25-1192: For the almshouse in Nottingham, England, see Plumptre Hospital . Plumptre is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adelaide Plumptre (1874–1948) (born Adelaide Proctor in England), Canadian activist, diplomat, and municipal politician in Toronto Annabella Plumptre (1769–1838), English writer and translator Anne Plumptre (1760–1818), English writer and translator Ashleigh Plumptre (born 1998), professional playing for Nigeria women's national football team Edward Hayes Plumptre (1821–1891), English divine and scholar Frederick Charles Plumptre (1796–1870), Master of University College, Oxford Henry Plumptre Gipps (1813–1859), English lawyer and politician and member of Parliament James Plumtre (1771–1832) English clergyman and dramatist. John Pemberton Plumptre (1791–1864), British politician and member of Parliament [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
50-693: A membership organisation . To coincide with the launch of the UK Vision Strategy in 2008, it was renamed the Royal National Institute of Blind People. In October 2008, RNIB and Action for Blind People agreed in principle to combine some services across England. The new arrangement began in April 2009, resulting in Action for Blind People becoming an associate charity of RNIB. It merged with RNIB on 1 April 2017. Anna Tylor, who
75-418: A vast collection of accessible textbooks and materials – and Talking Books, a service first established in 1935, which offers thousands of audio books, both fiction and non-fiction. RNIB’s ECLO (Eye Care Liaison Officers) service aims to help patients understand the impact of a sight loss diagnosis and to direct them to appropriate sources of support. Since the 1950s, the children's puppet character Sooty
100-412: Is an exclusive feature on the charity's collection boxes. RNIB campaigns to change behaviours and perceptions around sight loss. It has been involved with several large-scale campaigns including calls for action to create a safer and more inclusive public transport system. In 2023, the charity played a key role in a national campaign to scrap plans to close ticket offices in train stations. In 2022,
125-569: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Plumptre Hospital Plumptre Hospital was a charity in Nottingham , England, providing almshouse accommodation for 599 years from 1392 to 1991. John de Plumptre, Mayor of Nottingham , founded Plumptre Hospital in 1392. It was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and supported two priests and "thirteen poor women broken down of age and depressed of poverty". It
150-492: Is partially sighted, has been RNIB's Chair since 2020. Matt Stringer was appointed Chief Executive in 2019. King Charles III is the charity's Patron. His mother, Queen Elizabeth II , was RNIB's Patron throughout her reign (1952–2022). RNIB's helpline gives access to sight loss experts for questions and guidance. RNIB's extensive range of reading services includes RNIB Bookshare – a free library of over one million items, which supports students and others in education with
175-466: The 2024 general election RNIB delivered an open letter to 10 Downing Street highlighting that according to its research roughly 87% of the UK's citizens with visual impairments were denied their right to vote in secret. The campaign follows a 2019 court judgement that declared the UK's current voting arrangements for people with blindness or visual impairments to be unlawful. RNIB pointed out that in spite of
200-413: The surname Plumptre . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plumptre&oldid=1243598620 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
225-461: The 1750s, another John Plumptre expanded the hospital so it could at last take the full 13 widows. They now received each year £13 10s (equivalent to £1,545 in 2023), a gown and a tonne of coal, and in addition the New Year sixpence (equivalent to £2.86 in 2023). In the garden at the rear there is a plaque on the wall which reads 'Sufficit Meruisis' - 'it is enough to serve'. Although
250-459: The Blind in 2001. Inscription on the building reads PLUMPTRE HOSPITAL Founded and endowed for the support of a Master, a priest, and thirteen poor Widows, By John de Plumptre, A.D. 1392. Repaired by Huntingdon Plumptre, Esq., 1650 By John Plumptre, Esq., A.D. 1751 By John Plumptre, his son, A.D. 1753. First stone of the present Hospital was laid on the 1st of August, A.D. 1823, By
275-535: The Blind ) is a British charity , founded in 1868, that serves people living with visual impairments . 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 the lived experiences of people who are blind or partially sighted. 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
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#1732790422195300-548: The Embossed Literature of the Blind. The first meeting, which was held at 33 Cambridge Square, Hyde Park, London , involved founder Thomas Rhodes Armitage (a physician who was partially sighted) and Daniel Conolly, W W Fenn and Dr James Gale (all three of whom were blind). Later, the organisation became the British and Foreign Blind Association for Improving the Embossed Literature of the Blind and Promoting
325-737: The Employment of the Blind – generally shortened to the British and Foreign Blind Association. In 1914, the organisation relocated to larger premises in Great Portland Street . From 2000 until 2023, RNIB operated from premises on Judd Street, in Bloomsbury, London , which it shared with Guide Dogs . In 2023, The Duchess of Edinburgh opened the organisation's new headquarters in the Grimaldi Building on Pentonville Road , London, which has been adapted to cater for
350-602: The Plumptre family moved to Kent in 1756, they supported the charity by rebuilding the hospital again in 1823. Additional almshouses were built in Canal Street in 1956. (These were demolished around 2000). By 1991, the charity no longer had the resources to improve Plumptre Hospital and its residents moved to the other almshouses. The building of 1823 was taken over by the Royal National Institute for
375-618: The Rev. Charles Thomas Plumptre, Rector of Claypole, In Lincolnshire, on behalf of his father, John Plumptre, of Fredville, In the county of Ken, Esq., the Master or Guardian of the said Hospital, And a descendant of the Founder. Royal National Institute for the Blind RNIB (formally, the Royal National Institute of Blind People and previously the Royal National Institute for
400-506: The boxes on the paper. RNIB used to run a number of schools, homes, and other institutions. In 2018, an Ofsted report was highly critical of the RNIB Pears Centre for Specialist Learning , near Coventry , which comprised a school and a children's home, founded in 1957 as Rushton Hall School. Ofsted described it as inadequate in three categories and requiring improvement in the other two. It highlighted failures in safeguarding
425-467: The charity from 2018 to 2020, finding multiple failings described by the Commission's chief executive 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. RNIB was first established on 16 October 1868 as the British and Foreign Society for Improving
450-524: The charity launched its largest-ever advertising campaign, See the person, not the sight loss , to raise awareness of sight loss and the support that people who have visual impairments might need. Along with other leading health charities, RNIB lobbied throughout 2023 for better disability support across the National Health Service (NHS). The charity has campaigned for mandatory secret ballots for people with visual impairments. After
475-489: The charity's care were put at risk or harmed. The Charity Commission's chief executive described this investigation as "one of the worst examples we have uncovered of poor governance and oversight having a direct impact on vulnerable people." The Commission stated that RNIB's corporate stewardship of services for children with complex needs fell far short of expectations and that the charity's board had been focused on narrow regulatory compliance and dismissive of criticism from
500-472: The judgement, the majority of the UK's visually impaired voters do so using technology that requires them to be accompanied into the voting booth and have their choices read aloud by an assistant. As of 2024 only one person living with blindness in the UK has voted in secret, using a device known as the McGonagle Reader. This comprises an audio player with headphones and a plastic template to locate
525-433: The needs of people who are blind, partially sighted or neurodiverse . RNIB's remit has always included reading and writing (e.g. Braille ), education and employment. From the 20th century, welfare/social support has been important. However, it was not till the late 1980s that eye health became a major focus. Previously, eye health was seen as the sole prerogative of ophthalmologists and optometrists . In 1914,
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#1732790422195550-454: The organisation changed its name to The National Institute for the Blind, or NIB, to reflect its status as a national body involved in all aspects of the welfare of blind people. The organisation was officially renamed the Royal National Institute for the Blind in 1953, having been granted a Royal Charter in 1949. In 2002, the organisation was renamed the Royal National Institute of the Blind ("of" rather than "for" blind people) when it became
575-592: The regulatory organisations it was accountable to – the Care Quality Commission and Ofsted. It found failures in training, safeguarding, record-keeping, reporting, responding to complaints, and the administration of medication, as well as instances of harm. It was then reported that RNIB was selling all eighteen of its care homes and schools. The Charity Commission gave RNIB an official warning and required it to overhaul its governance, management and culture. In light of RNIB's progress in fulfilling
600-676: The vulnerable children and in training staff to support them. Later that year, RNIB announced that it had been unable to make sufficient improvements and was closing the Centre; RNIB's chief executive resigned. Also in 2018, the Charity Commission for England and Wales launched its own inquiry into RNIB following serious allegations of systemic failings within the organisation. In 2020, the Commission ruled that there had been significant management, oversight, and staffing shortcomings which had led to repeated incidents where young people in
625-497: Was endowed with 13 properties around the town. In 1414 the number of widows was reduced to seven and he gave the hospital his house, on the site that later became the Flying Horse Inn . In 1650, Huntingdon Plumptre renovated it, raised the rents, and gave the widows a proper allowance: five shillings per month (equivalent to £43.53 in 2023), with sixpence extra at New Year (equivalent to £4.353 in 2023). In
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