Category: Charities & Support Groups

New smart glasses help people with macular disease to read, recognise faces and identify objects
Macular Society members are among 122 people from three countries who tested the latest smart glasses from OXSIGHT.
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Eye cancer charity welcomes new Community Urgent Eye Service (CUES)
More babies and children with the rare eye cancer retinoblastoma took over six months to be diagnosed
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SeeAbility’s eyecare work shortlisted for the Charity Awards 2021
SeeAbility is delighted to announce that it has made the shortlist for this year’s Charity Awards,
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Disabled people make their voices heard as election approaches
With the Holyrood Elections next week, 80 disabled people, families and carers came together to grill representatives
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Two Day event starts today (march 17th) as an online Scottish Conference about those with Visual Impairment and Isolation.
The impact of the year-long covid crisis on blind and partially sighted adults and children will be examined in a major Scottish online conference
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Charles Bonnet Syndrome storyline to feature on TV soap opera
A character in popular TV soap opera Coronation Street will admit to experiencing visual hallucinations, known as Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS).
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ABDO elects new Chair of Trustees
Angela McNamee stood down as chair of the Trustees after five years in the role and having completed the maximum term of eight years as a Trustee.
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RNIB to vacate Judd Street Premises
RNIB has agreed to sell its London office to Montrose Land and AshbyCapital, but will lease it back for two years while it finds a new location.
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Optoversity challenge set for 21 march online
Optoversity – the exciting challenge to test the knowledge and diagnostic skills of student optometrists – will take place on Sunday 21st March as an online event, marking the start of World Optometry Week.
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VI’s launch a new gaming group
They have come together to explore how they can enjoy the same video-games as their sighted peers, and press developers to make gaming software more accessible.
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