Whether it’s going out to eat, heading to the gym or dancing the night away with friends, a new campaign in Wales is asking ‘Can We Do It Different?’. Hywel Davies has been speaking to the campaign’s organiser to find out more.

To sign the petition's website to add your support - Support a campaign called #Canwedoitdifferent to promote accessibility across Wales - Petitions

Would you like to learn all about Wakefield Talking Newspaper? Well, Jennifer Murray chats to Jane Becker to find out more.

You can listen to Wakefield Talking Newspaper on their website, via the British Wireless For The Blind's Talking Newspaper app, and on Alexa and other smartspeakers. Should you wish to contact Wakefield Talking Newspaper, you can contact them in the following ways:

Mobile:

07746116463 

Email:

Website:

https://www.wakefieldtalkingnewspaper.org.uk/

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Disability Rights Uk are working to further embed co-production in their work by forming a co-production group.

Amelia learned more about the organisation and how this group will amplify the voices of disabled people…

Learn more about Disability Rights UK on their website - Disability Rights UK | We are Disabled people working for an inclusive society

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Edinburgh Fruitmarket is hosting a exhibition with art by blind and partially sighted creators until the 11th April as part of a larger project to make the space and exhibitions more accessible for VI people.

At 6pm on the 10th April they're hosting a panel discussion on how blind and visually impaired communities are changing contemporary art galleries and access to participatory art.

Amelia learned more from Kirin Saeed,

Learn more on the See With Me website - See With Me Talk - Fruitmarket

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Each month, RNIB Connect Radio's Allan Russell talks with Anne Hornsby from MindsEye Description to look at some forthcoming events with Audio Description.

AD makes television, movies, galleries  and other arts events more inclusive, accessible and enjoyable for blind and partially sighted people.

This month they’re looking at a recent teaching trip to Albania plus performances of The 39 Steps and Bat Out Of Hell.

If you'd like more information on audio described events, go to www.mindseyedescription.co.uk

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An exciting knowledge and cultural exchange has begun between the National Theatre of Republika Srpska and Visually Impaired Creators Scotland (VICS) to improve theatre accessibility across Scotland and Bosnia.

Amelia spoke to Mario Lukajic from The National Theatre of Republika Srpska and Kirin Saeed from VICS to learn more.

Learn more about eh National Theatre of Republika Srpska on their website - Добро дошли | Народно позориште РС

Learn more about VICS on their website - Visually Impaired Creators Scotland

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Would you like to learn about Blackburn And District Talking Newspaper? Well Jennifer Murray speaks to Mike Latham to find out more.

If you wish to contact Blackburn And District Talking Newspaper, you can do so in any of the following ways:

Website:

www.bbsoc.org.uk

Phone:

01254 698683

Mobile:

07422 696809

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At a ceremony in North Greenwich on 27 March 2025 Jane Manley RNIB's Social Media Analyst was announced as one of the winners in the Top 20 Women in Data Awards 2025.  

The Top 20 Women in Data awards recognises women who are tech leaders, innovative, different, and pushing boundaries too.

Jane Manley chats with RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey about how she got in to coding and data as a deaf blind woman plus what it means to her and the RNIB on winning the Top 20 Women in Data Award 2025.

To find out more about Women in Data do visit the organisation’s website - https://womenindata.co.uk

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At Sight Village Wales 2025 Hywel Davies caught up with the Cardiff-based Sight Loss charity ‘Sight Life’ to hear about the work that they’ve been doing across south Wales.

The Sight Village Wales exhibition returned to Cardiff on April the 8th. That’s where Hywel Davies spoke to Paul Hopkins from organisers Queen Alexandra Charity.