Helping people find their lives again - RNIB

Achieving our mission
Operating across the UK we take an holistic,
comprehensive view of the full range of needs
of blind and partially sighted children and
adults and the barriers they face. When
reviewing our aims and objectives we have
referred to the Charity Commission’s general
guidance on public benefit.
RNIB believes it needs to:
Campaign. Speaking out loudly with the voice
of blind and partially sighted people to
government, professionals, policy makers, and
a host of other organisations to bring about
positive change.
Provide excellent services. Our services
provide vital support to the individuals that
they reach, but this is not enough. We also
look to these services to provide excellent
examples of how services can best be
delivered to meet the needs of blind and
partially sighted people.
Develop knowledge and new solutions.
Taking advantage of the positive opportunities
of a changing world to find new ways of
doing things whilst making sure that people
with sight problems are not left further isolated.
Continue to develop our understanding of
the needs of people with sight loss and
spread this knowledge, expertise and good
practice.
We have updated the way we direct and
describe our campaigning and service delivery
to better reflect our priorities and explain
more clearly how we are focusing our efforts.
The following list explains the key areas of our
work.
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Stopping people losing their sight
unnecessarily through raising awareness of
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the causes of preventable eye conditions,
increasing the number of people taking a
regular sight test and campaigning for
change.
Supporting people to get the education,
jobs and income they deserve through
our schools and colleges; specialist
information, advice and training for
individuals, education providers and
employers; vacation schemes for children;
early years provision and family support;
dedicated interactive areas on our website;
welfare and benefits advice services; and
influencing government to make their
services more inclusive.
Increase access to TV, culture and
information through transcription services
for individuals and organisations; accessible
publishing, sales and library services
including the RNIB Talking Book Service;
policy development; influencing change in
the media industry; and information and
advice on enabling technologies.
Enabling people to get support and
become independent through information
and equipment including a wide range of
products; low vision and rehabilitation
services; residential care homes; and
training and policy development to improve
health and social care provision.
Strengthening our voice and impact by
focusing on delivering our strategy with
increased involvement from members,
improving our knowledge; and challenging
how we do things.
Relationships with other charities
We maintain close links and support the aims
of other organisations, such as local, national
and international charities working with or for
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