942: Connect Voices Round up 15 September 2021

<div>Max Conway, RNIB's National Involvement Coordinator shares the latest opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to get involved in.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Opportunities highlighted this week include:<br> <br> </div> <div>Sight Loss Councils (SLCs), funded by Thomas Pocklington Trust - seeking blind and partially sighted volunteers interested in advocacy and campaigning<br> <br> </div> <div>Call for Research Participants to make the DWP’s Access to Work service better -  RNIB have been contacted by an external agency who are currently conducting research on behalf of the DWP to improve the experience of people/organisations who receive payment of the Access to Work (AtW) grant<br> <br> </div> <div>Research into vision loss after a stroke - RNIB has been contacted by Lauren a Post-doctoral Orthoptic Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool, who is conducting research around vision impairments after strokes.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>To find out more about these items and how you can get involved with RNIB Connect Voices do visit - <a href="https://www.rnib.org.uk/rnibconnect/connect-voices">https://www.rnib.org.uk/rnibconnect/connect-voices</a>.</div> <div> <br> <br> </div> <div>(Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath) </div>