Information is essential to all of us to help us make choices and to live our lives independently. By law, any organisation which provides a service to the public - including Government departments, local authorities, MPs' constituency offices as well as retailers and health services - now needs to provide information in a way that all their customers can read, including people with sight problems.
RNIB's See it Right initiative offers practical help and advice to help you meet the information needs of your blind and partially sighted customers and constituents.
Here are the basics to get you started:
Further information
The new See it Right pack - the "one-stop shop" for making information accessible
RNIB's See it Right pack gives you practical advice on designing and producing accessible information in a range of formats. It also helps you to develop an accessible information strategy. The pack is a series of 12 individual See it Right booklets which detail the issues and design guidelines associated with each format.
The pack is available in large print, braille, tape and on disk. It is also available in Welsh. To order please contact RNIB Customer Services on 0845 702 3153 (minicom: 0845 758 5691).For more information contact seeitright@rnib.org.uk, RNIB, 105 Judd Street, London WC1H 9NE.
If you or someone you know has a sight problem and wants advice or information about accessible information or any other issue call the RNIB Helpline on 0845 766 9999.
Accessible elections - how you can help
For more information about making your election campaign literature accessible and reaching blind and partially sighted voters contact Dan Scorer in RNIB's Public Policy Department on 020 7391 2382, or email dan.scorer@rnib.org.uk.
RNIB's campaign for Good Web Design
Visit www.rnib.org.uk/digital or contact Julie Howell, Campaign Officer (Internet) on 020 7391 2191. Julie.Howell@rnib.org.uk.
Producing information in alternative formats
Contact RNIB on 01733 37 53 70 for independent advice on producing information in braille or on tape.
Physical access issues
JMU Access Partnership is a pan-disability access consultancy. It is there to help and advise individuals, organisations and local and central government on the accessibility of public buildings and housing, the pedestrian environment, transport systems, information systems. Telephone 020 7391 2002.
