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#TeamRetinaUK made quite a splash when 14 younger members of our community took the plunge and went white water rafting.
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#TeamRetinaUK made quite a splash when 14 younger members of our community took the plunge and went white water rafting.
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Thursday 10 September 2026, 7.00pm - 8.00pm - via Zoom - Please come and join facilitators Steve & Brian for our latest meeting where we are delighted to be joined by our guest speaker David Grigor, Artist, Author and Inclusive Creative Practitioner.
We’re all still buzzing from our recent conferences. We do hope you enjoyed them as much as we did. If you weren’t able to join us, then you can watch or listen to the recordings on our website.
Colin McArthur re-joined the board in 2024 after serving as a trustee between January 2008 and September 2019.
Our monthly e-Newsletter featuring the latest updates from Retina UK.
When Tilly Dowler talks about sight loss, she does so with honesty, humour and an infectious determination to make the most of every opportunity.
Did you join either of our Conferences this year? You can read about them inside this edition of Look Forward. We’ve had some fantastic feedback from our delegates so if you weren’t able to attend, you can watch or listen to the recordings from the day on our website.
Making yourself aware of the what you are entitled to, and understanding the diagnosis pathway for inherited sight loss, will put you in a stronger position to seek better support.
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.