We advocate on blindness related issues to Government, service providers, and any other relevant arms of the private sector. The Association monitors services provided to blind people, and is consulted regularly on how these services might be improved. We keep in touch with local and central Government on a wide variety of issues, ranging from audible traffic signals and pedestrian safety, to human rights concerns and benefit reform. We work with businesses in our community, to help them understand how services can be more accessible to us. For example, we have entered into discussions with banks concerning how some of the new electronic services they offer might be made more accessible.
Branches also publish their own newsletters regularly.
Branch general meetings are held every three months or so, and we are always keen to invite people onto our Branch committees, which generally meet monthly. As well as our political activities, the Association provides blind and partially sighted people with the opportunity to get together. Peer support, the creation of new friendships, and the sharing of new ideas are all important to the Association. Ordinary membership is available to anyone eligible for registration with the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind. Associate membership is treated as a donation, and is tax deductible.