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There are things you can do to help make your home safer.

Blind and partially sighted babies often don’t crawl by themselves. Sighted children crawl because they see something they want. Moving around a room can be confusing for a vision impaired baby at first. However, there are some easy things you can do to help them with this.

Youth Mental Health Day (YMHD) encourages understanding, discussion and awareness of mental health in young people and highlights the importance of intervention in teenage mental health issues. Being a teenager can be tough. Many teenagers will experience problems with their mental health with four in ten young people reporting that they experience difficulties such as […]

Your baby will enjoy most toys which you have or can buy at the local toy shop without you needing to buy toys specific for visually impaired children as many toys can also be adapted for your baby’s visual needs. Here are some suggestions for your baby regardless if they have any additional needs to […]

It’s important to make sure you get all the financial help you may be entitled to. If your claim is successful, your money can be paid directly into your bank account and it will be backdated to the date of your initial application. Depending on your condition and circumstances you could be entitled to these […]

You may have concerns about health and safety when employing someone who’s disabled. You must not allow this to discriminate against a disabled employee. You may need to review your risk assessment to make sure it covers any risks. The Access to Work scheme can help you work out what changes you need to make.

The Access to Work scheme provides grants to cover the costs of specialist equipment, adaptations or support workers to help employees carry out their work, they also can support with getting to and from work.

The Royal Society for Blind Children is celebrating its first anniversary in its award-winning Richard Desmond’s Life Without Limits Centre (LWLC) for children, young people and their families in the heart of London.  

The Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC),  Percussion Play, and The Amber Trust are delighted to announce their collaboration with the aim to make outdoor musical instruments even more accessible, particularly to young people who are blind or partially sighted. A workshop is to be held in April at the RSBC’s Life Without Limits Centre […]