Kirsten Roberts

Making Payments More Accessible With The TaluCard A new type of accessible payment card could be making its way to your pocket very soon. Hywel Davies has been hearing about the TaluCard.

A payment card that is accessible to blind and partially sighted?

RNIB Connect Radio's Hywel Davies hears about the accessibility features of the TaluCard, including biometric pairing, tactility, and access to real-time payment information.

When Brunny visited The Brunswick #SeeingDogs#SDA#Fundraising #WorkingDogs https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/prized-derby-pup-powered-pales-10548133?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1759641494

Brilliant speech from @zackpolanski.bsky.social - investing in climate, stopping the boats thro safe & legal routes, introducing a wealth tax on the very wealthiest, challenging privatisation, building community & spreading a #PoliticsOfHope @greenparty.org.uk #gpconf

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Dame Jane Goodall, Tony Harrison, Lord Menzies Campbell, Danny Thompson Matthew Bannister on a primatologist, a poet, a politician and a bass player.

Poet and broadcaster @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social paid tribute to poet and dramatist Tony Harrison on BBC Radio 4's Last Word (from 7:52).

Bloodaxe's tribute is on our website page below:
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New RNIB Support Groups Available RNIB are launching a new series of support groups run by qualified counsellors. Hywel Davies has been hearing about the benefits of sharing your story.

"It's just a safe therapeutic space."

Charity RNIB are launching new support groups for blind and partially sighted people run by qualified counsellors.

The groups will help connect those with shared experience and our Hywel Davies has been hearing more.

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We want to better understand which improvements to post-diagnosis support should be prioritised and why.

If you’ve had a sight loss diagnosis in the last five years, or are a friend or family member of someone who has, share your thoughts: http://bit.ly/4251Rt5

Thankyou everyone who has helped to celebrate #Braille200 through 2025. Braille is not just a code; it is a literacy system, a cultural achievement of blind people worldwide. Like sign languages, it embodies identity, dignity, and community. Braille is an early example of #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs

From the classroom to the corner office: reuniting with my Perkins Brailler – BlindNewWorld Christina mourned the loss of her beloved Perkins Brailler - until a chance encounter years later brought it back to her.

A must-read #MyBlindStory x #MyPerkinsBrailler collab about the power of #braille!

Christina and her childhood #brailler were reunited after decades apart - the same tool that helped her read and write in school now supports her work at the NWGA Center for Independent Living #BlindNewWorld

Amazon is focusing on accessibility for Kindle books - Good e-Reader Amazon is prioritizing new accessibility features for vision disorders.

Curling up with a good book this weekend?

If you're using a Kindle, look for improved #accessibility features that make reading easier and more enjoyable for folks who are #blind and #VisuallyImpaired. 📚 #BlindNewWorld

(Story via Good eReader ⬇️)

Into Perspective: Why must disabled people's views be at the heart of welfare reform? In this issue’s Into Perspective, CMM looks at why the lived experience of disabled people should be at the heart of welfare reform.

📣Why Disabled people's lived experience must be at the heart of welfare reform

"Reforms are being designed about us, not with us. They are shaped by people who rarely reflect the communities they legislate for" - DR UK CEO, Kamran Mallick

Read on 👇
www.caremanagementmatters.co.uk/feature/into...

Has anyone seen Keir Starmer's spine, presumably the far-right are using it as back scratcher?

Farage's single greatest asset is, without a shadow of a doubt, Kier Starmer and a Labour party so utterly obsessed with mollifying extreme right-wing sentiments they have lost the ability to function.

MIGRANTS AREN'T THE PROBLEM INEQUALITY IS Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

Migrants didn't cut council funding. Migrants didn't cut NHS funding. Migrants didn't close youth centres. Migrants didn't sell off council houses. Migrants aren't filling our rivers with sewage.

Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants.

Don't fall for it.

No10 spokesman not prepared to criticise anything about Farage speech today.

Not his description of "invasion", not his prediction that the UK on brink of civil war, not plans to pay the Taliban or Iran to take back migrants, or indeed to rule out doing so themselves.

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations

When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

The road sign which keeps getting stolen - BBC Sounds The sign for Knob Lane in Belper has been stolen a number of times.

The road sign which keeps getting stolen

#Derbyshire

🔗: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/...

Free run time for Quell and Brunny! #SeeingDogs#NationalDogDay https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16Ecm5temX/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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It's #internationaldogday! This is a great opportunity to say thank you to all the incredible dogs our members work so hard to train so that they can help people who need them. Our latest statistics show we have over 28,300 #assistancedog teams across the world. #lifechangers

Getting Around: What blind and partially sighted people told us If you're affected by sight loss, we're here for you

Buses provide a vital service to blind and partially sighted people in getting to work, attending healthcare appointments, completing education, and being part of communities.

Read our #AllAboard report on Navigating bus travel with sight loss: rnib.in/bus-report

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Don’t let anyone be locked out of their own bank. Blind and partially sighted people still face inaccessible banking. Write to your MP this bank holiday and call for equal access to banking services. Submit a letter here: https://f.mtr.cool/tdwbotizlc

If you haven’t yet read my book “More Than Just A Dog”, it’s on sale on Amazon for the remarkable price of £10.77!! I know. Incredible right? 😁

In the past these opportunities don’t last long so grab it while you can…. Just sayin’ 😉

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Labour just stripped 13 million disabled and vulnerable people of the COVID booster jab To put it simply, it’s too expensive to give disabled people the COVID booster, so the government won't be doing that anymore

Labour just stripped 13 million disabled and vulnerable people of the COVID booster jab

To put it simply, it’s too expensive to give disabled people the COVID booster, so the government won't be doing that anymore, writes @rachelcdailey.bsky.social
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Are you #blind or #PartiallySighted and feel unsure about travelling by train? Join #Merseyside SLC and Avanti West Coast on 30 Sept for 'Try a Train' at #Liverpool Lime Street! 

This free event is a great chance to explore and build confidence in a supportive environment.

#MakeTransportAccessible

Stagecoach Collaborates With RNIB To Improve Bus Travel For Blind and Partially Sighted People Hubert catches up with Terri from the RNIB to find out more about the most recent work carried out in the North West of England with Stagecoach to make bus travel more accessible for blind and partial...

How can accessibility of public transport be improved for blind and partially sighted passengers?

Hubert catches up with Terri from RNIB to find out more about their Swap With Me training carried out in the North West of England and Stagecoach.

Be My Eyes on Meta AI Smart Glasses: Stories From the Be My Eyes Community Real stories from our community on what it means to have Be My Eyes on the bridge of your nose!

When Be My Eyes meets Meta AI Smart Glasses, it’s more than convenience, it’s confidence, independence, and connection.

In our latest blog, we’re sharing stories directly from the Be My Eyes community! 💙

www.bemyeyes.com/blog/be-my-e...

Police say 365 people arrested at protest over Palestine Action ban in London Met officers and other UK forces form ‘significant presence’ in largest protest since group was proscribed as terrorist organisation

Police will constantly complain about resources and then draw officers from forces around the country to arrest hundreds of peaceful protestors.

Yeah, it's a despicable law, but it also emphasises the extent to which policing protects power and not people.

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Our new social and leisure activities calendar is now available! From cafe meet ups to canal trips and an exciting new music project there are lots of opportunities to get out and meet other people living with similar daily challenges.
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Outside of Alstom's railway event, we handed out hundreds of leaflets. Many people want to see money spent on clean, reliable rail not destructive, polluting road schemes like the A38 expansion. Let’s keep up the momentum, write to key decision makers now: actionnetwork.org/letters/take...

Take Action: Write to Politicians – Demand Rail Investment, Scrap the A38 Expansion The Government’s recent spending review paused Phase 3 of the Midland Mainline electrification—despite clear evidence it would deliver nearly £400 million in local economic benefit, create 5,000 skill...

Local campaigners have set up an action calling on politicians to fund the rail electrification instead of the contentious and damaging A38 Derby Junctions.

More than 900 letters have been sent already!
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English has lots of colourful old slang phrases about being inebriated, especially from the Victorian era, including “plum full of bug juice,” “bumpsy” and “as whittled as a penguin.” But my favourite drunkenness phrase from Victorian slang (first recorded use in 1882) is “as tight as a boiled owl.”