All of those shortlisted demonstrate dedication and excellence, help to prevent sight loss or encourage and support blind and
partially sighted people.
RNIB has heard from many blind and
partially sighted people who have good experiences on buses, and with drivers, but there are too many having bad experiences and being put off using their local bus service.
The specialist school teaches blind and
partially sighted pupils aged 11 to 19, with about 80 per cent of its sixth form winning places at university.
This allows
partially sighted users to easily increase the size of the default setting of their browser's representation of text.
It's a service that is available to all their customers, but has been tested to ensure that it is easy to use by blind and
partially sighted people.
Patients without sight or
partially sighted will have to undertake longer, circuitous journeys away from their own town.
Today, almost 30,000 blind and
partially sighted adults and children use Talking Books and the RNIB library is the largest of its kind in Europe.
The survey found that one third of blind and
partially sighted people across the UK have injured themselves when walking around their local area.
Many people who are blind or
partially sighted find it difficult to get out and about on their own; particularly in crowded places, when it's frosty and hazardous under foot, and when there's less daylight and shorter days.
At Specsavers we always aim to support customers with visual impairments, so the opportunity to fundraise for this wonderful charity, which provides invaluable help to blind and
partially sighted individuals, is something we were keen to do.
WOULD you like to make a real practical difference to a blind or
partially sighted person?
IN the UK there are almost two million people who are blind or
partially sighted.
Ms Grant said: "The Work Capability Assessment is failing blind and
partially sighted people like me and isn't fit for purpose.
