Volunteer Impact Report
Our volunteers are highly valued members of the Retina UK team and their roles are essential to help support and enable people affected by inherited sight loss to live fulfilling lives.
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Our community are the reason we are able to continue supporting those with inherited sight-loss conditions through research and practical support.
Skydiving
Skydiving is an exhilarating experience, and you can do this while supporting our cause. Various dates and locations are available across the UK.
Dr Jessie Mole
The Dr Jessie Mole lecture was inaugurated on 10 December 2001, in recognition of Jessie's outstanding contribution to BRPS, then RP Fighting Blindness and now Retina UK.
Meet our community: Rachael Foley
Rachael first noticed she had sight problems at the age of 15. She went to her local eye clinic, who said she had an astigmatism.
West Midlands Local Peer Support Group
Saturday 24 May, 11.00am - 1.00pm - In-person - Please come and join Perm and the group for a fascinating day out at the West Midlands Police Museum.
Potential drug targets identified for RP
A recently published study has described numerous disease mechanisms that appear to be common across different types of inherited sight loss, suggesting that there is significant potential for drug treatments that could work regardless of the underlying causative gene.
Genetic testing: an essential topic for discussion with the IRD community
As Luxturna reaches the clinic and other gene-specific therapies for inherited retinal disease get closer to the end of the development pipeline, it is becoming ever more important that affected families can access a genetic diagnosis, potentially opening up choices around treatment and clinical trial participation.