We are delighted to announce a grant to The Sector Partnership for Optical Knowledge and Education (SPOKE) to fund a new project to inspire an early interest in careers in eye care among primary and secondary school pupils. Encouraging young people to consider careers in eye care is essential for the future of our professions,…
To provide high quality, accessible, easy
to use images and resources to LOCs, the profession and
wider health and social care sector as part of a campaign to raise the profile of Optometry and prevent avoidable sight loss in the UK.
Our Annual report is now available online at Central Fund Annual Report 2024/25Have a read to learn more about what we do and how we’ve provided support to parts of the sector over the past year.
Our 2025 Annual General Meeting takes place online at 6.30pm on Monday 24th November 2025
National Eye Health Week 2023 takes place 18 – 24 September
We’re pleased that our support for an Ulster University project on visual stress is showing early promise with a presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) conference in Salt Lake City. The project involves a double-masked placebo-controlled randomised control trial investigating coloured spectacle lens efficacy in adults with symptoms of…
The Central Fund collaborated with Inspiring Success to provide CPD accredited Wellbeing Workshops for LOCs to support their local practice workforce.The Central Fund recognise the value of providing wellbeing support for LOCs and the importance of the topic across the optical sector. The project scope was viewed as highly beneficial, potentially positively impacting contractors, performers,…
Our 2024 Annual General Meeting will be held online (via Zoom) from 6.30pm to 7.15pm on Monday 25th November 2024.
National Eye Health Week 2023 takes place 18 – 24 September
A brief report for LOC AGMs of the work of The LOC Central Fund and our offer of Free Wellbeing Support