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On Tuesday 18th of March, The Daily Connect show was broadcasting live from the Inclusive Design for Sustainability Conference in Glasgow. During the show, we invited Tech Talk's Callum Stoneman and Hubert Pawelkiewicz to talk all things technology and accessibility. Image Description: Huber and Callum pose for a photo during the show. Hubert is on the left and has a light blue button up shirt and his headphones around his neck. Callum is smiling and also sits with his headphones around his neck. He's wearing a dark sweater.

On Tuesday 18th of March, The Daily Connect was broadcasting live from the Inclusive Design for Sustainability Conference in Glasgow. Whilst there, we invited RNIB's James Kyle and Triple Tap Tech's Fraser Fleming to talk about accessible gaming. Image description: A dramatic, angled shot of an empty stage. At the front a pink podium reads "RNIB Scotland, Inclusive Design for Sustainability Conference." Behind, a line of grey chairs awaits experts for the panel discussions and a large pink IMAX screen hangs above.

The RNIB Tech for Life Fair took place on Wednesday, 26th February 2025, and our Tech Talk host, Hywel Davies, attended. Allan Russell interviewed Hywel live on the Daily Connect to find out more.

The Braille 200 Library Tour continues and today it arrived at Clitheroe Library. The event, organised by RNIB, was a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the revolutionary system of tactile dots.  Dave Williams was there and spoke with  Allan Russell during Thursday's Daily Connect show.  Image shows the Braille 200 logo with 'Braille 200' written at the top in white text on a pink background with a visual Braille representation of the same text below it. Across the bottom is written Powered by RNIB and EBU written in their respective logos.

As we celebrate 200 years since the invention of the tactile reading and writing system  braille, RNIB's Braille and Beyond Tour is continuing to make its way across the UK. In November the tour arrived at The Hive in Worcester. Barry Snell spoke with Dave Williams ahead of the event starting. To find out more about braille and how the RNIB is celebrating 200 years since Louis Braille invented the system visit: https://www.rnib.org.uk/about-us/braille-200 Image shows the Braille 200 logo with 'Braille 200' written at the top in white text on a pink background with a visual Braille representation of the same text below it. Across the bottom is written Powered by RNIB and EBU written in their respective logos.

Our sports correspondent Toby Davey checks in from Paris during Thursday's Daily Connect with Barry Snell. Image shows RNIB Connect Radio logo. A white square with 'RNIB' written in black, underlined with a bold pink line and with 'Connect Radio' written below.

For RNIB Connect Radio's 20th Anniversary we had a very special guest editor on one of our shows. The wonderful sight loss ambassador and Love Island runner-up, Ron Hall joined Allan Russell on the Daily Connect on Wednesday 20th of September. They spoke about accessible gaming, sport, employment, as well as Ron's newfound fascination with fashion and some of the misconceptions that come up if you're visually impaired. You can listen to RNIB Connect Radio on Freeview Channel 730, ask your Smart speaker to play RNIB Connect Radio, get us online at www.rnib.org.uk/connect-radio or via radio apps. Image shows Ron at a shopping centre, with an escalator behind him. He's wearing a crisp white t-shirt, a baseball cap and grey cargo trousers. He's accessorised with a silver ring and a silver watch. 

For RNIB Connect Radio's 20th Anniversary we had a very special guest editor on one of our shows. The wonderful sight loss ambassador and Love Island runner-up, Ron Hall joined Allan Russell on the Daily Connect on Wednesday 20th of September. He began by talking to Allan about life after the show, what he hopes the future has in store for him, and what it was like breaking the awkwardness around his sight loss whilst in the Love Island Villa. You can listen to RNIB Connect Radio on Freeview Channel 730, ask your Smart speaker to play RNIB Connect Radio, get us online at www.rnib.org.uk/connect-radio or via radio apps. Image shows Ron. He's wearing a graphic white t-shirt and has short dark hair with a side fade and a charming smile. He has 2-coloured eyes, one blue and one green. 

What do the stage and screen get right about living with sight loss? For our 20th Anniversary, we gathered Actor and Theatre Maker Samuel Brewer, Actor Ellie Wallwork, and our own Film and TV lover Allan Russell, to discuss media representations of the blind and partially sighted community. Listen to Allan Russell on The Daily Connect every weekday from 9am to 12 noon. Learn more about Ellie Wallwork on her website - www.elliewallwork.com/ Learn more about Samuel Brewer and Flawbored on their Website - www.flawbored.com/ Image: RNIB Connect Radio Bright Green 20th Anniversary Logo

Looking back at an exciting weekend of football, once again it's our Allan Russell and Paralympian and Chief Executive of the British Paralympic Association, Dave Clarke. Listen out for another catch up with Dave next Monday on the Daily Connect from 9 AM and the Afternoon Edition from 3 PM. Image is a headshot of Dave smiling at the camera. 

What's happening at the Commonwealth Games?  Our Toby Davey is at the centre of the action for today's paracycling and he's been sharing what the atmosphere's like with Allan on the Daily Connect this morning.  Image shows Toby and his guide dog Willow at the Velodrome in London for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Toby is wearing big headphones and holding a microphone with a fluffy mic wind shield. 

In our Activating Enterprise series here on RNIB Connect Radio, we are finding out how sometimes life changing events can become catalysts for positive change when it comes to career opportunities.  In this episode, Ronan McGuirk talks about his journey starting in IT, to working with Trinity College Dublin to develop an Irish Language screen reading capability for the NVDA, to working in civil service.  Over the next weeks, we'll be sharing more stories like this one on our radio station, so tune in to the Daily Connect every Monday and catch the latest one from 11 am. If you would like to share your own employment journey, the challenges, the successes and everything in between, get in touch. Email: radio@rnib.org.uk Image shows a photo of Ronan. 

In our Activating Enterprise series here on RNIB Connect Radio, we are finding out how sometimes life changing events can become catalysts for positive change when it comes to career opportunities.  In this episode, Emilie Conway, artist, composer, jazz singer and so much more, shares her journey from hiding her disability to campaigning for greater disability inclusion in arts.  Over the next weeks, we'll be sharing more stories like this one on our radio station, so tune in to the Daily Connect every Monday and catch the latest one from 11 am. If you would like to share your own employment journey, the challenges, the successes and everything in between, get in touch. Email: radio@rnib.org.uk Find out more about Emilie's work here: Emilie Conway Image shows Emilie smiling, with her hand gently resting at the side of her face as she looks down. 

In our Activating Enterprise series here on RNIB Connect Radio, we are finding out how sometimes life changing events can become catalysts for positive change when it comes to career opportunities.  In this episode Clare Kennelly shares her journey from discovering a love for teaching to starting her own disability awareness training company. Over the next weeks, we'll be sharing more stories like this one on our radio station, so tune in to the Daily Connect every Monday and catch the latest one from 11 am. If you would like to share your own employment journey, the challenges, the successes and everything in between, get in touch. Email: radio@rnib.org.uk Find out more about Clare's work here: Disability Awareness Training Ireland | Inclusive World Image shows Clare sitting in her office with screens surrounding her.

In our new Activating Enterprise series here on RNIB Connect Radio, we are finding out how sometimes life changing events can become catalysts for positive change when it comes to career opportunities.  In this episode Breandan Ward, shares his journey from investment banking in London to disability inclusion training and consultancy.  Over the next weeks, we'll be sharing more stories like this one on our radio station, so tune in to the Daily Connect every Monday and catch the latest one from 11 am. If you would like to share your own employment journey, the challenges, the successes and everything in between, get in touch. Email: radio@rnib.org.uk Find out more about Breandan here: Breandan Ward – Home Image shows Breandan in a dark blue suit and a bright tie, smiling for his photo. 

In our new Activating Enterprise series here on RNIB Connect Radio, we are finding out how sometimes life changing events can become catalysts for positive change when it comes to career opportunities.  In this episode Tina Lowe, shares her journey from losing her sight at the age of 27, going back to university, to finding work in accessibility support. Over the next weeks, we'll be sharing more stories like this one on our radio station, so tune in to the Daily Connect every Monday and catch the latest one from 11 am. If you would like to share your own employment journey, the challenges, the successes and everything in between, get in touch. Email: radio@rnib.org.uk Image shows Tina standing outside and smiling brightly. 

In our new Activating Enterprise series here on RNIB Connect Radio, we are finding out how sometimes life changing events can become catalysts for positive change when it comes to career opportunities.  In this episode artist Manager Ben Price shares his journey from tour management to starting his own business amidst a pandemic.  Over the next weeks, we'll be sharing more stories like this one on our radio station, so tune in to the Daily Connect every Monday and catch the latest one from 11 am. If you would like to share your own employment journey, the challenges, the successes and everything in between, get in touch. Email: radio@rnib.org.uk Find out about Ben's work here: Home - Harbourside MGMT  Image shows a black and white photo of Ben. 

In our new Activating Enterprise series here on RNIB Connect Radio, we are finding out how sometimes life changing events can become catalysts for positive change when it comes to career opportunities.  In this episode journalist, author, lecturer, programmer and systems manager, Brian Rothery explains the concept of displacement factor, how it has played a major role in his career outcomes, and how it can also impact others. Over the next weeks, we'll be sharing more stories like this one on our radio station, so tune in to the Daily Connect every Monday and catch the latest one from 11 am. If you would like to get in touch and share your own employment journey, the challenges, the successes and everything in between, get in touch. Email: radio@rnib.org.uk Image shows Brian smiling wide as he sits at a desk with a laptop and headphones in front of him. 

Tenby Museum and Art Gallery are opening up their collection to blind and partially sighted people through a series of audio described podcasts which will also be aired on RNIB Connect Radio during the Daily Connect show on Wednesdays for the next few weeks.The audio described podcasts have been written presented and produced by Mark Lewis the curator of Tenby Museum and Art Gallery. RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey chats with Mark to find out more about the audio described podcasts, why he wanted to produce them and provide greater access for visually impaired people.  Mark also gives a bit of background and history to Tenby Museum and Art Gallery, some highlights from their collection, how he found it producing the audio described podcasts and some of the feedback he has had so far from visually impaired people.To find out more about Tenby Museum and Art Gallery do visit their website -http://www.tenbymuseum.org.ukAnd do listen in to the Daily Connect show on Wednesdays to hear Mark's audio described podcasts as they go out on air! (Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath) 

Listeners to RNIB Connect Radio may remember, during the summer, being quizzed by Nicki Cockburn on the Daily Connect show.She's taken her love of trivia and quizzing to new heights by appearing on Radio 4's Brain of Britain competition.RNIB Connect radio's Allan Russell spoke to Nicki to hear how she got on and why she's addicted to trivia…#RNIBConnectImage: Black circle with a white Question mark inside the circle

On RNIB Connect Radio, we're asking you to send in recordings of the birds you can hear.  Natalie sent in her recording of the birds and was joined by her cat, Ginge, who was determined not to be outdone by the birds.  Simon Pauley, presenter of the Daily Connect read out Natalie's letter and listen to see if you can hear Ginge singing along. Photo of a ginger cat. 

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"We've had people come for the first time, they've not really seen or heard of VI tennis before - they try it, you see them succeed, and they become regular customers - it's quite exciting." This morning on The Daily Connect we caught up with Metro Blind Sport, and heard from players, coaches and volunteers at a recent VI tennis tournament in London. Join the conversation with your thoughts on VI Sports, by chatting to us on all of our social media channels or emailing radio@rnib.org.uk #RNIBConnect #TheDailyConnect

Recent statistics from the RNIB have shown that 64% of visually impaired people would like to be more physically active, but 57% felt that their sight loss was a barrier to being physically active.  On today's Daily Connect, we chat to Martin Symcox from London-based charity Metro Blind Sport, about trying new sports if you are blind or partially sighted, and overcoming the barriers that come with it. Tried a new sport in the last year? Or are you thinking of trying one in 2019? Let us know; we'd love to hear from you. Join the conversation! #RNIBConnect #TheDailyConnect 

Today's Connect Conversation follows a theme we have running all this week on the Daily Connect, which is around audio description. Joining us for a lively discussion this week was Tech Talk's Shaun Preece and Allan Russell from RNIB's Early Edition, as they share their views on AD for films, TV and on demand. Let us know what you think of these issues via the usual social media channels. Join the conversation! #RNIBConnect #TheDailyConnect