Three of Northern Ireland’s most compelling Vision impaired artists — Joe Kenny, Andrea Begley, and Future Her — join forces for Label Me Live, an exclusive one‑night event taking place at The Black Box, Belfast as part of the Bounce Arts Festival, presented by University of Atypical.

Barry caught up with Joe Kenny, who is the gigs organiser

The Accessible Book and Story Festival is coming to Edinburgh on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th of September.

If you’re curious to learn how books and stories can be made fun and engaging for children with additional needs, then you might want to check it out. 

RNIB Connect Radio's Paulina Kuchorew spoke with Ailie Finlay Director of My Kind Of Book, who are organising the event, to learn more.

For more details visit: Accessible Book & Story Festival 2026 - My Kind of Book

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It might be true that many of us may not get enough sleep as we should each night so for this week’s check in with Glasgow Based Pharmacist Elizabeth Roddick it is all about sleep.

Elizabeth began by explaining to RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey why sleep is so important for us all, thinking about the best time to get to sleep and how much sleep we might need a night too. 

Then to whether taking naps during the day are a good thing or not.

Ending with a reminder from Elizabeth about heat exhaustion following on from all the recent heat waves and high temperatures that we have had over the summer which may have caused people to not get enough sleep too.

To get in touch with Elizabeth you can email [email protected] or for more information visit - https://elizabethroddick.com

Image: Picture showing Elizabeth standing in her pharmacy, dressed in her white pharmacist coat and a colourful bandana around her neck, she's smiling warmly at the camera with her hands slightly raised.

In our Sight Loss Story this week, Hubert chats to George Bunge from South Africa. They discuss his sight loss journey, being blind and partially sighted in South Africa and gaming. 

Hubert chats to Ross from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, to find out about improvements to the quality of passenger assistance across 28 UK airports. 

In this episode, Hubert chats to Adam about his sight loss journey. They discuss how he adapted to life with sight loss, and his passion for drama and his work with the drama group he is involved with. 

For many Guide Dog owners unfair, and unlawful, access refusals can be upsetting and embarrassing.

Guide Dogs, along with other charity partners, are working to educate service providers, as well as supporting owners to make complaints about their unfair treatment.

Allan Russell spoke to Andy Farrell, from Guide Dogs, to learn more about refusals, what owners can do about them and how an app has become another tool in the box.

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Edinburgh International Festival is on at the moment, bringing best artists from opera, music, theatre & dance to the city.

And today we’re looking at an upcoming audio described performance of Verdi’s A Masked Ball. From Zurich Opera, Guisseppe Verdi’s stunning opera is filled with desire, treachery and political peril.

Let’s learn more about this production and how to catch it from audio describers Veronica Kinahan and Trina Gilles.

More about the show: Verdi’s A Masked Ball | Edinburgh International Festival
 
Image shows a scene from the production. A shocked crowd is gathered around a fortune teller and her crystal ball.

Did you know that only around 1 in 4 blind or partially sighted people of working age are in employment?

Today, we're chatting with Emmy Anstee about her experience of Royal & Derngate's Step-Up programme which saw her join them for a work placement. She spoke with Happy Hour's Paulina Kuchorew about the importance of placements like these and how it was adjusted to work with her sight condition.

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In this sight loss story, Hubert chats to William. They discuss his sight and hearing loss, but they also talk about his passion for music, and how he enjoyes attending concerts and festivals. He also describes the work he does to make these events more accessible. 

For this week’s check in with Glasgow Based Pharmacist Elizabeth Roddick we are returning to the topic of medicine waste as Elizabeth shares some new data with RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey suggesting how much medicine is wasted.  

Then to the cost implications of the waste and some of the reasons why so much medicine is wasted.  

To what happens to un-opened medicine packs when we take them back to the Pharmacy and why it is better to give money to charities rather than donating medicines.  

Ending with a final message from Elizabeth around medicine waste.

To get in touch with Elizabeth you can email [email protected] or for more information visit - https://elizabethroddick.com

Image: Picture showing Elizabeth standing in her pharmacy, dressed in her white pharmacist coat and a colourful bandana around her neck, she's smiling warmly at the camera with her hands slightly raised.