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Earlier this week, RNIB have marked two years since the launch of the Eye Care Support Pathway, with an event in Manchester which brought together optometrists, sector leaders and other partners. The framework was developed by the charity with leading organisations across the eye care and sight loss sectors, to ensure patients have timely access to information, advice and support throughout their eye care journey. At the end of the day, David caught up with Matt Stringer again, to get his thoughts on the day. Find our full coverage of the event here: Audioboom / Reporting From Eye Care Support Pathway 2 Years On Event   Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio’ is written in black in a smaller font. 

Earlier this week, RNIB have marked two years since the launch of the Eye Care Support Pathway, with an event in Manchester which brought together optometrists, sector leaders and other partners. The framework was developed by the charity with leading organisations across the eye care and sight loss sectors, to ensure patients have timely access to information, advice and support throughout their eye care journey. Before the official launch of Beyond the Eye, a training course for ophthalmologists, David Hogg spoke to Amanda Hawkins, Dr Tariq Aslam and Dr Mhairi Thurston to get their reflections on the work they’d done to make the course a reality. Find our full coverage of the event here: Audioboom / Reporting From Eye Care Support Pathway 2 Years On Event   Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio’ is written in black in a smaller font.

Earlier this week, RNIB have marked two years since the launch of the Eye Care Support Pathway, with an event in Manchester which brought together optometrists, sector leaders and other partners. The framework was developed by the charity with leading organisations across the eye care and sight loss sectors, to ensure patients have timely access to information, advice and support throughout their eye care journey. RNIB Connect Radio's David Hogg was in attendance and spoke with RNIB's Anna Tylor. Find our full coverage of the event here: Audioboom / Reporting From Eye Care Support Pathway 2 Years On Event   Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio’ is written in black in a smaller font. 

Earlier this week, RNIB have marked two years since the launch of the Eye Care Support Pathway, with an event in Manchester which brought together optometrists, sector leaders and other partners. The framework was developed by the charity with leading organisations across the eye care and sight loss sectors, to ensure patients have timely access to information, advice and support throughout their eye care journey. RNIB Connect Radio's David Hogg was in attendance and spoke to one of the afternoon’s speakers, Tim Morgan. Find our full coverage of the event here: Audioboom / Reporting From Eye Care Support Pathway 2 Years On Event   Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio’ is written in black in a smaller font. 

Earlier this week, RNIB have marked two years since the launch of the Eye Care Support Pathway, with an event in Manchester which brought together optometrists, sector leaders and other partners. The framework was developed by the charity with leading organisations across the eye care and sight loss sectors, to ensure patients have timely access to information, advice and support throughout their eye care journey. The event marked the launch of Beyond the Eye, a training course for ophthalmologists. David Hogg spoke to RNIB’s Amanda Hawkins to find out more. Find our full coverage of the event here: Audioboom / Reporting From Eye Care Support Pathway 2 Years On Event   Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio’ is written in black in a smaller font. 

Earlier this week, RNIB have marked two years since the launch of the Eye Care Support Pathway, with an event in Manchester which brought together optometrists, sector leaders and other partners. The framework was developed by the charity with leading organisations across the eye care and sight loss sectors, to ensure patients have timely access to information, advice and support throughout their eye care journey. RNIB Connect Radio's David Hogg was there and spoke to James Palmer from NHS England.   Find our full coverage of the event here: Audioboom / Reporting From Eye Care Support Pathway 2 Years On Event   Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio’ is written in black in a smaller font. 

Earlier this week, RNIB have marked two years since the launch of the Eye Care Support Pathway, with an event in Manchester which brought together optometrists, sector leaders and other partners. The framework was developed by the charity with leading organisations across the eye care and sight loss sectors, to ensure patients have timely access to information, advice and support throughout their eye care journey. RNIB Connect Radio's David Hogg was there and spoke to Dr Peter Hamspon. Find our full coverage of the event here: Audioboom / Reporting From Eye Care Support Pathway 2 Years On Event   Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio’ is written in black in a smaller font. 

Earlier this week, RNIB have marked two years since the launch of the Eye Care Support Pathway, with an event in Manchester which brought together optometrists, sector leaders and other partners. The framework was developed by the charity with leading organisations across the eye care and sight loss sectors, to ensure patients have timely access to information, advice and support throughout their eye care journey. RNIB Connect Radio's David Hogg was there and spoke with Dharmesh Patel, CEO of Primary Eyecare Services. Find our full coverage of the event here: Audioboom / Reporting From Eye Care Support Pathway 2 Years On Event   Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio’ is written in black in a smaller font. 

Earlier this week, RNIB have marked two years since the launch of the Eye Care Support Pathway, with an event in Manchester which brought together optometrists, sector leaders and other partners. The framework was developed by the charity with leading organisations across the eye care and sight loss sectors, to ensure patients have timely access to information, advice and support throughout their eye care journey. RNIB Connect Radio's David Hogg was there and spoke with one of the keynote speakers, Dr Gillian Rudduck, about their embrace of new technologies. Find our full coverage of the event here: Audioboom / Reporting From Eye Care Support Pathway 2 Years On Event Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio’ is written in black in a smaller font. 

Earlier this week, RNIB have marked two years since the launch of the Eye Care Support Pathway, with an event in Manchester which brought together optometrists, sector leaders and other partners. The framework was developed by the charity with leading organisations across the eye care and sight loss sectors, to ensure patients have timely access to information, advice and support throughout their eye care journey. Before the event started, RNIB Connect Radio's David Hogg caught up with RNIB CEO Matt Stringer about the day ahead and the work that’s been done over the past few years. Find our full coverage of the event here: Audioboom / Reporting From Eye Care Support Pathway 2 Years On Event   Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio’ is written in black in a smaller font. 

For the first time the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds will be hosting an exhibition of contemporary sculpture designed to be experienced using multiple senses that move beyond the visual through the exhibition, ‘Beyond the Visual’ which will open on 28 November 2025 and run until 19 April 2026.  The exhibition celebrates the work of both blind and non-blind artists who through their work challenge the dominance of sight in the making and appreciation of art. Works on display will include seven new commissions plus historical and contemporary work by sixteen international artists. All of the work in the exhibition can be experienced through more than one sense, including the sometimes forbidden act of touch.  RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with partially blind writer Joseph Rizzo Naudi who has been collaborating with the artists and curators to ensure every work in the exhibition will be audio described, which forms a crucial part of the exhibition experience. To find out more about the ‘Beyond the Visual’ exhibition at the Henry Moore Institute from 28 November 2025 to 19 April 2026 do visit - https://henry-moore.org/whats-on/beyond-the-visual/ (Image shows the Beyond the Visual logo. A black circle on a yellow background in which is written in the same yellow as the background 'Beyond' on one line, 'the Visual' on the line underneath and slightly to the right, and yellow braille dots representing the word 'sculpture' underneath)

For the first time the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds will be hosting an exhibition of contemporary sculpture designed to be experienced using multiple senses that move beyond the visual through the exhibition, ‘Beyond the Visual’ which will open on 28 November 2025 and run until 19 April 2026.  The exhibition celebrates the work of both blind and non-blind artists who through their work challenge the dominance of sight in the making and appreciation of art. Works on display will include seven new commissions plus historical and contemporary work by sixteen international artists. All of the work in the exhibition can be experienced through more than one sense, including the sometimes forbidden act of touch.  RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up again with Dr Aaron McPeake, artist and Associate Lecturer at Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts in London and one of the Curators of the exhibition this time to talk about his commissioned work that will be on display in Leeds. To find out more about the ‘Beyond the Visual’ exhibition at the Henry Moore Institute from 28 November 2025 to 19 April 2026 do visit - https://henry-moore.org/whats-on/beyond-the-visual/ (Image shows the Beyond the Visual logo. A black circle on a yellow background in which is written in the same yellow as the background 'Beyond' on one line, 'the Visual' on the line underneath and slightly to the right, and yellow braille dots representing the word 'sculpture' underneath)

For the first time the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds will be hosting an exhibition of contemporary sculpture designed to be experienced using multiple senses that move beyond the visual through the exhibition, ‘Beyond the Visual’ which will open on 28 November 2025 and run until 19 April 2026.  The exhibition celebrates the work of both blind and non-blind artists who through their work challenge the dominance of sight in the making and appreciation of art. Works on display will include seven new commissions plus historical and contemporary work by sixteen international artists. All of the work in the exhibition can be experienced through more than one sense, including the sometimes forbidden act of touch.  RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Fayen d'Evie as she says a blindish Artist, Writer, Publisher and Lecturer about her collaborative immersive sculptural installation for the exhibition.  To find out more about the ‘Beyond the Visual’ exhibition at the Henry Moore Institute from 28 November 2025 to 19 April 2026 do visit - https://henry-moore.org/whats-on/beyond-the-visual/ (Image shows the Beyond the Visual logo. A black circle on a yellow background in which is written in the same yellow as the background 'Beyond' on one line, 'the Visual' on the line underneath and slightly to the right, and yellow braille dots representing the word 'sculpture' underneath)

For the first time the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds will be hosting an exhibition of contemporary sculpture designed to be experienced using multiple senses that move beyond the visual through the exhibition, ‘Beyond the Visual’ which will open on 28 November 2025 and run until 19 April 2026.  The exhibition celebrates the work of both blind and non-blind artists who through their work challenge the dominance of sight in the making and appreciation of art. Works on display will include seven new commissions plus historical and contemporary work by sixteen international artists. All of the work in the exhibition can be experienced through more than one sense, including the sometimes forbidden act of touch.  RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up again with Professor Ken Wilder and this time to talk about his commissioned work for the exhibition and how he sees sighted people gaining from exploring art through all their senses apart from sight. To find out more about the ‘Beyond the Visual’ exhibition at the Henry Moore Institute from 28 November 2025 to 19 April 2026 do visit - https://henry-moore.org/whats-on/beyond-the-visual/ (Image shows the Beyond the Visual logo. A black circle on a yellow background in which is written in the same yellow as the background 'Beyond' on one line, 'the Visual' on the line underneath and slightly to the right, and yellow braille dots representing the word 'sculpture' underneath)

For the first time the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds will be hosting an exhibition of contemporary sculpture designed to be experienced using multiple senses that move beyond the visual through the exhibition, ‘Beyond the Visual’ which will open on 28 November 2025 and run until 19 April 2026.  The exhibition celebrates the work of both blind and non-blind artists who through their work challenge the dominance of sight in the making and appreciation of art. Works on display will include seven new commissions plus historical and contemporary work by sixteen international artists. All of the work in the exhibition can be experienced through more than one sense, including the sometimes forbidden act of touch.  RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with London-based Korean artist and Educator Serafina Min who’s work can only be experienced through recorded audio description which takes it’s theme from a conversation she had with one of her blind students. To find out more about the ‘Beyond the Visual’ exhibition at the Henry Moore Institute from 28 November 2025 to 19 April 2026 do visit - https://henry-moore.org/whats-on/beyond-the-visual/ (Image shows the Beyond the Visual logo. A black circle on a yellow background in which is written in the same yellow as the background 'Beyond' on one line, 'the Visual' on the line underneath and slightly to the right, and yellow braille dots representing the word 'sculpture' underneath)

For the first time the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds will be hosting an exhibition of contemporary sculpture designed to be experienced using multiple senses that move beyond the visual through the exhibition, ‘Beyond the Visual’ which will open on 28 November 2025 and run until 19 April 2026.  The exhibition celebrates the work of both blind and non-blind artists who through their work challenge the dominance of sight in the making and appreciation of art. Works on display will include seven new commissions plus historical and contemporary work by sixteen international artists. All of the work in the exhibition can be experienced through more than one sense, including the sometimes forbidden act of touch.  RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with David Johnson, a blind artist who through his work provokes and challenges people’s expectations of art. To find out more about the ‘Beyond the Visual’ exhibition at the Henry Moore Institute from 28 November 2025 to 19 April 2026 do visit - https://henry-moore.org/whats-on/beyond-the-visual/ (Image shows the Beyond the Visual logo. A black circle on a yellow background in which is written in the same yellow as the background 'Beyond' on one line, 'the Visual' on the line underneath and slightly to the right, and yellow braille dots representing the word 'sculpture' underneath)

For the first time the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds will be hosting an exhibition of contemporary sculpture designed to be experienced using multiple senses that move beyond the visual through the exhibition, ‘Beyond the Visual’ which will open on 28 November 2025 and run until 19 April 2026.  The exhibition celebrates the work of both blind and non-blind artists who through their work challenge the dominance of sight in the making and appreciation of art. Works on display will include seven new commissions plus historical and contemporary work by sixteen international artists. All of the work in the exhibition can be experienced through more than one sense, including the sometimes forbidden act of touch.  RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Sam Metz, artist and curator based in the north of England with low vision about their commissioned work for the exhibition and what works best for them around access and interacting with work on display in galleries and museums. To find out more about the ‘Beyond the Visual’ exhibition at the Henry Moore Institute from 28 November 2025 to 19 April 2026 do visit - https://henry-moore.org/whats-on/beyond-the-visual/ (Image shows the Beyond the Visual logo. A black circle on a yellow background in which is written in the same yellow as the background 'Beyond' on one line, 'the Visual' on the line underneath and slightly to the right, and yellow braille dots representing the word 'sculpture' underneath)

For the first time the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds will be hosting an exhibition of contemporary sculpture designed to be experienced using multiple senses that move beyond the visual through the exhibition, ‘Beyond the Visual’ which will open on 28 November 2025 and run until 19 April 2026.  The exhibition celebrates the work of both blind and non-blind artists who through their work challenge the dominance of sight in the making and appreciation of art. Works on display will include seven new commissions plus historical and contemporary work by sixteen international artists. All of the work in the exhibition can be experienced through more than one sense, including the sometimes forbidden act of touch.  RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with the three Curators of the exhibition Professor Ken Wilder, Professor of Aesthetics at the University of the Arts in London, Dr Aaron McPeake, artist and Associate Lecturer at Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts in London along with Dr Clare O’Dowd, Research Curator at the Henry Moore Institute to find out more about this ground braking fully accessible exhibition and some of the Artists work that will be on display too.  To find out more about the ‘Beyond the Visual’ exhibition at the Henry Moore Institute from 28 November 2025 to 19 April 2026 do visit - https://henry-moore.org/whats-on/beyond-the-visual/ (Image shows the Beyond the Visual logo. A black circle on a yellow background in which is written in the same yellow as the background 'Beyond' on one line, 'the Visual' on the line underneath and slightly to the right, and yellow braille dots representing the word 'sculpture' underneath)

Each week, RNIB Connect Radio's Allan Russell sits down with Matt Stringer, CEO of RNIB, to look at some of the big stories coming from the UK sight loss charity. This week Matt talks about the recent Eye Care Support Pathway event, there’s a look ahead to a Parliamentary reception and a big gathering to discuss employment and the Charlie Mayfield report for the UK Government. If you, or someone you know, would like information on the support and services available from RNIB, go to www.rnib.org.uk You can call our Helpline on 0303 123 9999 or ask your Amazon device to call RNIB's Helpline. #RNIBConnect Image Show  CEO of RNIB, Matt Stringer, Matt Is Wearing Glasses And A Grey Jacket.

Hair & Care are hosting a Webinar on 18th November on empowerment, inclusive beauty & fashion, and the power of self-care. It will feature their founder Anna Cofone, along with a panel of blind and partially sighted activists, influencers and industry professionals. Amelia spoke to Amie Douglas to learn more... Book your place here - Hair & Care | Webinar Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black capital letters and underline with a bold pink line. Underneath the line: ‘Connect Radio’ is written in black in a smaller font.