Fight for Sight | Funding research breakthroughs and social change to Save Sight. Change Lives

Help local services for blind and vision impaired people bloom this spring.

Two young people with vision impairment on a farm visit. They are sat on a sofa, having a conversation.

Imagine being told that you, or someone you love, is losing their sight.

At that moment, two profound questions demand urgent answers: Can this be stopped? How will I live my life? Fight for Sight exists to answer both questions positively. We find and fund brilliant minds and bright ideas, putting change in sight for everyone impacted by vision loss.

Our researchers are at the forefront, making breakthroughs and discoveries that will help us to better understand, prevent, diagnose and treat eye disease. The partnerships we build and initiatives we support are changing lives for blind and vision impaired people.

We won’t stop until we: 'Save Sight. Change Lives.'

Every 6 minutes

a person in the UK hears that they will lose their sight
Just 1.2%

of public investment in medical research goes into eye research

Time to Focus Report

We've found brilliant minds and bright ideas to tackle sight loss

They just need your funding.

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£5 a month could help fund a telephone helpline that gives support to someone feeling vulnerable, lonely and isolated.

£10 could pay for essential lab equipment used to help develop new, effective drugs and therapies for sight-threatening conditions.

£25 could help blind and vision impaired people build confidence around navigating technology and re-engaging with a favourite hobby.

£25 could help fund a befriending service for people who are blind and vision impaired who feel isolated in their own homes.

£50 could help pay for innovative and cutting-edge technology to accelerate vision research

£100 could help train the next generation of ophthalmic researchers, building vital capacity in the UK

Choose your own amount to donate

A woman at her laptop, taking a phone call

Close up of a researchers hands, holding a pipette and a test tube

A man with a white stick, being guided by another man

An older woman in an armchair, enjoying a conversation with another woman

A researcher looking into a microscope, in a lab

A medical professional in clinic, examining a young girl's eyes

2.7 million

people will be living with vision loss by 2030. We’ll make sure life after vision loss is not a lonely one
Almost £30m

is how much we plan to invest across scientific and social change over the next 5 years

Our impact

Our impact

Read how your support enables us to fund brilliant minds and bright ideas putting change in sight for everyone impacted by vision loss.
Our Research Funding

We fund brilliant minds working to put change in sight for everyone impacted by vision loss.
Social change fund

For projects with the potential to transform the lives of blind and vision impaired people.

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Learn about the cause, diagnosis and treatments for dozens of eye conditions resulting in vision loss. Find out about the research we're funding to help improve the lives of those impacted.

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Help local services for blind and vision impaired people bloom this spring.

Imagine being told that you, or someone you love, is losing their sight.

We've found brilliant minds and bright ideas to tackle sight loss

Our impact

Our impact

Our Research Funding

Social change fund

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