seven-year-old Thomas who has a vision impairment but will be getting stuck in to this summer's Summer Reading Challenge.

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Thanks to 'living with disability' magazine for carrying RNIB's campaign to encourage children with vision impairment to sign up for this year's Summer Reading Challenge! .Click the link to read the full story!.

It feels like time for people to down tools in countries where their leaders insist on killing and maiming innocent people and refuse to keep their countries running until the few in charge of this madness put down their egos and make peace. If not, this only ends one way.

Optometry Today has carried @RNIB's official response to yesterday's Comprehensive Spending Review. It's still very difficult to see what it will actually mean on the ground for health and social care services.

Great news that @RNIB's ECLO service has been awarded the prestigious AQS quality standard! This service is truly a lifeline for people facing the trauma of being diagnosed with eye conditions in NHS eye clinics up and down the country.

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I had the pleasure of visiting the Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford this week. Delighted also that @RNIB is sponsoring the college's women's goalball team in the forthcoming Goalball Clubs World Cup in Finland. Read more here.

This excellent article in Big Issue today shows clearly the huge impact that PIP cuts could have on the lives of many blind and partially sighted people. Thanks to Frankie and Kelly for being brave enough to speak out and alert us at RNIB to their plight.

Why is this not top of every single Government's list? Without air to breathe everything else is purely academic. There won't be any positions of power, paycheques, penthouses or private jets.

Absolutely delighted that Jeremy Vine took the time to talk about braille on his show today on @BBCRadio2 @RNIB 's very own Dave Williams spoke about how it remains a vital skill and tool for modern life. Segment starts at 31:00.

This should be pinned right at the top of every Government's agenda but instead for far too many it's still way down the list.

Amazing piece highlighting the vital importance of Braille on ITV @GoodMorningBritain this Morning. Great work Lucy Edwards. Exactly what RNIB is calling for.

When you go to see an eye doctor and they diagnose you with a sight condition or tell you you may be going blind, what on earth do you do next?. The answer is to ask to speak to the hospital's Eye Care Liaison Officer.

It's 30 years since RNIB first employed specialist Eye Care Liaison Officers (ECLOs) in hospitals to support people diagnosed with often life-changing eye conditions. [Image shows a black circle logo with the words 'RNIB 30 Years of ECLOs' printed in white letters on it]

It was fantastic to meet lots of lovely braillists in Barking and Dagenham last week to celebrate the first stop on the RNIB tour of libraries to mark the 200th anniversary of the invention of braille. Next stop Harrogate on October 21.

It was fantastic to meet Paralympians Dan Pembroke and Eliza and Scarlett Humphrey at @RNIB's London headquarters this week. You can read my full write up on the RNIB website here:.

Exciting news for the blind and partially sighted community and for society in general! .Comedian Chris McCausland first blind contestant on Strictly Come Dancing (.

Amazing to see this piece about @RNIB 's vital support services for people with sight loss in the Enfield Dispatch. We've got more than 120 Eye Care Liaison Officers supporting people who've been diagnosed with sight loss in hospitals right across the UK.

Great to see more coverage of @RNIB 's call to make 2024 the last inaccessible election for people with sight loss, this time in the south. We've got the message far and wide - now to the future Government to take action!.