Blind Veterans UK
This charity supports blind and visually impaired veterans to lead independent and fulfilling lives.

Deafblind UK
This charity helps people with combined sight and hearing loss by providing information, support, and opportunities for social engagement.

Esme’s Umbrella
Esme’s Umbrella aims to raise awareness of the condition of Charles Bonnet Syndrome, a condition where loss of sight causes visual hallucinations. In addition to raising awareness, they aim to create ways to support those with Charles Bonnet Syndrome and source funding for Charles Bonnet Syndrome Research.

Fight Against Blindness
This charity provides specialised clinical psychology support for children and youth dealing with sight loss and visual impairment. Their professional psychologists offer one-on-one assistance to referred individuals and their families from eye clinics. They also collaborate with schools and relevant agencies as required. Their service is confidential and completely free.

Fight for Sight
The UK’s leading charity dedicated to pioneering eye research, with a vision to create a world where everyone can see. They fund many groundbreaking research projects each year. Their ambition is to tackle major eye conditions and diseases, including glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration, while also addressing sight loss caused by other diseases like diabetes, dementia, and stroke.

Guide Dogs
Guide Dogs is a renowned UK charity dedicated to enhancing the lives of people with sight loss. Since their inception, they have been empowering individuals with visual impairments to achieve greater independence and mobility. Their core mission is to provide guide dogs and other mobility services to those in need. With a vision for an inclusive society, they work tirelessly to break down barriers and advocate for the rights and well-being of people with visual impairments.

Look UK
Look offers support and mentoring for young people with visual impairments, helping them build confidence and skills for the future.

RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People)
RNIB is one of the UK’s leading sight loss charities, offering support, advice, and resources to blind and partially sighted individuals.

Thomas Pocklington Trust
Focused on improving the lives of people with sight loss, this charity offers a range of services that focus on education, employment and engagement. They also advocate the needs and aspirations of those affected by sight lost and address their unique challenges.

Vision Action (Formerly known as “Vision Aid Overseas”)
Focused on global eye health, this organisation have the vision of a world where nobody is in poverty due to poor eyesight and nobody has poor eyesight due to poverty. They aim to provide affordable and accessible eyecare across the world.

Macular Society
They are a dedicated group focused on defeating Macular Disease. Their approach is bold, emphasizing fundraising and a supportive community. With a strong commitment to care, empathy, and teamwork, they prioritize the well-being of all members. Trusted for their professionalism and unwavering dedication, they strive relentlessly to conquer Macular Disease

Stargardt’s Connected
A charity that provides information to families affected by Stargardt’s, signposting them to available support, informing of latest research and also promoting a Stargardt’s community which they hope will assist in driving essential research forward.

Glaucoma UK
Glaucoma UK want to end preventable sight loss from glaucoma by campaigning to raise awareness that early detection can lead to treatment. They also provide support to people living with glaucoma, as well as funding sight-saving research.

The Glaucoma Foundation
The Glaucoma Foundation is a US-based organisation that is committed to enhancing the quality of life for individuals affected by glaucoma. They actively promote and fund research in both fundamental and practical aspects of glaucoma to safeguard and recover eyesight. Additionally, they aim to serve as a valuable source of information and support, assisting patients, their families, and those at risk through educational initiatives and outreach programs.

The AK Eye Foundation
They offer comprehensive information on Acanthamoeba Keratitis (AK), a severe eye infection linked to vision loss and blindness. Their resources cover causes, symptoms, treatments, support, and prevention, with a focus on contact lens wearers who face elevated risk. Their mission is to deliver clear, accessible guidance for effective AK management.

FuchsFriends UK
An online community, gated by registration, proving a support network for those who have been diagnosed with the corneal disease, Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy.

UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association
This charity focuses on fostering support for keratoconus patients through forums, conferences, and hospital liaisons. They address crucial questions about treatments, like crosslinking, contact lenses, and corneal transplants, advocating for patients’ interests amid limited awareness and research funding.

Retina UK (Formerly known as RP Fighting Blindness)
Retina UK are a charity supporting people affected with inherited sight loss in addition to funding research to help make the challenges they face a thing of the past. They have an active community and resources to signpost patients to local support groups.

Diabetes UK
A comprehensive charity and website offering support and informative details to those diagnosed as diabetic, as well as those wanting to learn more about the disease. Whilst not necessarily sight-specific, this website provides information regarding diabetes management that can ultimately have an impact on the eyes.

Birdshot Uveitis Society
This UK charity offers support and information for individuals with the rare autoimmune eye condition known as Birdshot Chorioretinopathy, also referred to as Birdshot Retinochoroidopathy or Birdshot Uveitis.