World Council of Optometry

8 November 2011

We're delighted to announce that Optometry Giving Sight has won the AOP's Charity of the Year for 2011.

 

The global charity's UK operation secured an impressive 53% of all votes in the category of Charity, Company or Practice of the Year for the organisation that has done the most to promote and expand optometry, or which has brought the benefits of optics to a wider audience.

 

Donna Power, UK Country Manager (pictured on the left with Sales and Marketing Assistant Georgina Woolfrey) accepted the Award at the AOP's black tie event on November 3rd.

 

"This is fantastic news! We're honoured to be recognised in this way and would like to extend our thanks to all those who took the time to vote for us," she said.

 

Optometry Giving Sight was first established in the UK in 2003 when the World Council of Optometry (WCO), the International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE) and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) came together and to mobilise resources from the optometric community to help eliminate refractive error blindness and low vision in the developing world.

 

Since then, the UK operation has expanded through the growing support from the country's optical profession and now makes a significant contribution to Optometry Giving Sight's global fundraising efforts.

 

The AOP is the professional representative body for optometrists in the UK. It has 11,000 members whose professional interests it safeguards and promotes.

 

For more information about Optometry Giving Sight, visit www.givingsight.org/