News and Events
News
Please read our latest Newsletter
If you would like to book on our Skydive or reserve tickets for the Ball please complete the booking form.
Lecture : 'Beating Blindness' 16th April 2009: Read Professor Lotery's presentation
Patients in eastern Southampton are now able to access cutting edge eye treatment closer to home following the launch of a new outreach clinic in Hamble.
Professor Lotery receives a prestigious award 18th April 2009
Major new gene associated with age related macular degeneration
Supporting Gift of Sight will make an enormous difference to the work of our world class experts.
EVENTS
Skydive - 1st May 2010.
The following ten brave people, and myself, have signed up to undertake a tandem parachute jump from 13,000 feet to raise funds to support our research.
The team are : Pete Barton, Mary Beasley, Sasha Beechey, Chris Browning, Colin Elkin, Vivienne Gardiner, Keira Johnston, Richard Jones, Olly Knowles and Sarah (Squidge) Walter. We all have personal reasons to raise money to help research except for a couple of the group who are mad enough to just want to jump from a great height and support us whilst doing so.
Thanks to the team for joining me and I'm sure we'll all support each other well on the day.
If you would like to join us on our tandem jump please contact Ailsa on 023 8059 9073 or e-mail info@giftofsight.org.uk. Alternatively, if you would like to sponsor us please log in to our Justgiving page and choose the person who you feel needs your support. Thank you. Ailsa
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Rotary Horse & Cycle Event 1st May 2010
The next major New Forest Rotary event is their Horse & Cycle Ride on 1st May, starting at Burley in the New Forest. They will be raising funds for Gift of Sight and their other Rotary charities and anyone wishing to take part may like to enter by visiting the Rotary event website.
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Professor Andrew Lotery's Salisbury Fast Twitch Triathlon 16th May 2010
Professor Andrew Lotery has decided, or been persuaded, to undertake a physical challenge to support his research and we all wish him luck with his event. Please help to encourage him by sponsoring him on his Justgiving page
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Car Boot Sale - Sunday 6th June 2010
Winchester Cattle Market, Worthy Road, Winchester
Hopefully we shall have a better day than the previous car boot sale in November when we were 'rained off'. Please clear out your cupboards and bring your car to Winchester on this day so that we can charge you an entry fee to benefit our research.
Entry Costs are Car £6, Car with Trailer/Small Van £7 and a Large Van £8.
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Gift of Sight Ball - 12th June 2010
Our Ball has been kindly sponsored once again by Draper Tools Ltd of Chandler's Ford.
The Ball will be held at the Legacy Botleigh Grange Hotel,Grange Road, Hedge End, Southampton SO30 2GA
Time : 7pm for 7.30 Dress: Black Tie
Tickets £55 per head (£500 for a table of ten) to include a three course meal, half a bottle of wine and music provided by InnerVision. To reserve tickets please contact Ailsa.
We already have some wonderful prizes and will be putting up for auction a suit previously belonging to Christiano Ronaldo, which was worn by him after the World Cup match in 2007. There will be a reserve of £500 on the suit but please make contact if you know anyone who would like to bid.
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Rotary Test Way Walk - 10th October 2010
Please reserve this date in your diary. At present we are thinking of entering a Gift of Sight 13 mile team with a tent/marquee at the finish point - full details will be posted shortly.
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THANK YOU
Would you like to help us?
If you would like to become involved or simply want to find out more please contact us on info@giftofsight.org.uk or telephone Ailsa Walter on 02380 599073.