e-Newsletter May 2025
Our monthly e-Newsletter featuring the latest updates from Retina UK.
Search
Search results
Other Ways To Give
There are many other ways you can support Retina UK, including raising donations as you shop and sell online, and donating your foreign currency, stamps or shares.
Types of inherited sight loss
Inherited progressive sight loss is caused by a range of rare genetic conditions. We specialise in those which affect the retina.
Applying for research funding
We provide funding for innovative, high quality research projects investigating the causes and potential treatments for all forms of inherited retinal disease.
Fundraising FAQs
Fancy fundraising for Retina UK? Here’s a few pointers to help get you started.
Volunteering FAQs
These are some of the most commonly asked questions about volunteering for our charity.
Completed Research Project Outcomes
The following projects were being funded by Retina UK and have recently come to an end.
Join our Lived Experience Panel
Our sight loss survey highlighted that you have a real appetite to get involved in representing the inherited sight loss community through activities like focus groups, surveys and research projects via the Retina UK Lived Experience Panel.
Brain stimulation may reduce hallucinations
UK researchers have discovered that passing a weak electrical current between electrodes on a person’s scalp may lead to a reduction in frequency of the visual hallucinations experienced by some people living with sight loss.
Charities demand increase in benefits
Charities representing blind and partially sighted people are urging the UK Government to increase benefits in line with inflation rather than wages, when a decision is made at the end of the month.