Two million people in the UK are living with sight loss that is severe enough to have a significant impact on their daily lives. Half of this sight loss is avoidable. Sight is the sense people fear losing the most, yet many of us don’t know how to look after our eyes. National Eye Health Week runs from 21 to 27 September – and aims to change all that, because vision really matters.

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Wales Council of the Blind is putting together a Sight Loss Manifesto - and it would like to hear your views The Welsh Assembly (Senedd) Elections are taking place in 2021. Wales Council of the Blind (WCB) wants to present to each candidate the priorities for blind and partially-sighted people in Wales. WCB needs to…

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