Our affiliate charities are sharing their expertise in the prevention, early detection and treatment of disease with Our Future Health. By joining forces, the charities are also able to shape the programme to ensure it is fit to serve the research needs of a range of diseases and conditions.

Glaucoma UK

Glaucoma UK is committed to ending preventable sight loss caused by glaucoma. They campaign to raise awareness so glaucoma is detected early and can be treated, support people to live well with glaucoma and fund sight saving research.

Glaucoma

Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that damage the optic nerve.  Most people experience no symptoms in the early stages and the only way to know if you have it is to have an eye test.  Untreated glaucoma will lead to irreversible sight loss and even blindness. An estimated 700,000 people in the UK have glaucoma, and half of them don’t know they have it. Between 2015 and 2035, the number of people living with glaucoma in the UK is expected to increase by 44%.

Affiliate charities

Our Future Health is joining with many of the UK’s leading health research charities who are providing valuable support and expertise to help develop Our Future Health. They will make a big impact in allowing us to ultimately change the way we prevent, detect and treat diseases. 

Joanna Hodgkinson, Head of Research, Glaucoma UK: “We’re delighted to announce that we’re now an affiliate charity of Our Future Health. This partnership will enable us to provide mutual support, share information and raise awareness of our respective research programmes. We are inspired by Our Future Health’s innovative efforts to ensure their volunteer base truly represents the diversity of the UK population. By learning from their successes, we hope to better reach individuals at risk of glaucoma and help prevent sight loss.”

Dr Raghib Ali, CEO and Chief Medical Officer of Our Future Health, said, “We’re thrilled to be working with Glaucoma UK as an affiliate charity of Our Future Health. Their commitment to tackling Glaucoma and their expertise in sight loss research provides an exciting opportunity to collaborate to make discoveries that can prevent glaucoma and help those affected by it.”

Read more about our partnerships. 

Learn about how Our Future Health is changing sight loss healthcare.