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Radio 4,05 Sep 2017,20 mins

Why is the RNIB planning to sell its Royal Albert Hall box?

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The Macular Society's CEO Cathy Yelf explains the significance of the new CVI or Certificate of Vision Impairment, which has recently been introduced to simplify the registration process and to provide people better access to services and benefits. Listener David Small is upset that the RNIB plans to sell the box they have had at the Royal Albert Hall for over a hundred years and which offers blind and partially-sighted people reduced tickets to concerts. Author Red Szell presents his latest column on holidaying with little or no sight.

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