Our Retina UK Peer Support Group network offers information and support via regular meetings both online or in-person.
Groups meet in person or virtually and are a welcoming, safe and friendly place for people to share experiences, tips and information and form friendships.
Our local peer support groups meet online or in-person at different venues around the UK. If there isn’t one currently in your area, please get in touch with Mark Baxter, our Information and Support Coordinator. You can email him at services@RetinaUK.org.uk or call him on 07889 595783.
More information about upcoming events can be found in our Events Calendar.
We are always striving to continually grow our peer support group network with more local based and online group meetings so we are pleased to announce that we will be launching our new ‘Talking’ Home & Garden peer support group later in the year – please visit our Coming Soon page to find our more and register your interest to receive updates and invitations.
Tuesday 21 January, 7.00pm - 8.30pm - via Zoom - Come and join us for our first meeting of 2025 where we will be joined by Jack Moffat, Engagement Manager North-East at Thomas Pocklington Trust to chat about managing our health and wellbeing.
Saturday 25 January 2025, 12.00pm - 2.00pm - In-person - Come and join Rachael and the group for their first social get together of 2025 at The Slug & Lettuce in Deansgate, Manchester.
Tuesday 28 January 2025, 7.00pm - 8.00pm - via Zoom - Come and join us for our first meeting of 2025 to hear from our guest speaker, Steven Poole, Service Delivery Manager at British Wireless for the Blind Fund.
Saturday 1 February, 2.00pm - 4.00pm - In-person - Come and join us at Grappa Sheffield for the launch meeting of our South Yorkshire group with guest speaker Sarah Bennett, Life Ahead Project Co-ordinator at Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind.
Thursday 6 February, 7.00pm - 8.30pm - via Zoom - Are you aged 18 to 30 and living with an inherited retinal dystrophy? Then come and join us for our first online social of 2025.
