sight loss

Two-year-old Martha Thompson, in turquoise glasses, walking across a wooden floor with a pink cane, her mum smiling behind her
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SWANSEA: Meet Martha, the two-year-old with the pink cane who is the star of Guide Dogs’ new TV advert

Martha Thompson was a few months old when her parents learned she had a rare inherited eye condition. Now she…

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Kit Peters
Andrew Windsor, a member of Llanelli Photographic Society with sight loss, pictured with his black labrador guide dog Lilly
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LLANELLI: Guide dog Lilly steals the show at Wales’s oldest camera club after model gets stuck in traffic

When the booked model failed to show up, blind photographer Andrew Windsor had the perfect solution — his black labrador…

Swansea man Paul Coker, living with type 1 diabetes, standing outdoors on a mountain path. He is contributing to research aimed at improving access to eye care and preventing avoidable sight loss
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Swansea man helps shape research to prevent sight loss from diabetes

As National Eye Health Week begins, Swansea’s Paul Coker shares how his lived experience with diabetes is helping shape research…

Ospreys July rugby session Joe and Mona
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Sight loss no barrier to rugby with new Ospreys sessions

A Neath mum with sight loss has taken on a sports challenge with a difference, thanks to a new initiative…

British Wireless for the Blind Fund provides visually impaired people with a free audio device.
British Wireless for the Blind Fund

Sight loss charity extends campaign to continue specialist support during COVID

British Wireless for the Blind Fund (BWBF), a Kent-based sight loss charity that provides free, specially adapted audio equipment to…