Please see below a list of various charities working to improve the lives of people with visual impairments through providing direct services, promoting awareness of specific eye conditions, or advocating and facilitating research.
This list of charities is not comprehensive. You can search a more detailed directory of services and information aimed at helping blind or partially sighted people at Sight Line Directory.
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A support group and charity concerned with this rare genetic condition which causes a lack of irises and poor vision from birth.
A national charity providing free support and services to all vision-impaired Armed Forces and National Service veterans.
Working for people with diabetes, funding research, campaigning and helping people live with the condition.
Funds pioneering research to prevent sight loss and treat eye disease in adults and children.
Promoting the health, equality and independence of blind and partially sighted people.
A UK-based charity providing education, information and support to people with glaucoma, funding for research and education about the condition.
A specialist charity for people affected by any form of macular disease or macular degeneration.
Operates the world’s largest charitable hospital ship, bringing free medical care and surgery to some of the world’s poorest people.
Provides support and information to parents and carers of children with Microphthalmia, Anophthalmia, Coloboma and related conditions.
Run by individuals and families affected by the eye condition nystagmus.
ORBIS is dedicated to saving sight and eliminating avoidable blindness worldwide by providing quality eye care to transform lives.
Supports people affected by inherited progressive sight loss and invests in medical research to ensure that people can live a fulfilling life.
Offers information, support and advice to people with sight loss.
Works to encourage people who are blind or partially sighted and have other multiple disabilities to achieve their full potential and enhance their quality of life.
An international charity which works with partners to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote equality of opportunity for disabled people in the developing world.
A charitable provider of expert eye care in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, treating patients regardless of ethnicity, religion or ability to pay.
An independent charity committed to bringing about better health and health care for people in the UK.
Offers people who are blind or have sight loss the help, support and care they require to lead an independent life, based on their individual requirements.
A patient-led charity, based in the UK, run by volunteers who suffer from uveitis.
Aims to deliver sustainable solutions for the alleviation of blindness, and for preserving sight, anywhere in the world by enhancing the skills of locally-based eye care professionals through education.
