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12:27

S2 Ep817: What Is Purple Tuesday?

RNIB Connect ·

2024/11/08

Each year we highlight Purple Tuesday and encourage business owners and service providers to make their services fully accessible for people with disabilities. RNIB Connect Radio’s Allan Russell spoke to Gavin Neate, from NeateBox, to find out why the world of commerce needs to embrace accessibility and why the Welcome web based app can help business owners and disabled people create the best possible customer experience. If you’d like to learn more about Purple Tuesday, go to

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10:28

S2 Ep817: Help Your Child Receive An Accessible...

RNIB Connect ·

2024/11/08

RNIB Connect Radio’s Allan Russell has put on his winter jacket and made his way to Santa’s Grotto at the North Pole. He’s chatting with Titch The Elf to find out what the big people need to do to get accessible letters, from Santa, for blind and partially sighted children. We even get to drop in on a call from Santa with two lucky, well behaved, believers. If you’d like more info on Letters From Santa, go to www.rnib.org.uk/santa #RNIBConnect Image shows Keira, a young girl in a red Christmas

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8:44

815: 'This Is Sparta' Episode 1 - The Evidence

RNIB Connect ·

2024/11/08

In this series, archaeologist Simon Tinsley guides us through one of the most dominant, but least understood powers in ancient Greece, the Spartans. In this episode, he looks at the evidence that historians use to study the Spartans.

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8:41

S2 Ep814: Blind Veteran Graham Grange Will Remember...

RNIB Connect ·

2024/11/08

As we all come together for the National Service of Remembrance this Sunday 10 November and observe the 2 minutes of silence at 11am to commemorate the brave sacrifice of all those who lost their lives for their country. Blind Veterans UK the national charity for vision-impaired ex-service men and women will be supporting their blind veterans in making the journey to London to march past the Cenotaph, or to mark the important occasion at events closer to home. RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey was

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6:59

S2 Ep814: Shaun Hayward Our Strictly Star Reviewer on...

RNIB Connect ·

2024/11/07

As we move from week 7 into week 8 of Strictly Come Dancing our RNIB Connect Radio Strictly Star Reviewer blind ballroom dancer Shaun Hayward is back reflecting and commenting on how well blind Liverpudlian Comedian Chris McCausland and his Professional Dance Partner Dianne Buswell have been faring in the competition. Our Toby Davey began by asking Shaun how he felt Chris and Dianne had done with their Tango to ‘Rock and Roll All Nite’ by Kiss as after the judges scores they ended up in the middle

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8:57

S2 Ep813: Self Assessment Tax Deadline Approaches

RNIB Connect ·

2024/11/06

There’s not long to go now before the Self Assessment Tax Deadline, Hywel Davies has been speaking to HMRC to find out how accessible the process is for blind and partially sighted people.For more information, you can visit the HMRC website - Self Assessment tax returns: Overview - GOV.UK

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5:46

S2 Ep808: Amazing Art Part 2 Travelogue With Jonathan...

RNIB Connect ·

2024/11/06

Jonathan Abro continues his art adventures in Colombia and Venice. Tune in to 'The Lunch Break' on RNIB Connect Radio every weekday from 12 noon to 1pm for more Travelogues. 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.

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6:23

S2 Ep803: Social Media Update 5th November 2024

RNIB Connect ·

2024/11/05

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.

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5:25

S2 Ep796: Meet the latest RNIB Ambassador, Claire Sisk!

RNIB Connect ·

2024/11/05

Blind content creator, disability advocate and host of the Happy Hour Show on RNIB Connect Radio, Claire Sisk has just become an RNIB Ambassador! Claire Sisk’s sight loss journey began after experiencing two strokes in 2009. She started her social media channels 'Can See Can't See' to educate and break the stigma around sight loss and has supported RNIB’s work throughout the years. She spoke about the announcement with our Paulina Kuchorew. Image shows Claire. She's sitting on the armrest of

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6:03

S2 Ep792: Vidar Hjardeng MBE - The New Real, AD...

RNIB Connect ·

2024/11/01

RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey is joined again by Vidar Hjardeng MBE, Inclusion and Diversity Consultant for ITV News across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands for the next in his regular Connect Radio theatre reviews.This week Vidar was reviewing David Edgar’s 10th play for the RSC with ‘The New Real’ at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Other Place Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon with description by Professional Audio Describers Gethyn Edwards and Carolyn Smith. About The

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11:07

S2 Ep919: VI Actor Brooke Walker On Acting School,...

RNIB Connect ·

2024/11/01

What is it like to study theatre as a VI person? Amelia talked to actor Brooke Walker about her studying experiences, sight loss story, and stage and screen work. Watch Brooke in the #BeforeYouAsk | RNIB campaign video. 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.

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5:52

S2 Ep787: International Volunteer Managers Day Andy...

RNIB Connect ·

2024/11/01

Cue: November 5th is International Volunteer Manager’s Day. David Hogg finds out more about the importance that a good volunteer manager has on a team of volunteers,

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9:53

S2 Ep800: Charity Chief Exec's Customer Update...

RNIB Connect ·

2024/11/01

Each week we sit down with Matt Stringer, CEO of RNIB, to look at some of the big stories coming from the UK sight loss charity. This week Mat began by reflecting on Rachel Reeves Labour Budget and what it might mean for blind and partially sighted people. Then to an update on the National Covid Enquiry and how other organisations in the disability sector have been continuing to raise how the Covid Pandemic had affected the lives of many disabled people. Matt ended this week’s update with news

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9:44

S2 Ep799: Tom Skelton on RNIB’s Turned Out Report

RNIB Connect ·

2024/11/01

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.

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6:55

S2 Ep801: Shaun Hayward our Strictly Star Reviewer on...

RNIB Connect ·

2024/11/01

As we move from week 6 into week 7 of Strictly Come Dancing our RNIB Connect Radio Strictly Star Reviewer blind ballroom dancer Shaun Hayward is back reflecting and commenting on how well blind Liverpudlian Comedian Chris McCausland and his Professional Dance Partner Dianne Buswell have been faring in the competition. Our Toby Davey began by asking Shaun how he felt Chris and Dianne had done with their dance for Halloween week with maybe a few scary moments for them dancing a Sambar to Staying

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8:36

S2 Ep800: Celebrating 15 Years Of Sunset Melodies!

RNIB Connect ·

2024/11/01

Happy 15 years to Sunset Melodies! We spoke with host Gary Moritz ahead of the big anniversary show to find out how he got into radio, how the show came to be and reminisce about his favourite shows and memories from the last 15 years of Sunset Melodies. Catch the 15th Anniversary show on Wednesday 6th of November at 7 pm, with a repeat Sunday at 6pm, and hosted on the website throughout the week: Sunset Melodies - RNIB Connect Radio | RNIB Image shows Gary posing and smiling against a blue

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7:02

S2 Ep798: RNIB Campigns October Update

RNIB Connect ·

2024/10/31

Each month, RNIB Connect Radio's Allan Russell is joined by some of the RNIB Campaigns Team to discuss some of the big projects they’re involved in and ask for your input to bring positive change to the lives of blind and partially sighted people, throughout the UK.This month’s topics include accessible health information courses to help you get your info, your way, and help RNIB ask your MP to a Westminster event in November. If you’d like more information on campaigns or want to get involved,

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5:20

S2 Ep797: RNIB Response To The Autumn Budget 2024

RNIB Connect ·

2024/10/31

Rachael Reeves just announced her first Budget as Labour Chancellor on Wednesday 30 October 2024. Cate Vallis, RNIB’s Campaigns and Public Affairs Manager, joins Toby Davey to discuss and go through some of the outcomes of Labour’s first Budget in 14 years and how it might affect blind and partially sighted people. To find out more about how the RNIB campaigns to change behaviours and perceptions around sight loss visit the campaign pages of the RNIB’s website:

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10:22

S2 Ep797: AD Movie Review - Halloween

RNIB Connect ·

2024/10/31

And for our final spooky season review... Allan and Amelia review John Carpenter's 'Halloween'! Image shows a spoof poster for Halloween (1978) edited to feature RNIB Connect Radio presenters and text. We say spoof, but it's just too good! A green-tinted Allan is in the background standing behind a window frame with a dead-pan expression (a la Michael Myres) while a green-tinted Amelia is in the foreground crouched behind a chair with an angry expression and wielding a microphone (a la Jamie Lee

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8:54

S2 Ep797: AD Movie Review - Hocus Pocus

RNIB Connect ·

2024/10/31

We're back with our movie reviews! And this year, we kick things of with a family-friendly witchy classic, Hocus Pocus. Hear their review of the movie and its audio description, with Allan and Amelia. Image shows a spoof poster of the Hocus Pocus movie. Allan is dressed as Bette Midler's witch Winifred. He has a red wig piled high on his head in a pompadour style, a black dress with big sleeves, red lipstick, rouge cheeks and is smiling with a slight pout. His hands with long witchy fingers and

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