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An East Midlands ‘Swap with Me’ event with Kinchbus

After 150 years of campaigning for blind and partially sighted people, RNIB is continually striving to improve people’s lives. Madaline Dunn talks to Michael Wordingham, Regional Campaigns Officer and Bernie Reddington, Confidence Building Coordinator to get some insight into how RNIB is campaigning for better public transport for blind and partially sighted people

More than two million people in the UK are living with sight loss, with one person losing their sight every six minutes, significantly impacting their day-to-day. RNIB has been working since 1868 to remove the barriers placed in front of those who are sight impaired. One of the significant challenges facing blind and visually impaired people everyday is transport.
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