• Privacy policy
  • T&C’s
  • About Us
    • FAQ
    • Meet the Team
  • Contact us
  • Guest Content
TLE ONLINE SHOP!
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Opinion
  • Elevenses
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
  • Food
    • All Food
    • Recipes
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
  • JOBS
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
SUPPORT THE LONDON ECONOMIC
NEWSLETTER
  • TLE
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Opinion
  • Elevenses
  • Entertainment
    • All Entertainment
    • Film
    • Lifestyle
      • Horoscopes
    • Lottery Results
      • Lotto
      • Thunderball
      • Set For Life
      • EuroMillions
  • Food
    • All Food
    • Recipes
  • Property
  • Travel
  • Tech/Auto
  • JOBS
No Result
View All Result
The London Economic
No Result
View All Result
Home Must Reads Good News

Charity providing free eye care for homeless people gets cash boost to expand London services

A charity providing free eye care and glasses for homeless people has been awarded a grant to expand its services in London. The City of London Corporation’s charitable funder, City Bridge Trust, has given £37,100 to Vision Care for Homeless People, a charity that supports thousands of homeless people in London every year with eye […]

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2017-04-20 09:12
in Good News, Must Reads
FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailWhatsapp

A charity providing free eye care and glasses for homeless people has been awarded a grant to expand its services in London.

The City of London Corporation’s charitable funder, City Bridge Trust, has given £37,100 to Vision Care for Homeless People, a charity that supports thousands of homeless people in London every year with eye care.

The funding will go towards employing new staff to boost its services across London, including introducing mobile clinics to reach more vulnerable people across the capital.

Vision Care for Homeless People, primarily based in Tower Hamlets, ensures impoverished homeless people in London receive the eye care they need- including eye tests and glasses – at no cost.

The charity has three clinics in London, at Spitalfields, Marylebone and Shepherd’s Bush.  Each clinic is run by a team of volunteers including an optometrist, dispensing optician and clinic assistants.

Recently, in the course of a week the charity saw a record 353 patients.

Homeless people with eyesight problems need glasses to help with finding accommodation and obtaining or retaining employment. Helping them to stay safe and enjoy every day activities, it is key to them changing their lives.

Vision Care for Homeless People says people living on the streets are particularly disadvantaged when it comes to obtaining eye care, with more than half being ineligible for free eye tests and glasses on the NHS.

Alison Gowman, Chairman of the City of London Corporation’s City Bridge Trust Committee, said: “This is a really special charity providing a service that is completely life changing. For someone who is homeless to move forward with their life, they need the tools to do it –  and this charity is providing this vital resource.

RelatedPosts

‘Real-life Father Christmas’ spends £15k buying presents for underprivileged children

Migrants say Manston is a ‘prison’ as they beg for help with message in a bottle

Britain’s biggest food bank might close as their energy bill skyrockets

Energy cap rise means we’ll have to choose between ‘food and electricity’

“Thousands of people are already being helped through this service. But there are more vulnerable individuals who are currently not being reached that would really benefit from this service. Our grant will help to change this.

“City Bridge Trust is committed to tackling disadvantage across the capital and making London a fairer and better place to live.”

 

Content Protection by DMCA.com

Subscribe to our Newsletter

View our  Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions

Trending on TLE

  • All
  • trending
Abdollah

‘Rescue us’: Afghan teacher begs UK to help him escape Taliban

CHOMSKY: “If Corbyn had been elected, Britain would be pursuing a much more sane course”

What If We Got Rid Of Prisons?

More from TLE

Pic shows moment police officers make baa-rmy discovery a flock of sheep in a garden

Fakebook: Are We All As Happy As We Look?

Interior designer who carried out revamp of Chelsea flat’s basement in feud with neighbour

P&O ferry adrift in the Irish Sea with lifeboat search underway

Brexit has already cost the average worker a week’s pay

Lotto Results LIVE for Wednesday 14 July 2021 Lottery Tonight’s winning numbers

1,600 physical assaults recorded on ambulance workers over Covid-19 outbreak

The 20 best kept travel secrets in the world

Unite secures 28% pay rise for hundreds of Luton airport workers

New global heat record set in July

JOBS

FIND MORE JOBS

About Us

TheLondonEconomic.com – Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle.

Read more

Contact

Editorial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

Commercial enquiries, please contact: [email protected]

Address

The London Economic Newspaper Limited t/a TLE
Company number 09221879
International House,
24 Holborn Viaduct,
London EC1A 2BN,
United Kingdom

SUPPORT

We do not charge or put articles behind a paywall. If you can, please show your appreciation for our free content by donating whatever you think is fair to help keep TLE growing and support real, independent, investigative journalism.

DONATE & SUPPORT

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.




No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Food
  • Travel
  • JOBS
  • More…
    • Elevenses
    • Opinion
    • Property
    • Tech & Auto
  • About Us
    • Meet the Team
    • Privacy policy
  • Contact us

© 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. All Rights Reserved.