St Paul’s students work with RNIB

November 19, 2009
Representatives from the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) visited St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook on Wednesday 18 November to present eighteen AS Level students with certificates in recognition of their contribution and assistance at the recent RNIB Northern Ireland ‘Right to Read’ rally which took place at the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont.
The ‘Right to Read’ campaign highlights the inequalities faced by people with sight loss when accessing material in written or online formats.  A recent study has shown that only 5% of printed material available to the general public has been made in alternative formats such as large print, audio and Braille.
The St Paul’s students joined with 400 blind and partially sighted people from all over Northern Ireland to show their support for the rally and for RNIB’s campaign.  The students who had received visual awareness and guiding skills training acted as guides for the blind and partially sighted during the recent Stormont event.
Liz Tanner, the Visual Disability Team Manager with the Southern Health and Care Trust, and Danny McSherry from RNIB visited the Bessbrook school, accompanied by local politicians and representatives of the partially sighted and blind community to present the students with their certificates and to congratulate them on their campaigning efforts.

Representatives from the Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) visited St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook on Wednesday 18 November to present eighteen AS Level students with certificates in recognition of their contribution and assistance at the recent RNIB Northern Ireland ‘Right to Read’ rally which took place at the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont.

The ‘Right to Read’ campaign highlights the inequalities faced by people with sight loss when accessing material in written or online formats.  A recent study has shown that only 5% of printed material available to the general public has been made in alternative formats such as large print, audio and Braille.

The St Paul’s students joined with 400 blind and partially sighted people from all over Northern Ireland to show their support for the rally and for RNIB’s campaign.  The students who had received visual awareness and guiding skills training acted as guides for the blind and partially sighted during the recent Stormont event.

Liz Tanner, the Visual Disability Team Manager with the Southern Health and Care Trust, and Danny McSherry from RNIB visited the Bessbrook school, accompanied by local politicians and representatives of the partially sighted and blind community to present the students with their certificates and to congratulate them on their campaigning efforts.

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Students from St Paul’s High School, Bessbrook who received certificates in recognition of their contribution and assistance at the recent RNIB Northern Ireland ‘Right to Read’ rally which took place at the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont. Pictured are the students, with Principal Mr Oliver Mooney, teacher Miss Caroline McShane, Liz Tanner, Visual Disability Team Manager with Southern Health & Care Trust, Danny McSherry, RNIB, Conor Murphy MP, MLA and Dominic Bradley, MLA.