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A huge thank you to everyone who completed our 2025 sight loss survey. This year we received over 600 responses. It follows similar surveys in 2019 and 2022 which led directly to the introduction of our Unlock Genetics and Discover Wellbeing resources, as well as shaping our work with the professional community who support people with inherited sight loss.

Retina UK is set to feature in BBC Lifeline Appeal on BBC One on Sunday 16 November 2026.

Researchers who received funding from Retina UK have carried out experimental gene therapy that is reported to have led to ‘life changing improvements’ to sight for four children with inherited sight loss.

Imagine, if you can, evading capture from an elite team of hunters for 21 days when you’re blind! Ste and his co-fugitive, Chris, did just that in the new series of Hunted (Channel 4) which starts on Sunday 12 October.

Tribute to Retina UK founder Lynda Cantor MBE