1732: RNIB Connect Voices Round Up 31 May 2023

<div>Alice Findlay, RNIB Customer Voice Insight Coordinator shares the latest opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to get involved in with RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey.<br> <br> Opportunities highlighted this week included:<br> <br> <strong>See Sport Differently Programme Involvement Opportunities</strong><br> RNIB have teamed up with British Blind Sport to launch our new See Sport Differently campaign. Blind and partially sighted people are twice as likely to be inactive than people without sight loss, and so the goal of the See Sport Differently Programme is to tackle the barriers around awareness, confidence and information to get more blind and partially sighted people feeling the physical, mental and social benefits of sport and exercise.<br> <br> The RNIB are looking for people with sight loss to act as See Sport Differently Champions. <br> <br> You may be someone who takes part in local sport or physical activity and happy to share your experiences with other blind and partially sighted people. The RNIB would be hoping that you might be able to offer informal peer support and encouragement to others who are taking those first steps to get active.<br> <br> There are more ways of taking part in the programme, from signing up as a See Sport Differently champion, to sharing your story, joining a focus group, or helping the RNIB evaluate the programme. There are lots of ways to get involved and you don’t need to be sporty or active to take part. <br> <br> Contact the team via email seesportdifferently@rnib.org.uk to find out more about current opportunities. <br> <br> <br> <strong>Visual Impairment among Chinese Communities in the UK</strong><br> BRAVO VICTOR (a sister charity of Blind Veterans UK) are currently recruiting adults aged 18 and over who are Chinese or of Chinese heritage and have a visual impairment to take part in a research interview. <br> <br> A recent review found that very little research has explored the everyday experiences of adults from different ethnic communities in t