The Eye Fund
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Did you know that there are currently no paid counsellors for most people who are losing their vision in the UK?
We discovered this shocking fact while doing some research into where funds we were raising would be best spent.
Why are we raising funds?
Our son Simon was a smart and highly intelligent boy. He lost an eye in a play accident when he was 8 years old, but didn’t allow this to get in the way of passing 13 ‘O’ Levels at school. Later, possibly due to the trauma of this accident he developed Retinal Cone Dystrophy. This meant that not only was he losing his sight, his vision was very unpredictable and he struggled to cope.
Simon died aged just 39 in 2005.
Simon’s passion was graphic design, and even when his vision was poor he spent hours on his computer creating images based around the eye. These images are incredible, some clearly representing the eye, some are very abstract.
As a family we wanted to share these wonderful images with others and raise money to help people where it is most needed. We thought a great way to do this would be to produce a calendar using Simon’s work.
Because we aren’t experts in this field we didn’t know where the money would be most needed so we arranged a meeting with Professor Alan Bird, Andrew Webster and Barbara Norton at Moorfields Hospital, London. This is where we learned about the lack of paid counsellors. We instantly knew that this is where our money needed to go. When we realised that just £40 would buy 1 hour of counselling for somebody like Simon it added a real urgency to our project.
We have been really fortunate to have secured the support of Sir Paul McCartney who has given us his experts to help us produce an excellent calendar and he has helped to finance the production costs. Paul has written a lovely sensitive forward for the calendar to make it really special. Because of all this help, every single penny that is raised from sales or donations will go into The Eye Fund to provide counselling for people who are in danger of losing their vision. In addition to selling the calendars it is our intention to use Simon’s work in a huge variety of ways. Some of the images cry out to be printed on silk; some would make beautiful greetings cards, while others will be taken on tour to a series of art galleries across the UK.
This is just the beginning!
We have had help from many unexpected sources. If you can help us by contributing towards an hour of counselling please do get in touch at pj.sherry@googlemail.com.
To purchase a calendar or to make a donation please write to Paul or Carol Sherry at 6 Patten Street, Birkenhead, CH41 8DN. You can find out more from Simon’s web site, which his brother maintains, at www.eye-psi.com
We strongly believe that if this facility had been available to Simon, things would have been very different for him. To help us make that difference happen for others please do get in touch.
The Eye Fund Locality of Operation
- National
The Eye Fund Areas of Benefit
- Aged
- Blind
- Disabled
- Health
Address
6 Patten Street
Birkenhead, Merseyside
CH41 8DN
Tel - 0151 670 1679
Fax -
Websites and Email Contact
The website of The Eye Fund is - http://www.eye-psi.com
Number of Trustees
The total number at The Eye Fund is 5+
Donate Webpage Available
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