Vision Care

26/05/2026

☀️ ☀️ ☀️ It’s bright out there! Can you help protect peoples eyes by donating some sunnies? 😎 - Supplies needed urgently for our Manchester & Birmingham clinics. 🙏

People experiencing homelessness are more vulnerable to the damaging effects of UV rays to eyesight as they are more likely to spend time outside without shelter. ☀️ ☀️ ☀️
UV radiation can have both short- and long-term effects on the condition of our eyes. It can burn the surface, cornea and lens of the eye, much like sun can burn skin. Long-term exposure to UV radiation can be serious, increasing the risk of developing cataracts. It can also cause cancers of the eyelid and contribute to Macular Degeneration.

🕶️ Frame companies – optical stores – please get in touch if you have surplus sunglasses you could donate to our clinics to help people protect themselves through this heat wave - Contact [email protected] or comment below. Thank you!

13/05/2026

May has 2 bank holidays, (and a little more sunshine🌞), more opportunities to enjoy time outdoors with friends and family.

But imagine trying to experience the world around you when everything is blurred because you don’t have, or can’t afford glasses.

Poor vision can lead to headaches, isolation, anxiety, and low confidence - especially when you already feel excluded from society.

This Mental Health Awareness Week, we’re highlighting the link between sight and mental wellbeing.

£50 can help provide life-changing glasses to someone in need, donate via the link in the comments 👇🏽

14/04/2026

🎉 Huge congratulations to our three runners, Rachel McClelland, Anna Frazer and Liz Brown who successfully completed the London Landmarks Half Marathon on Sunday, in aid of Vision Care🏅.
Well done!! We are very proud - and very grateful for the amazing fundraising you have done - collectively raising £2.5K for our clinics 🙏 👁️
🪇 Inspired? Comment below if you'd like to run to champion eyecare services for people experiencing homelessness or email [email protected] - we'd love to chat to you about some great events coming up!

07/01/2026

🔥Count down to Out of the Box Optoversity Challenge continues... 🎉
👉Sign up for first and second years online quiz on 1st Feb.. 🙌
👊 and 1 month today before we meet the final year students on the 7th Feb for a day of challenges and learning experiences. 👏
Sign up for both events closes on the 30th Jan (see link in bio f.f.i and to sign up).
There are some great PRIZES to be won (see our next post!) Are you joining us???
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24/12/2025

❄️ This Christmas, help someone rediscover their world. 👓

Donate here to our Christmas appeal 👉 https://visioncareforhomelesspeople.enthuse.com/cf/vision-care-s-christmas-appeal

23/12/2025

22/12/2025

❄️ This Christmas, help Vision Care bring life changing eye care to those in need by donating to our Christmas Appeal - https://visioncareforhomelesspeople.enthuse.com/cf/vision-care-s-christmas-appeal🎄 🫶

18/12/2025

Too late to send cards? You can still share the spirit of Christmas by sending Vision Care's e-cards to your loved ones! ❄👉https://www.dontsendmeacard.com/ecards/charities/vision-care-for-homeless-people

14/12/2025

Strike cards off the Christmas to do list by sending a Vision Care Christmas eCard instead! Select one of our 8 Christmassy photo ecards and make a donation to Vision Care in lieu of spending on cards and stamps! There are cards for companies too which you can brand with your logo. Choose here : https://www.dontsendmeacard.com/ecards/charities/vision-care-for-homeless-people

13/12/2025

❄️ WHY YOU SHOULD DONATE TO OUR CHRISTMAS APPEAL ❄️
Hearing from our volunteers is always inspiring - as they see first-hand how something as simple as an eye exam or a pair of glasses can change lives by opening doors — to opportunity, connection, confidence, and safety.

Our Plymouth team were buzzing on Thursday - 📈 6 TESTED ✅️ 6 DISPENSED 🛍 1 COLLECTION 💻 1 REORDER 🪛 1 REPAIR .. but more importantly they were buzzing from seeing how our eyecare service is a stepping stone for people in prioritising themselves and their health:
🫶 A rough sleeper living in a tent who had lost his glasses and was missing the pleasure reading gives them
🫶 A patient who had used our service last year - and came by because their glasses had been stolen - they were delighted we could help again and told the volunteers how they'll be marking a year of sobriety in January and was about to sign up to a course on understanding trauma.
🫶 A patient who was struggling from eye strain from wearing ready readers - and needed some distance glasses - plus eyedrops to help with dry eye.

❄️ Your donation to our Christmas appeal will help our volunteers change lives for more patients in the year ahead. 👁️
🙏 Please donate here - Thank you!! ❤️ https://visioncareforhomelesspeople.enthuse.com/cf/vision-care-s-christmas-appeal