Events
Our heartfelt thanks to all friends and supporters who organise fundraising events on our behalf. We really appreciate your incredible help. Please scroll down to see upcoming events and please let us know if we can help with your planning - we're always happy to get involved!
Photographs of some of our events can be seen on our 'Gallery' page.
Our upcoming events..
Bach Winchester Voices and Orchestra present 'Bach's Christmas Oratorio' - 19 January 2025, St Paul's Church, Winchester
We are pleased to be working with Jon Newman again for what promises to be another delightful Bach performance. Bach Winchester Voices and Orchestra, directed by the talented Andrew Hayman will to perform parts III-IV of J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio in the intimate setting of St Paul's Church, Winchester. The hugely talented Sebastian Hill will be back as Evangelist; we can't wait to hear his exquisite vocals again! Professor Andrew Lotery will say a few words about current eye research projects at the event.
Entry is free, and retiring donations will be welcome for Gift of Sight at the door. Please help us manage numbers by reserving a space using the following link. Further details will be sent to you a week before the performance. Parking is available in the station car park.
Date: Sunday 19th January 2025
Time: 4:00 p.m .performance starts
Venue: St Paul's Church, St Paul's Hill, Winchester, SO22 5AB
Please note, pre-registration for this event is now fully booked. If you would like to join a waiting list, please contact info@giftofsight.org.uk with your telephone number and number of tickets required.
SAVE THE DATE - Gift of Sight Lecture, evening of 14 May 2025
More details available soon.
Albinism Research - please support fundraising for this
A clinical trial was originally planned to start this year as part of the OLIVIA study, led by Dr Helena Lee. However, the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) have requested data requiring a significant amount of additional work, before giving authorisation for the trial to proceed. Unfortunately, there are no funds available to carry out this work, which means that it is now necessary to apply for new funding to get the trial underway.
Some very kind parents have offered to fundraise to help Helena's team obtain the data that will be necessary to recommence the trial . We're hugely grateful for their generosity and will be delighted if you will generously support them. Here are the links to their Justgiving pages, which share their personal stories: Thank you.
Abby Arrowsmith is also fundraising for Dr Helena's research with Gift of Sight (justgiving.com)
THANK YOU :To everyone who has helped us out by fundraising in so many ways. Please see our Fundraising Gallery for past events.
If you would like to become involved or simply want to find out more about the work of our vision research projects, please make contact info@giftofsight.org.uk
Alternatively we'd love to chat to you! Please telephone Ailsa on 02380 599073 or Jennie on 02380 5995924.
