Royal National Institute of Blind People

RNIB
Royal National Institute of Blind People
Formation	16 October 1868
Type	Registered charity
Headquarters	154a Pentonville Road, London N1 9JE
Coordinates	51°31′54″N 0°06′53″W / 51.5317°N 0.1148°W
Region served	United Kingdom
Chief Executive	Simon Antrobus
Key people	Anna Tylor (Chair)
Website	rnib.org.uk
Formerly called	British and Foreign Society for Improving the Embossed Literature of the Blind (1868-1914); British and Foreign Blind Association; National Institute for the Blind (1914-1953); Royal National Institute for the Blind(1953-2002); Royal National Institute of the Blind (2002-2008);

RNIB (formally, the Royal National Institute of Blind People and previously the Royal National Institute for the Blind) is a British charity, founded in 1868, that serves people living with visual impairments. Its standardisation of tactile alphabet systems vastly improved its beneficiaries' educational outcomes during the Victorian and Edwardian eras leading to widespread adoption and a proliferation of material published in Braille.

It is regarded as a leader in the field in supporting people in the UK who have vision loss. The organisation seeks to increase awareness of blind or partially sighted people's lived experiences. Additionally, it campaigns to make services such as healthcare, education and public transport safer and more accessible to people with visual impairments.

The Charity Commission for England and Wales investigated the charity from 2018 to 2020 following reports of child sexual abuse and multiple safeguarding failings at RNIB Pears Centre for Specialist Learning. The commission's subsequent report described its findings as "one of the worst examples we have uncovered of poor governance and oversight having a direct impact on vulnerable people". The RNIB began selling all its eighteen schools, homes and other institutions.