RNIB Connect Voices Round Up 26 July 2023
Season 2, Episode 69, Jul 26, 2023, 08:00 AM
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.
Opportunities highlighted this week included:
RNIB Christmas Survey: If you have a child or children with vision impairment, then we’d love to hear from you!
Every Christmas, RNIB sends accessible Letters from Santa – in braille, large print and audio format – to children with vision impairment across the UK so that they can feel included in all the magic of Christmas.
At RNIB, we want to continue to build upon this wonderful service and identify other ways that we can ensure all children with vision impairment feel included at Christmas. To do this, we want to learn more about their experiences – what do they love most and what can they feel left out of at Christmas time in particular. And so we are asking people to fill out a short survey.
Your answers to the survey will help us start to plan what actions we can take next to ensure that Christmas is as inclusive as possible for all children.
No identifying data will be captured, so responses will remain completely confidential.
If you’d like to help us by completing the survey, please email involvement@rnib.org.uk and we will send you the link to the survey.
Self-driving Vehicles: An investigation from the perspective of people with visual impairments:
Researchers at the Urban Systems Lab at Imperial College London are currently looking for people with visual impairments to take part in their research about self-driving vehicles. The objective of the research is to understand the perspective of people with visual impairments as they use public and assisted transport services in London, and how this might change with the advent of self-driving vehicles.
Currently very little is known about the effectiveness of self-driving vehicle transit in the context of a big and busy city with a dense transport network, such as London. This study will provide appropriate and concrete suggestions for the future of inclusive self-driving vehicle transit services in London.
The team are looking for 20-30 participants aged 18 years and older, who are blind or partially sighted to take part in their study (both those with and without a CVI are welcome). Participants will need to make an appointment with the research team to attend a 1-1.5 hour in-person interview at Imperial College London's South Kensington campus. The interviews will be scheduled in the first and second weeks of August, at a time that is mutually convenient. And participants will receive £25 as compensation for their time.
If you are 18 or older, currently living in one of the London boroughs, are blind or partially sighted, and you are interested in helping the research team at Imperial College London understand your transport needs, please contact Ms. HUANG Jiaxian on WhatsApp at +44 7923 829 770 or you can send an email to sh922@ic.ac.uk
HMRC Inclusive Services Research:
HMRC currently want to find and recruit user research participants to help design its digital services, ensuring they are accessible to all their users.
HMRC frequently need help finding the range of research participants required to design inclusive services. They want to be able to reach individuals who are currently underrepresented in their research, such as people who experience multiple barriers when using HMRC services, and individuals who require additional support, including those who use additional equipment such as screen readers. This will enable an extended reach to local communities and increase the diversity of people HMRC are speaking to.
If this sounds like you and you would be interested in helping HMRC improve the accessibility of their services, please contact Michael Farragher, Project Manager for RNIB’s Tax Advice Service, on 0345 330 4897 or email tax@rnib.org.uk. So
To find out more about these Connect Voices opportunities and 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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Opportunities highlighted this week included:
RNIB Christmas Survey: If you have a child or children with vision impairment, then we’d love to hear from you!
Every Christmas, RNIB sends accessible Letters from Santa – in braille, large print and audio format – to children with vision impairment across the UK so that they can feel included in all the magic of Christmas.
At RNIB, we want to continue to build upon this wonderful service and identify other ways that we can ensure all children with vision impairment feel included at Christmas. To do this, we want to learn more about their experiences – what do they love most and what can they feel left out of at Christmas time in particular. And so we are asking people to fill out a short survey.
Your answers to the survey will help us start to plan what actions we can take next to ensure that Christmas is as inclusive as possible for all children.
No identifying data will be captured, so responses will remain completely confidential.
If you’d like to help us by completing the survey, please email involvement@rnib.org.uk and we will send you the link to the survey.
Self-driving Vehicles: An investigation from the perspective of people with visual impairments:
Researchers at the Urban Systems Lab at Imperial College London are currently looking for people with visual impairments to take part in their research about self-driving vehicles. The objective of the research is to understand the perspective of people with visual impairments as they use public and assisted transport services in London, and how this might change with the advent of self-driving vehicles.
Currently very little is known about the effectiveness of self-driving vehicle transit in the context of a big and busy city with a dense transport network, such as London. This study will provide appropriate and concrete suggestions for the future of inclusive self-driving vehicle transit services in London.
The team are looking for 20-30 participants aged 18 years and older, who are blind or partially sighted to take part in their study (both those with and without a CVI are welcome). Participants will need to make an appointment with the research team to attend a 1-1.5 hour in-person interview at Imperial College London's South Kensington campus. The interviews will be scheduled in the first and second weeks of August, at a time that is mutually convenient. And participants will receive £25 as compensation for their time.
If you are 18 or older, currently living in one of the London boroughs, are blind or partially sighted, and you are interested in helping the research team at Imperial College London understand your transport needs, please contact Ms. HUANG Jiaxian on WhatsApp at +44 7923 829 770 or you can send an email to sh922@ic.ac.uk
HMRC Inclusive Services Research:
HMRC currently want to find and recruit user research participants to help design its digital services, ensuring they are accessible to all their users.
HMRC frequently need help finding the range of research participants required to design inclusive services. They want to be able to reach individuals who are currently underrepresented in their research, such as people who experience multiple barriers when using HMRC services, and individuals who require additional support, including those who use additional equipment such as screen readers. This will enable an extended reach to local communities and increase the diversity of people HMRC are speaking to.
If this sounds like you and you would be interested in helping HMRC improve the accessibility of their services, please contact Michael Farragher, Project Manager for RNIB’s Tax Advice Service, on 0345 330 4897 or email tax@rnib.org.uk. So
To find out more about these Connect Voices opportunities and 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
Image: RNIB Connect Radio Bright Green 20th Anniversary Logo