Search

Our new Retina UK online auction is now live! Get bidding to win fantastic prizes and support those living with inherited sight loss.

Welcome to the winter edition of Look Forward. It’s packed full of news from our Conferences, the latest research news and an interview with Hassina Zeriri, one of our funded PhD students.

We have also included details of lots of ways you can get involved with Retina UK over the coming months, along with some suggested festive fundraising for the Christmas period.

• Look Forward
• Audio
• Written

Our Retina UK Peer Support Group network offers information and support via regular meetings both online or in-person.

The Retina UK Annual Conference will be held in September. You can join the Conference in-person or online. Free to attend.

• Conferences
• Online

The Retina UK Professionals’ Conference is aimed at anyone who works with our community in a professional capacity. Free to attend.

• Conferences
• Online

The content on this site will have answered some of your queries about inherited sight loss and associated syndromes, but everyone’s circumstances are different and you may have further questions.

This edition of Look Forward includes the very latest news about an experimental therapy by Retina UK funded researchers, an article about one of our PhD students, a calendar of events in 2025, the usual research news round-up and lots more. Please take the time to complete our Sight Loss Survey, enclosed with this edition. You can find out more about the Survey.

• Look Forward
• Audio
• Written

Many research studies could not take place without the participation of people living with inherited sight loss.

A recording of the Retina UK Professionals' Conference on 19 September 2025. The Conference was held at the Holiday Inn, Regent's Park, London and online.

• Conference
• Video

A recording of the Retina UK Annual Conference on 20 September 2025. The Conference was held at the Holiday Inn, Regent's Park, London and online.

• Conference
• Audio
• Video