Eyespace and Essilor team up for CHECT

To coincide with Childhood Cancer Awareness month and National Eye Health Week in September, frame supplier Eyespace has teamed up with Essilor’s Crizal UV division to support the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT).

In addition to fundraising initiatives that will be undertaken by individuals within the Eyespace team, throughout September the company will also give a donation of 10p to CHECT for every order they receive. Essilor has pledged to match the donation for every order taken by Eyespace from their Crizal UV Protective Lens customers.

Former optometrist and joint managing director of Eyespace, Jayne Abel, explained the significance of the charity to the company: ‘Protecting the sight of future generations is a cause I hold particularly close, and CHECT is a charity that is important to us all at Eyespace. I’m a mother of three and during my time working in practice and in hospital eye departments I came across a couple of cases of Retinoblastoma. For children of such a young age, they were particularly heart-wrenching discoveries.’