Tracks Of My Life

Welcome to episode 9 of the RNIB NI Podcast ‘REVVING It Up with our Volunteers and NaviLens’ Listen up, speak up, break down barriers. Search and subscribe via your preferred podcast provider today! This month we catch up with CEO of BRM Group Stephen Kealy as the team get ready to welcome over 30,000 people to year three of REVVV It Up, the family friendly tractor pulling and music festival in Du...

Welcome to episode 8 of the RNIB Northern Ireland Podcast  , Listen up, speak up, break down barriers. In this episode we have all sorts going on. Chair of Bangor campaigning group, Ken Carson, shares his reaction to a local win  as a pedestrian crossing is finally installed on a busy stretch of Bangor road. We hear from RNIB NI Products Co-Ordinator Louise Kenny on her plans for a regular product...

Welcome to episode 7 of the RNIB NI Podcast ‘More than the eyes can see’ , Listen up, speak up, break down barriers. Listen and subscribe via your preferred podcast provider! This month our Policy and Campaigns Manager Paula Beattie joins us to talk about Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS), and we report from the CBS Action event at Stormont on 9 March, we speak to Judith Potts founder of Esme’s Umbrel...

Welcome to episode 6 of the RNIB NI Podcast Listen up, speak up, break down barriers! This month we’re out and about with Colum Delaney from our Policy and Campaigns team. We’re talking about the types of barriers faced by the sight loss community to accessible and inclusive travel and what’s RNIB NI’s Transport Focus Group all about?  We catch up with the Accessibility Manager at Translink Daniel...

          Welcome to episode 5 of the RNIB NI Podcast ‘Let’s Talk Strategy’. Listen up, speak up, break down barriers! In this episode, we meet Paula Beattie, RNIB NI’s Policy and Campaigns Manager who tells us all the ways you can feedback on the Northern Ireland draft Disability Strategy. We also catch up with RNIB’s Chief Strategy and Public Affairs Officer Vivienne Francis as she reflects on 2...

Welcome to episode 4 of the RNIB NI Podcast. Listen up, speak up, break down barriers! In this our Christmas Cracker episode, we speak to Dr. Neil Black who leads on the Encompass MyCare project in Northern Ireland about some of the ways the MyCare patient portal can benefit blind and partially sighted people. We also get a whistle-stop tour of the RNIB NI Products and Advice Centre from Louise Ke...

Welcome to episode 3 of the RNIB NI Podcast. Listen up, speak up, break down barriers! In this healthcare special, Mike Farrar, NI Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health, joins us for a fascinating, wide-ranging discussion on challenges faced by blind and partially sighted people within health and social care in NI. Also, as November is Diabetes Awareness Month, we spoke to Suzy Hull, Hea...

Listen up, speak up, break down barriers It’s here, episode 2  of The RNIB NI podcast. Did someone say new CEO, Announcing RNIB NI Technology Fair 2026, and What has the RNIB Policy and Campaigns team in Northern Ireland been up to since last we spoke? Find out in this month’s episode. If it matters to people affected by sight loss, then it matters to us. Get in touch with the team by emailing  RN...

You’re welcome to episode 01 of the RNIB NI Podcast For people affected by sight loss living in Northern Ireland and beyond. Listen up, speak up, break down barriers. This monthly podcast is all about having a conversation about RNIB’s policy and campaigning work in Northern Ireland. So let us know what you want us to discuss. Our inbox is open. To get in touch please email RNIBNI@rnib.org.uk