Fight for Sight

@fightforsightUK

UK charity dedicated to funding pioneering research to prevent sight loss and treat eye disease. Our aim is to make sight loss a thing of the past.

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fightforsight.org.uk
Joined April 2010
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  1. 6 hours ago

    Top Tips for - ! It's harmful to your eyes and can increase the risk of sight loss. Current smokers are 2-4 times more at risk of developing macular degeneration than people who have never smoked.

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  2. 8 hours ago

    Top Tips for - Find out your family eye history. Some eye conditions have genetic links which increase your risk of developing them. Share this information with your optometrist or eye health professional.

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  3. Dec 25

    A very from the whole Fight for Sight team to all our friends and supporters! We hope you all have a lovely, festive day!

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    Oct 12

    Sisters Jane and Helen Walker both have retinitis pigmentosa and donated skin cells which helped researchers identify the genetic error causing blindness research paper @RPFightingBlind

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  5. Dec 20

    Consider donating to Fight for Sight as a Christmas gift to those affected by sight loss. Help us to fund vital research to prevent sight loss and treat eye disease.

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    Dec 19

    Research by understand how a disrupted natural body clock could lead to the development of myopia is being funded by and

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    Dec 18

    We are reflecting on last week's fantastic meeting and are now already planning for next year's in Belfast on December 13! Thank you and for hosting. Happy Christmas!

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  8. Dec 18

    NEWS: Second conference held in Liverpool - via

    Women in Vision conference
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    Dec 18

    It's inspiring to see charities like taking concrete steps to support women in science

    Increase in research grants for women highlighted at annual event last Friday in Liverpool.
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    Dec 18

    Exciting announcement! We are working with to fund looking to understand how a disrupted ‘natural body clock’ plays a role in the development of short-sightedness . Read more about it:

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  11. Dec 18

    That's amazing! Thank you for all of your support!

    💚Great News!!! Last week during our parents end of term watching week we raised £175 for fightforsightuk through our teas and Mince Pie sales!! Miss Terri is going to match this so we will…
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  12. Dec 18

    Increase in research grants for women highlighted at annual event last Friday in Liverpool.

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    Dec 17

    Congratulations to George Cairns who passed his PhD viva today- funded research into blindness 🥂

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    Dec 17

    Great to see the LCA10 trial data published. Proud to have been part of it!

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  15. Dec 17

    A new therapy aimed at improving the sight of people with one of the most common forms of childhood blindness called Leber congenital amaurosis has shown ‘very promising’ initial results. Click here to read more:

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  16. Dec 17

    'Increase in research grants for women highlighted at annual event' - via

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  17. Dec 17

    NEWS: Increase in research grants for women highlighted at annual event.

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  18. Dec 17

    A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came to our at earlier this month. We raised an amazing £10,800 for eye research!

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    Dec 17

    Research by understand how a disrupted natural body clock could lead to the development of myopia is being funded by and

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    Dec 17

    Researchers investigate how our natural ‘body clock’ could influence short sightedness Researchers from will be studying children at low and high risk of developing

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