Local sight loss charities are often the first port of call for those who have been just been told they are losing their vision. They offer hope and advice as well as peer support that can make a real difference. One area of support most often requested is technology support.

Steven Scott spoke to Debbie and Mel from the local organisation Suffolk Sight to find out what they offer.

Sight Loss Councils have just started the second phase of their #StreetsForAll campaign which aims to make the streets of the UK more accessible for Blind and Partially sighted people.

Our Ellie Marsh's been speaking with Mike Bell from the group to find out more. 

For more information visit: www.sightlosscouncil.org.uk

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Ablenet offer all sorts of extreme sport experience, Ellie's been catching up with their CEO Paul and Nigel who's been trying something brand new.

To find out more about Ablenet please visit: www.ablenet.com 

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With the better weather you might be looking to get out and about a bit more, Ellie's been catching up with blogger Blind Man Roy about some of his adventures over the years and that it really is not where you are, it's who you're with.

Image: A picture of Roy next to a waterfall in the woods

On this week's A View On Access, Tim Calvert reviews the audio described performance of Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days.

Winnie and her husband Willie are stuck in every sense of the word. Endless days and nights pass by while they struggle on, with only each other for company.

Samuel Beckett’s world-renowned play Happy Days comes to the Riverside Studios in a landmark 60th anniversary production. Brought to you by a multi-award-winning creative team, with direction from Trevor Nunn and starring Lisa Dwan as our heroine Winnie, this is a spirited and triumphant revival most pertinent for our unparalleled times.

AVOA is written, presented and produced by Tim Calvert of Calvert Creative Concepts for RNIB Connect Radio and The Audio Description Association. For more information or to get involved email [email protected]

Time for 'A View On Access', and this week, Tim Calvert is telling us all about the stage adaptation of the much-loved film Amélie.

Following a critically acclaimed and sell-out tour in 2019, a Grammy nomination and 3 Olivier Award nominations, Amélie The Musical arrives in the heart of the West End. The much loved five-time Oscar nominated film is brought to life by a cast of astonishingly talented actor-musicians and set to a critically acclaimed re-orchestrated score.

For more details on those Audio Described performances, head over to criterion-theatre.co.uk

AVOA is written, presented and produced by Tim Calvert of Calvert Creative Concepts for RNIB Connect Radio and The Audio Description Association. For more information or to get involved email [email protected]

Each week we catch up with RNIB’s CEO Matt Stringer to discuss the big news affecting the charity. 

This week Steven Scott talks to Matt about a major Government announcement around its National Disability Strategy. 

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There’s a big change coming to the way blind and partially sighted people apply for the concessionary TV license. 

Thanks to a ground-breaking agreement between RNIB, TV Licensing and the Health and Social Care Board (HSCB) in Northern Ireland, it will be much easier for people with severe sight impairment to access a blind concession TV License. 

RNIB Connect Radio's Steven Scott has more information. 

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RNIB will be launching a new survey and are looking for people who have lived experience with Diabetes and Sight loss to get involved. 

RNIB Connect Radio's Ellie Marsh has more.

If you'd like to find out more or get involved, please call the RNIB Helpline on, 0303 123 9999

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After children fly the nest and you get that little bit more time to yourself you might be looking for things to fill the time. Zoe Hanscombe headed back to her youth to get back in the saddle after many years. She's been speaking to Ellie about horse riding and chasing your dreams in later life.

Image shows: Zoe stood with her horse Hugo