Sep 25, 2026 · 48 min · 9 segments
Welcome to Episode 11, RNIB Country Director in Northern Ireland Robert Shilliday, talks to Joe Kenny about why RNIB NI are on the move from the Victoria House office on Gloucester Street in Belfast…
Andrea BegleyGuest
Paula BeattieGuest
Robert ShillidayGuest
Paula StevensonGuestAlan
I think it will be a novelty, Joe, just as you said, to be able to not just perform, but go to a gig that's so accessible.
I think for many of us, that will be a real privilege and to have the extra honour of performing, getting the opportunity to engage with the audience and even just getting a chance to hear yourself and Paula perform live again.
I'm still just fine-tuning my set list and my husband Leon will be accompanying me on the night and we have been putting in a good bit of practice so we're really looking forward to it and I think the key thing is just to have a bit of fun we're all here to have a bit of crack
we're we're all like a joke we all like a laugh and well some of us might I'm talking for myself maybe here more so but like to write on serious topics I think that for sure you like to have the crack and the banter with everybody in between times so that's the part of it I'm most looking forward to.
Oh absolutely basically echoing what Andrea said there I think the main thing is it'll just be such a nice evening of song everybody is going to be in great form and just it's fantastic how accessible it is And as Andrea was saying, it's very, you know, it's a rare, unfortunately, it's a rare thing.
And the fact that this is just going to be a really nice night of listening to yourself and Andrea.
I've got the choice between the wonky one and the one that I got when I was 13.
So, yeah, I don't know who will be wonkier, me or the guitar, but we shall see.
I think sometimes when we're talking about accessibility and inclusion, it can all get quite serious quite quick because it's a serious topic, of course.
I think it will be a novelty, Joe, just as you said, to be able to not just perform, but go to a gig that's so accessible.
I think for many of us, that will be a real privilege and to have the extra honour of performing, getting the opportunity to engage with the audience and even just getting a chance to hear yourself and Paula perform live again.
I'm still just fine-tuning my set list and my husband Leon will be accompanying me on the night and we have been putting in a good bit of practice so we're really looking forward to it and I think the key thing is just to have a bit of fun we're all here to have a bit of crack
we're we're all like a joke we all like a laugh and well some of us might I'm talking for myself maybe here more so but like to write on serious topics I think that for sure you like to have the crack and the banter with everybody in between times so that's the part of it I'm most looking forward to.
Oh absolutely basically echoing what Andrea said there I think the main thing is it'll just be such a nice evening of song everybody is going to be in great form and just it's fantastic how accessible it is And as Andrea was saying, it's very, you know, it's a rare, unfortunately, it's a rare thing.
And the fact that this is just going to be a really nice night of listening to yourself and Andrea.
I've got the choice between the wonky one and the one that I got when I was 13.
So, yeah, I don't know who will be wonkier, me or the guitar, but we shall see.
I think sometimes when we're talking about accessibility and inclusion, it can all get quite serious quite quick because it's a serious topic, of course.
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