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Fight for Sight survey on eye conditions and sight loss

Fight for Sight needs your help as part of a ground-breaking survey into the experience of living with sight loss or an eye condition. By taking part in the survey you will be helping Fight for Sight to put sight loss on the map and help increase the amount of money going into eye research.

You may not be aware but currently sight loss costs the UK economy over £28 billion each year. Yet only 1% of public grant funding for medical research is spent on eye research. That’s just £20 for each person living with sight loss.

Fight for Sight is determined to change this – but they need your support. Taking part could help them secure urgently needed funding for pioneering eye research projects.

Fight for Sight have asked Populus and Kaleidoscope Research to conduct the survey. We are independent research organisations and the information you share with us via this survey will be used for research purposes. The findings may be used as part of the evidence Fight for Sight present when seeking funding for eye research projects, in reports and as part of their publicity and campaigns work. Any findings published will be anonymised and not used in a manner which could identify you. We will respect your privacy at all times and your information will be kept securely.

To take part in the survey please click on the link below or paste it into your browser, it should take no more than 15 minutes to complete.

Take the survey online here.

If you would prefer to complete the survey by telephone, please contact Fight for Sight during office hours on 020 7264 3900 and they will arrange this for you.

If you have any queries or survey related issues please contact [email protected]

Take part in sight services research

You can take part in a new study of services for people with impaired vision.

Commissioned by major sight loss charities, the research aims to drive improvements to services.

Phone interviews last 40 minutes and anyone anywhere in the UK can take part. Participants will receive £30 as a thank you.

Please click here to take part.

Fight for Sight launches survey to gather insights on personal impact of sight loss

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Fight for Sight is launching an online survey to gather broader insights into the personal impact of sight loss and eye conditions. The charity invites those affected by sight loss – either personally or indirectly via someone they care for – to participate in the survey and strengthen the case for urgently needed eye research funding.

The survey comes in response to shocking findings that sight loss costs the UK over £28 billion each year, yet only 1% of funding for public services is spent on eye research. This equates to just £20 for each person living with sight loss.

Fight for Sight believes that despite the evidence, the scale of this growing health challenge is not being taken seriously. Determined to change this and to build a case for more eye research funding, Fight for Sight desperately needs the input of those affected by sight loss to demonstrate its impact and to secure more funding for pioneering eye research.

Fight for Sight’s Chief Executive, Sherine Krause, said:

“In launching this survey, we hope to gather some valuable insights into the impact sight loss can have on those living with it. Unfortunately, sight loss is viewed by many people as inevitable. But we know its impact – for many people – can be devastating, from both a personal and financial perspective.

“We’re determined to build a case to demonstrate this, in order to be able to fund life-changing research. Fight for Sight’s pioneering research has already led to transformational treatments and our science is on the verge of future cures. With more funding, we hope to radically reshape the future for everyone affected by sight loss.”

Participation in the survey involves a short 15-minute phone interview or online survey in which respondents share information and answer questions on how living with sight loss or an eye condition impacts their life or that of the person they care for.
Interested participants should fill in the following short questionnaire to register their interest in taking part: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/TG2PRLX, which takes less than five minutes to complete, or call 020 7264 3900.

When the full 15-minute survey is launched in early 2020, those who have registered their interest will be contacted and invited to take part in a 15-minute online survey. The survey can also be done over the phone if this better suits access needs.
To register interest in taking part, please complete this short questionnaire by following this link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/TG2PRLX or call 020 7264 3900.

Participants can really help to transform the eye research landscape and build a case to secure urgently needed funding for pioneering eye research projects.

-ENDS-

Contacts:

Alice Mitchell, Senior Media and Communications Officer; Direct line: 020 7264 3917; E-mail: [email protected]

About Fight for Sight

Fight for Sight is the leading UK charity dedicated to funding pioneering research to prevent sight loss and treat eye disease.

The charity currently invests over £8m in 160 research projects at 49 different universities and hospitals across the UK.

The organisation’s research covers both common and rare eye diseases and conditions including age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, inherited eye diseases and those linked to other conditions like stroke and diabetes.

Over the course of Fight for Sight’s history the charity’s achievements include:

  • the creation of the corneal transplant service
  • new treatments to save the sight of premature babies
  • research leading to the world’s first clinical trial of gene therapy treatments for choroideremia, an inherited condition that causes blindness in men
  • the design of a new eye test that can detect the early stages of sight loss in age-related macular degeneration
  • the identification of new genes responsible for glaucoma, retinitis pigmentosa, keratoconus and other corneal disorders
  • supporting the development of Peek, a Portable Eye Examination Kit that uses a unique smartphone-based system for eye testing anywhere in the world

Fight for Sight social media:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fightforsightuk

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FightforsightUK

Instagram: @fightforsightuk

Sight Loss Councils survey

A guest post:

Sight Loss Councils have a vision for change – we want blind and partially sighted people to have access to goods and services at the same level as everybody else.

We want to know what you really think about the accessibility of services offered to blind and partially sighted people in your local area. We will use your collective opinions to challenge service providers and work with them to provide more inclusive services. The survey focuses on the themes of Education, Employment, Health and Social Care, Sport and Leisure, Technology and Transport.

The survey has been accessibility tested for both phones and PCs and should only take 10-20 mins to complete. It will be open from 1 – 28 June 2019. If you need any assistance completing the survey or wish to contact us for further information please email [email protected]

Help us to make change, tell us what you think, click on this link . 

Do you use audio description to watch TV?

Research participation opportunity

If you use audio description services to watch TV, you could help Victoria, from the University of Seville, with her survey of VI friendly TV.

Please read on …

My name is Victoria García-Prieto and I work at the University of Seville (Spain). I am currently conducting research on accessible television for people with disabilities. I have designed a brief online survey to find out what people think of subtitling, audio description and sign language services on the BBC.

To thank you for your participation, at the end of the survey please leave your email address and you will be put into a draw to win two hotel nights for two people. Your answers will remain totally anonymous.

Victoria has promised to share with us her research findings.