S2 Ep659: RNIB Connect Voices Round Up 7 August 2024

RNIB Connect

Alice Findlay, RNIB Customer Voice Insight Co-ordinator shares the latest opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to get involved in with RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey.
Opportunities highlighted this week included:
How have you been affected by the cost of living crisis?
As inflation eases and a new government are in power RNIB would like to understand how the cost of living crisis has impacted blind and partially sighted people across the UK. So we’re running a short survey to understand more and we’d love to hear from you!
The 10-minute survey covers the areas where costs spiralled the most including food, energy, technology products and rent or mortgage prices.
Your experiences will provide an opportunity for RNIB to work with retailers, energy providers, politicians, and banks and building societies to ensure services are accessible for blind and partially sighted customers.
The survey will close on Tuesday 27 August.
To complete the survey, please send an email to [e-mail] and we’ll send you a link to the survey.
What’s your experience of growing older as a Black British person with a lifelong disability?
Emily is a researcher at the University of Surrey. Emily’s research is focused on understanding the intersection of ethnicity and lifelong disabilities and their influence on well-being. For her research Emily is looking for adults aged 30 years or older who are of Black or Black Mixed heritage who have a disability they have lived with for most of their life (from birth or childhood) who would be willing to be interviewed.
The interviews will ask about your experience of getting older and should last for no longer than 90 minutes. Your views shared during the interview will help Emily better understand what it means to age well with a lifelong disability for Black people in the UK.
For any questions or to take part, please email Emily at [e-mail] or you can give Emily a call on 07833 909167.
Understanding your experience of listening to audio description
The RNIB is inviting regular users of audio description to provide feedback on various styles of audio description in a new questionnaire. In this questionnaire you'll watch six 2-minute clips each representing a different genre of programming. After viewing each clip you'll be asked four questions about the quality of the audio description provided. The questionnaire will take approximately 20-25 minutes to complete.
To share your experience and complete the questionnaire, please send an email to [e-mail] and the team will send you a link to the questionnaire.
We highly value your opinions and regularly seek feedback. If you'd like to stay informed about similar studies in the future please email RNIB’s media and broadcasting team at [e-mail]
To find out more about these and other Connect Voices opportunities along with how you can get involved with RNIB Connect Voices do visit-
https://www.rnib.org.uk/connect-community/connect-voices-network/connect-voices-current-opportunities
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