Resources

Inside this edition, register now for our AI webinar on 7 December with Dr Nikolas Pontikos.

Are you affected by inherited sight loss? We are here to help. Retina UK is a national charity. We offer information and support to people affected by inherited sight loss to enable them to lead better lives today and fund medical research to accelerate the search for treatments for the future.

We talk to BBC reporter Ramadan Younes and Professor Robert Maclaren following the BBC documentary Blind Faith

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.

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. 

This podcast covers the most important professionals who work with the sight loss community, along with their abbreviations and what they do to improve people’s lives.

We were joined for this popular ‘Ask the expert’ session by Samantha de Silva, a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Oxford Universities Hospital Trust.