National Eye Health Week
14 June 2010 - 20 June 2010
Be a part of National Eye Health Week because Vision Matters!
For the first time ever the UK eyecare sector is joining forces with charities and healthcare professionals to launch National Eye Health Week, which will take place 14–20 June 2010.
Under the banner Vision Matters the campaign aims to communicate the importance of eye health and the need for regular sight tests to people from every walk of life.
Of the 1.8 million people in the UK living with sight loss, 53% could be helped with a simple sight test and new spectacles*.
Organisations across the UK are staging a whole range of activities to support the campaign. To see what you can do go to www.visionmatters.org.uk - the site contains useful eye health information and you can also find out what’s going on and how to take part.
*Future Sight Loss UK (1): The economic impact of partial sight and blindness in the UK adult population, Access Economics PTY Ltd, June 200.
