Helping people find their lives again - RNIB

Blind and partially sighted people to retain and gain employment.
By 2014 we want to be helping 750 people to keep their jobs and another 500
people to move into employment every year by developing our employment
support services.
Blind and partially sighted children and adults with additional complex
needs maximise their potential.
By setting the highest standards at our schools, colleges and care homes we will
drive up the standards of others. We will dramatically increase the number of
people with learning difficulties who have their sight assessed and improved.
Priority two: Targets for 2009/10
1. We will provide immediate information, advice and support to 11,000 people
across the UK at the point when they are told they are losing their sight.
2. We will be the first port of call for thousands of blind and partially sighted
people, supporting them to live independent lives through the personalised
support of our new Helpline, up-to-the-minute information on RNIB’s website
and our fantastic range of everyday products. This year we will be able to
support more people than ever through our innovative association with Action
for Blind People and the Cardiff Institute for the Blind.
3. We want all the children and adults with sight problems, including those with
very complex needs, to receive the very best care and education services from
us. We will achieve this by continuing our ambitious project to build the Vision
School, UK’s best school and care home for children with sight problems and
very complex needs and reviewing all our care and education services for
adults and children with complex needs, working closely with external
regulators to ensure excellence.
4. In a challenging economic and financial climate we will provide support to
approximately 1,250 people to stay in work or to move into employment.
5. A third of people with learning difficulties also have a sight problem, which
often goes undetected. We will ensure that at least 400 people who have a
learning disability receive a combined sight test and vision assessment.
3. Creating an inclusive society
Despite major advances in legislation, attitudes, services and technology, we still
have a long way to go before true equality is achieved.
Enabling more people to make journeys safely and independently
We want a dramatic increase in travel by people with sight loss by 2014. We want
transport operators to become beacons of best practice providing excellent
service and inspiring the rest of the industry. We will campaign for government to
implement the improved Disability Living Allowance rules.
28 RNIB annual report and accounts 2008/09