Specsavers Caterham sends bulk VAO donation

An optical practice has collected more than a thousand pairs of spectacles for charity Vision Aid Overseas.

Specsavers in Caterham, Surrey, took 1,200 frame donations last year.

Sundip Patel, store director of Specsavers Caterham, said: ‘We encourage all of our customers purchasing new glasses to donate their old pair. It’s so easy to do and rather than gathering dust at the back of a cupboard, they can benefit people in countries where quality eye care is not as readily available. Our customers have really embraced the scheme and it’s been brilliant to actually see the boxes of specs sent to the charity.’