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Wednesday 1 April 2026, 7.00pm - 8.00pm - via Zoom - Come and join Kim, Brian and the Belfast Bumpers Group for a social catch up and to hear from our guest speaker and group member 'Rocky' Masrokhin.

• Local Peer Support Group

Mirugen – Unlocking the Power of Retina Regeneration

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• Retinitis pigmentosa
• Stargardt disease

Celebrate the life of your loved one, by donating in their memory and help us fund more research and support, now.

Inherited retinal dystrophies (IRDs) are the leading cause of blindness in working-age people in the UK, and children as young as eighteen-months are regularly diagnosed.

Our Retina UK Talk & support service (formerly Telephone Befriending Service) links people who may be feeling isolated or lonely with a trained volunteer for regular contact.

We can provide all the support your organisation needs to work with us; from ideas to practical support and materials. The Retina UK team will help your contribution be as fun and rewarding as possible.

There are about 125 million rod and cone cells within the retina that act as the eye's light receptors.

Volunteers are highly valued members of the Retina UK team and essential to our ability to achieve our vision of a world where all those affected by inherited retinal conditions are able to live a fulfilling life.

A research project funded by Retina UK helped pave the way to a new gene therapy that has recently produced encouraging results in two young people with achromatopsia, a condition that causes complete colour-blindness and poor overall vision from birth.

• News
• Achromatopsia