Coronavirus
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Vision Aid Overseas plans to re-focus on alternative fundraising methods as the scheme no longer raises enough money to cover the charity’s costs
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After social distancing restrictions were announced in March, the charity fast-tracked a new COVID-secure way to deliver radios to people with sight loss
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Stephen Kirley, a domiciliary optometrist in Glasgow, has passed the midway point of a challenge to cycle to football stadiums across Scotland for the charity Tiny Changes
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The funds will allow 55 homeless people to access eye examinations and spectacles, as a result of Practice Building’s marketing initiative
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The charity announced on its website that doors will officially close on 31 July
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The trust has awarded half a million pounds in emergency funding to help charities supporting blind and partially sighted people through the COVID-19 crisis
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Sunday’s event will raise money for various charities, on the day the London Marathon would have been taking place
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Letters and information leaflets, sent earlier this month to 30 million UK households by prime minister Boris Johnson, have been repurposed as audio recordings by the charity
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The eye research charity said it will continue to award funding for projects during the outbreak
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The support will be available for organisations providing vital services to blind and partially sighted people during the COVID-19 outbreak