RNIB Connect

On Sunday 6 December 2026 at 2pm there will be an audio only version of Charles Dickens’ classic masterpiece, a Christmas Carol, at the Aylesbury Music Centre in aid of Calibre Audio a provider of audiobooks for people living with sight loss.
RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey caught up with Alex Broad Calibre Audio narrator and Producer of A Christmas Carol to find out more about this immersive and truly accessible performance for visually impaired and sighted audiences.
To book your tickets for A Christmas Carol on Sunday 6 December 2026 at 2pm at the Aylesbury Music Centre do visit - https://events.humanitix.com/calibre-audio-carol
For more about Calibre Audio and their audio books service do go to their website - https://www.calibreaudio.org.uk
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We step into the kitchen this week for our regular browse through the RNIB online shop as our Toby Davey catches up with Claire Maxwell, RNIB Shop’s Buyer starting with the Ikon product range, then to cutting gloves and a new cube clock that could help with cooking times too.
For more about all those great accessible kitchen products plus many more that you will find in the RNIB online shop do visit - https://shop.rnib.org.uk/connect
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The latest winner of ITV’s ‘The Voice’ Cate McHugh, has been telling Hywel Davies how it felt to win the competition, what it was like to work with Tom Jones and why she’s encouraging other blind and partially sighted people to ‘make themselves big, and make themselves loud!’.

Debbie Miller is RNIB’s Chief Operations Officer and she’s been talking to RNIB Connect Radio’s Allan Russell.
This week Debbie talks about some exciting news from the Disney series Rivals, Talking Books anniversary and awards for volunteer managers.
If you, or someone you know, would like information on the support and services available from RNIB, go to www.rnib.org.uk
You can call our Helpline on 0303 123 9999 or ask your Smart speaker to call RNIB's Helpline.
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The Sooty Boxes is a very important way to help raise money for RNIB, but what exactly do the Sooty Box volunteers do? Hubert has been catching up with one of them to find out, and congratulate them on a very special achievement.