{"id":145097,"date":"2024-01-08T15:29:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T14:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=145097"},"modified":"2024-01-08T15:29:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T14:29:08","slug":"how-the-rnib-empowers-communities-through-advocacy-campaigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/how-the-rnib-empowers-communities-through-advocacy-campaigns\/","title":{"rendered":"How the RNIB empowers communities through advocacy campaigns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Want to speak up for your community in Parliament and in the press? Take note from the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)<\/a>, which successfully campaigned to overturn the UK Government\u2019s proposal to close almost all ticket offices across England and Glasgow Central last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As part of our webinar \u2018Empowering communities through advocacy campaigns<\/a>\u2019, the RNIB\u2019s local campaigns manager Lindsay Coyle shared extra advice on making an impact and what happens after a cabinet reshuffle\u2026<\/p>\n

What was the most impactful and the least useful part of your campaigns?<\/h3>\n

I think for us the most impactful was social media. Just having people be able to share their own experience of arriving at a station, trying to navigate and use an inaccessible ticket vending machine seemed to get a lot of traction. RMT were retweeting us, too.<\/p>\n

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Thank you to everyone for sharing your #INeedATicketOffice<\/a> so I can\u2026 stories.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve shared them with Secretary of State for Transport, @Mark_J_Harper<\/a>, and will continue to share your concerns so keep them coming. <\/p>\n

Listen to hear a snippet of what you said. #NotJustTheTicket<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/3t8XYnZa0q<\/a><\/p>\n

— RNIB (@RNIB) July 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n