Notice of the forthcoming Retina UK AGM – July 2022
This year the AGM will be held on Saturday, 9 July at 4.00pm:
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This year the AGM will be held on Saturday, 9 July at 4.00pm:
Would you like to help shape Retina UK’s future? Do you want to ensure decision-makers understand the impact of inherited sight loss? If so we’d love to hear from you.
New stem cell treatment gains approval to enter US clinical trials
As a coalition of sight loss charities, we are calling on the Government to make the benefit system and employment support fit for purpose for blind and partially sighted people.
“All the promising research makes you feel like there is light at the end of that very dark tunnel after all.”
It was previously believed that female carriers of X-linked inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) like X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (RP and Choroideremia) remained unaffected by sight loss.
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) have awarded Retina UK the Visibly Better Employer quality standard.
The cost-of-living crisis is having a major impact on the lives of blind and partially sighted people. Many people are becoming increasingly concerned about how they will make ends meet. Sight Loss Charities have come together as between us we can offer help and support.
The Retina UK Annual Conference will be held on Saturday 28 September. You can join the Conference in-person or online.
After more than 10 years of service as Chair of the Board of Trustees, Don Grocott has retired.