Jemma Davidson, RNIB Customer Voice Insight Coordinator shares the latest opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to get involved in with RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey.

Opportunities highlighted this week included:

Sight Loss and Mental Wellbeing Focus Groups 

RNIB is looking for blind and partially sighted people who would be willing to talk about their mental wellbeing in an online focus group. The group sessions will be discussing how sight loss has affected your mental wellbeing and what support you have received. There will be the chance to explore any solutions you might have found to look after your overall wellbeing and how this has changed how you feel about your sight loss. It is important to stress that this is not a therapy session. These focus groups will help RNIB identify the areas where more support is needed for blind and partially sighted people. 

If you are interested in taking part please call the RNIB Helpline on 0303 123 9999 and ask to sign up to the Voice of the Customer Focus Groups – Autumn 2023 or for more information please contact [email protected]. 

The Media, Culture and Immersive Technologies team are looking for people to join a virtual focus group. The team would like to know more about your experience of going to the cinema, from finding out about accessible screenings to the audio description provided. 

The focus group will be on Thursday 26 October from 3-4:30pm.  

To register your interest and for any questions, please email [email protected].  

The National Guitar Academy is a small company that teaches online guitar courses to people around the world and they are planning an interview section on their podcast/livestream and would like to include contributions from people who are blind or visually impaired who play guitar. This will take place in an online setting so that people will be interviewed in front of a live audience from the comfort of their own home. 

If you are interested in taking part please contact Chris via [email protected] for more details. 

To find out more about these Connect Voices opportunities and how you can get involved with RNIB Connect Voices do visit-

https://www.rnib.org.uk/connect-community/connect-voices-network/connect-voices-current-opportunities

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