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OUR PLANS
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develop our partnerships with the Danish Association
Burarrwanga to create a limited-edition frame, which
Impaired, the Norwegian Association of the Blind will raise funds for The Fred Hollows Foundation
As part of our drive to transform eye health, this
The UK & the Republic of Ireland will include involvement in research projects, the
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international organisations, including the Royal
National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), Guide Dogs
for the Blind, Blind Veterans UK, Vision Aid Overseas,
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People and Sound Seekers
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provision of free eye tests for underprivileged people
continue our partnerships with national and
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continue to donate pediatric glasses to Fiji’s Pacific
Eye Institute and the Regional Eye Centre in the
Solomon Islands
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continue to support The Fred Hollows Foundation
with the Lions Outback Vision Van in Australia and
refresh our Give Sight Give Back project to enable
the Mobile Eye Clinic in Fiji
greater awareness and fundraising
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look into new opportunities, such as providing
clinical expertise to the Norwegian Association of
provide ongoing support to local charities through
the Blind’s project in Nepal and working with Faktum,
fundraising and awareness activities in our stores
Supply chain
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continue to support local charities and good causes
at our manufacturing sites and across our global
a magazine sold by homeless people in Sweden
and support offices
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collaborate with Aboriginal artist Peter Datjing
of the Blind, the Swedish Association of the Visually
and the Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired.
In 2018/19 the Specsavers partnership will:
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supply chain teams
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continue our partnership with the International
Glaucoma Association to help promote
encourage our teams to volunteer and give back to
our local communities
glaucoma awareness
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support National Eye Health Week,
promoting the importance of eye health
and regular eye examinations
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raise at least £120,000 for anti-bullying Sound Seekers
charity Kidscape Our partnership with Sound Seekers, now in its third
continue to support the National Council for the Blind year, sees UK stores collect and donate more than
of Ireland (NCBI) and raise awareness of eye health 2,000 unused hearing aids annually. The charity is
dedicated to improving the lives of deaf people in
Spain developing countries. Our donations help fund the
• Zambia, which repairs, recalibrates and distributes
Hearing Aid Refurbishment Project (HARP) in Lusaka,
continue our partnership with the ONCE
charity by sponsoring guide dogs
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hearing aids that would otherwise not be available or
Designs by Aboriginal artist Peter Datjing Burarrwanga
support under-privileged children through
will feature on limited-edition frames in Australia.
affordable to people in need.
the donation of glasses and school materials
‘We would like to thank Specsavers for this
The Netherlands
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continue to fundraise for Stichting Specsavers Steunt,
which donates money to each store’s chosen charity
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encourage our teams to become involved in good
causes by supporting local initiatives
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incredible partnership, which is supporting children
Australia & New Zealand and adults with hearing loss in some of the poorest
• organise four outreach opportunities for our aids at no cost, thanks to the project. Your support is
optometrists and graduate optometrists transforming lives’.
launch a recycling initiative in collaboration with Tanya D’Souza, Sound Seekers
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work with our new national charity, Oogfonds, Lions Recycle for Sight Australia. By collecting pre-
and raise €50,000 to fund scientific research into loved ophthalmic glasses and prescription sunglasses
blindness and visual impairments in our stores, Lions Club International will arrange for
communities in Africa to gain much-needed hearing
the spectacles to be processed and sent to people in
The Nordics
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need across the globe
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embark on a new research and development
continue our fundraising efforts for a range of partnership with TerraCycle, to explore innovative
charities, including Ronald McDonald House Charities options for recycling materials such as acetate for
and the Friends of the Children’s Hospital Association use in eye-test technology
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