Welcome to Retina UK
We are a charity supporting people affected by inherited sight loss and investing in medical research to help make their challenges a thing of the past.
New Eye Care Support Pathway wins cross-sector backing for transforming the way people with care needs and sight loss are helped emotionally and practically.
Retina UK has joined with more than 80 disability charities who have today written to the Chancellor calling for urgent support with the cost of living for disabled people.
Inside this edition, register now for our AI webinar on 7 December with Dr Nikolas Pontikos.
Our West Yorkshire peer support group recently welcomed The Blind Poet, Dave Steele, who is living with retinitis pigmentosa, to their meeting. He talks candidly about his diagnosis, his poetry and his optimistic mindset.
Find out how genetic testing may help you and your family discover more about your inherited sight loss condition and how to unlock choices.
Nikolas is a bioinformatician, who uses computer power to tackle medical research challenges. He will be talking about his project to develop AI that will identify the genetic cause of an inherited retinal condition from scans.
As well as many of the well known races we also have places available in hundreds of local runs. Wherever you live, you can run as part of #TeamRetinaUK!
Various dates and locations available. Skydiving is an exhilarating experience, and you can do this while supporting our cause.
