Our Impact

Our funding in action.

A group of young people with vision impairment on a farm visit, funded by Fight for Sight. They are standing around a counter and preparing food.

Impact Stories

We’re a funder, with the experience and expertise to find and fund brilliant minds and bright ideas. The golden thread that links everything we fund, is that it works toward our mission to ‘Save Sight. Change Lives.’

We de-risk the projects we fund by passing them through our grants assessment panels. Both panels, our Research and Social Grant Assessment Panel (RGAP and SGAP) consist of sector professionals.

This process ensures we’re investing our money into projects with the most potential to deliver projects that drive freedom, independence and connection and research that’s putting change in sight.

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Research
A deeper understanding of glaucoma
A deeper understanding of glaucoma
A large group of young adults all wearing yellow hoodies are posing on a sandy beach in front of a row of colourful beach huts. Some of the people have their arms around each other's shoulders, some are kneeling on the sand. They are all looking very happy
Social change
How Usher Kids UK is bringing isolated families together
How Usher Kids UK is bringing isolated families together
DNA Strand on Fight for Sight and Retina UK funded researchers identify new cause of inherited eye condition – retinitis pigmentosa
Research
Revealing the genetics of ocular coloboma
Revealing the genetics of ocular coloboma
A young boy is having his eyes tested, across from him and looking through an OCT scanner is a ophthalmologist wearing  a mask
Social change
“You can go your whole life without meeting someone with the same condition.”
“You can go your whole life without meeting someone with the same condition.”
Heping Xu in the Lab working alongside a fellow researcher.
Research
Revealing the biology of Age-related Macular Degeneration
Revealing the biology of Age-related Macular Degeneration
A person looking down with a sombre background, with the words '#The Unseen' covering her eyes
Social change
How a ground-breaking report inspired an audio drama
‘The Unseen’: How a ground-breaking report inspired an audio drama
Extreme close up of the iris
Research
Developing a cell therapy for uveitis
Developing a cell therapy for uveitis
Social change
More than just a walk in the park
MyVision Oxfordshire's Green Walks are more than just a walk in the park
Brightly coloured section of genetic code
Research
Decoding the genetics of inherited retinal diseases
Decoding the genetics of inherited retinal diseases
A black woman with a headscarf looks downwards while leaning against a wall, her face is obscured by the words The Unseen
Social change
Behind the scenes of Unseen, a gripping new audio drama
Behind the scenes of Unseen, a gripping new audio drama
An old style television set sitting in front of some 'vintage' wallpaper to denote 'old-fashioned but simple solutions' The research this reflects is about watching television at home to test eye tracking for people living with glaucoma.
Research
Tracking eye movements for people with glaucoma by watching TV
Tracking eye movements for people with glaucoma by watching TV
Two young people visiting a farm, they are each holding a chicken in their arms
Social change
Farm visits for young people are enriching lives and creating community
Farm visits for young people are enriching lives and creating community
Our new logo as a png file in navy
Social change
Improving safety for blind and vision impaired people experiencing domestic violence
Improving safety for blind and vision impaired people experiencing domestic violence
Kate Cameron looks up hopefully

“If I can do anything in my lifetime to help prevent my children from losing any more sight, or to give them the opportunity to give them better sight, then that’s what I’ll do.”

Kate Cameron from the Cameron Family Fund