RNIB Conversations

For many Guide Dog owners unfair, and unlawful, access refusals can be upsetting and embarrassing.
Guide Dogs, along with other charity partners, are working to educate service providers, as well as supporting owners to make complaints about their unfair treatment.
Allan Russell spoke to Andy Farrell, from Guide Dogs, to learn more about refusals, what owners can do about them and how an app has become another tool in the box.
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Edinburgh International Festival is on at the moment, bringing best artists from opera, music, theatre & dance to the city.
And today we’re looking at an upcoming audio described performance of Verdi’s A Masked Ball. From Zurich Opera, Guisseppe Verdi’s stunning opera is filled with desire, treachery and political peril.
Let’s learn more about this production and how to catch it from audio describers Veronica Kinahan and Trina Gilles.
More about the show: Verdi’s A Masked Ball | Edinburgh International Festival
 
Image shows a scene from the production. A shocked crowd is gathered around a fortune teller and her crystal ball.

Did you know that only around 1 in 4 blind or partially sighted people of working age are in employment?
Today, we're chatting with Emmy Anstee about her experience of Royal & Derngate's Step-Up programme which saw her join them for a work placement. She spoke with Happy Hour's Paulina Kuchorew about the importance of placements like these and how it was adjusted to work with her sight condition.
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In this sight loss story, Hubert chats to William. They discuss his sight and hearing loss, but they also talk about his passion for music, and how he enjoyes attending concerts and festivals. He also describes the work he does to make these events more accessible.

For this week’s check in with Glasgow Based Pharmacist Elizabeth Roddick we are returning to the topic of medicine waste as Elizabeth shares some new data with RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey suggesting how much medicine is wasted.  
Then to the cost implications of the waste and some of the reasons why so much medicine is wasted.  
To what happens to un-opened medicine packs when we take them back to the Pharmacy and why it is better to give money to charities rather than donating medicines.  
Ending with a final message from Elizabeth around medicine waste.
To get in touch with Elizabeth you can email info@elizabethroddick.com or for more information visit - https://elizabethroddick.com
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