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e-Newsletter – October 2022
Our monthly e-Newsletter featuring the latest updates from Retina UK. Subscribe now to receive these updates directly to your email.
e-Newsletter – September 2022
Our monthly e-Newsletter featuring the latest updates from Retina UK. Subscribe now to receive these updates directly to your email.
Meet our Ambassador: Bhavini Makwana
Her work with us enables her to achieve her aim of empowering others living with similar conditions to her own.
Research brings hope for the future
“All the promising research makes you feel like there is light at the end of that very dark tunnel after all.”
Webinar: Support through Access to Work – World Sight Day Special
Join us for a brief overview of the Government’s Access to Work scheme, learn how it could support you at work, and hear the experiences of a number of people with inherited sight loss who receive an Access to Work grant.
Webinar: Fitness, blisters and fundraising
Have you ever been tempted to take part in the TCS London Marathon? In 2022 the TCS London Marathon raised £58.3 million for charity so it’s a vital source of income.
Unlock Genetics on RNIB Connect Radio
Our Director of Development, Paula McGrath, recently appeared on RNIB Connect to talk about our new Unlock Genetics resource. You can listen to the show online here:
Retina UK’s Souper Tuesday
Be a souper-star and raise funds whilst having lunch for #TeamRetinaUK
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.