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In Touch

News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted

Episodes

Total: 408

In Touch hears from the RNIB about their plans to participate in the Government's consultation on th

Benefits Bill

2025/6/24

The government have published their Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill, but ther

Pocklington Lodge

2025/6/17

Pocklington Lodge is the last of the Thomas Pocklington Trust's housing complexes. The charity plans

New College Worcester, who are a residential school and provider of specialist education for visuall

03/06/2025

2025/6/3

News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted

NASA tells In Touch about a condition that affects the vision of around 70% of their astronauts. It

Joking about Blindness

2025/5/27

In Touch invites three stand-up comedians - Jake Donaldson, Sydney May and Lizzy Lenco - to discuss

The European Accessibility Act is a new piece of legislation that will apply to EU member countries

The Association of Optometrists will be asking MPs to amend what they regard as an outdated administ

Guide Dogs - The Future

2025/5/6

Times are hard for many charities, and those in the sight loss sector are no exception. In a previou

Matt Wadsworth has, for the last decade or so, been working to make fellow visually impaired people'

Visually impaired producer of the children's television programme Mixmups, Rebecca Atkinson has crea

The Future of the RNIB

2025/4/15

Over the past nine months, the RNIB, the UK's largest charity supporting blind and partially sighted

Dr Fred Reid

2025/4/8

In Touch dedicates this programme to the late Dr Fred Reid. His long career in academia and wider ac

In Touch returns to the issue of welfare reform, and how the proposed changes to benefits are likely

The charity Retina UK are seeking feedback from people with inherited sight loss conditions to learn

Benefits Reform

2025/3/18

The government has announced its plans to reform the current welfare system with the aim of saving b

Deafblindness

2025/3/11

How much do you know about deafblindness? If your answer is "very little", it seems you're in good c

Blind Female CEOs

2025/3/4

In a recent episode of In Touch, we interviewed Sandi Wassmer, who at the time, we believed to be th

In an episode broadcast last summer, the RNIB's CEO, Matt Stringer joined us to discuss financial pr