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There’s a new way to enjoy tennis at this year’s Wimbledon Championships, Hywel Davies has been finding out more about ‘Action Audio’.
For more information, visit the Action Audio website - Action Audio - Making sports broadcasts accessible to people living with blindness or low vision

For people with disabilities, the UK Government’s Access To Work scheme is a vital support for getting into, and staying in, work.
Unfortunately ATW has been buckling under the strain of increased applications, not enough staff, poor working practices and not enough funding.
RNIB Connect Radio’s Allan Russell spoke to Roisin Jacklyn, from RNIB, to hear about work being done to improve the vital employment lifeline.
If your blind or partially sighted and  having problems with Access To Work, call 0303 123 9999 for RNIB’s Helpline.
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If you have ever thought about taking on a running challenge event to support the RNIB but thought the London Marathon might be just a few miles too far?
Well why not run for Team RNIB in either the London Big Half this September or the 2026 Royal Parks Half Marathon in October and raise important funds for the RNIB at the same time.
RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey was joined by Jake Hart who also presents The Jazz Club every Friday and Saturday nights on the station to find out what it was like running the Royal Parks Half Marathon for Team RNIB as a visually impaired person.
Jake shares why he wanted to run for Team RNIB, what it was like for him running through four of London’s beautiful Royal Parks passing many of the capital’s famous landmarks on the way and also some great jazz tracks to listen to while training and to get in the mood for running the Royal Parks Half Marathon too.
if you are thinking about running for Team RNIB in either the London Big Half this September or like Jake in the 2026 Royal Parks Half Marathon in October then do visit the following link for more details on how to sign up to run for Team RNIB - 
https://www.rnib.org.uk/get-involved/fundraise/challenge-events/?event_type=1&event_location=16
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For this month’s RNIB Campaigns update RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey was joined by Ross Meegan, RNIB’s Assistant Campaigns Officer to find out more about an opportunity for blind and partially sighted people to share their thoughts and concerns about self-driving taxis and an update on the PIP (Personal Independent Payments) situation. 
To take part in the survey on self-driving taxis do visit the following link and to find out more about other ways to get involved in RNIB Campaigns do either email [email protected] or call the RNIB Helpline on 0303 123 9999. 
https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=fDNFXZLR_EOqWAVVfJFxvCX5G4Z1621Fsf4bniKOaNpUNjlZNkNMQlgySVhLU0RFRzJJRkM1MTBVWC4u 
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From the back streets of Harajuku, Tokyo, to the global stage, the exhibition ‘NIGO:  From Japan with Love’ at the Design Museum in London is the first-ever museum retrospective exhibition outside of Japan that charts the career and life of the Japanese creative director, NIGO, one of the first creatives to bridge the worlds of streetwear and luxury fashion. 
The ‘NIGO: From Japan with Love’ exhibition features over 700 objects, including a recreation of NIGO’s teenage bedroom, rare designs, ceramics hand-thrown by NIGO himself, and a life-size glass tea house made especially for the exhibition. 
RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Luisa Ulyett, Senior Curator, Public Practice at the Design Museum and Rosa Abbott, Assistant Curator of the exhibition to find out more about NIGO and the audio described tour of the ‘NIGO: from Japan with Love’ exhibition on Friday 5 June 2026 from 10.30am to 12noon.
To find out more and book your place on the audio described tour of the ’NIGO:  From Japan with Love’ exhibition do visit - https://designmuseum.org/whats-on/talks-courses-and-workshops/audio-described-tour-of-nigo-from-japan-with-love
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