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National Eye Health Week runs from the 21st to the 27th September, Amelia speaks to RNIB’s Louise Gow to learn why regular eye tests are so important.
Find Resources On Eye Health On the RNIB Webiste - Your eyes - find information on sight and conditions | RNIB
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As it is National Eye Health Week (21-27 September 2026) for our regular browse through the RNIB online shop with Charlee Jarvis, RNIB Shop’s Buying coordinator we have some great products around eye health and taking care of your eyes including, eye shields, optical and video magnifiers with lighting options plus a couple of useful gadgets for taking care of your eyes too
For more about all those great eye health products plus many more that you will find in the RNIB online shop do visit - https://shop.rnib.org.uk/connect
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Each week, RNIB Connect Radio's Allan Russell sits down with Simon Antrobus, CEO of RNIB, to look at some of the big stories coming from the UK sight loss charity.
This week Simon talks about National Eye Health Week, the Audio Is King conference and some exciting news from NaviLens.
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On Thursday 17 September 2026 at the RNIB’s Grimaldi Building in London, CPI and the RNIB brought publishers, authors, accessibility specialists, technology providers and industry partners together for the ‘Accessible Publishing Conference – Writing a New Chapter of Inclusion’, giving people the opportunity to have have meaningful conversations, share valuable insights and spark new ideas ensuring that visually impaired people and everyone no matter how they read will have equal access to books and the joy they bring too.
RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey was there and caught up with Elizabeth Killingly Accessibility Manager at Bloomsbury publishing who took part in the Inclusion Creates Commercial Opportunity panel discussion. 
To find out more about making books and reading accessible to blind and partially sighted people do visit the following pages of the RNIB website - https://www.rnib.org.uk/living-with-sight-loss/independent-living/leisure/reading-and-books/ 
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On Thursday 17 September 2026 at the RNIB’s Grimaldi Building in London, CPI and the RNIB brought publishers, authors, accessibility specialists, technology providers and industry partners together for the ‘Accessible Publishing Conference – Writing a New Chapter of Inclusion’, giving people the opportunity to have have meaningful conversations, share valuable insights and spark new ideas ensuring that visually impaired people and everyone no matter how they read will have equal access to books and the joy they bring too.
RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey was there and caught up with Lorna Dolan from CPI publishing the main organisation behind the conference.
To find out more about making books and reading accessible to blind and partially sighted people do visit the following pages of the RNIB website - https://www.rnib.org.uk/living-with-sight-loss/independent-living/leisure/reading-and-books/ 
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