Success at Christmas for VCHP

Vision Care for Homeless People (VCHP) saw 302 patients at the London Crisis at Christmas clinics during December last year.

The optical homeless support charity utilised the skills of optical volunteers to support the Crisis at Christmas clinics with eye examinations and glasses for the homeless. Of the 302 patients seen, 32 were referred to Crisis’ ophthalmologist who was on hand each day with Topcon technology.

Volunteers travelled from all over the UK to run the clinics. With their help, 232 pairs of glasses were ordered with another 102 pairs of ready readers dispensed.

Nalayini Thangarajah, a hospital optometrist from Exeter, volunteered during December and commented: ‘It was lovely to work with such great people while volunteering as part of the Crisis eyecare service. There were so many happy faces from both guests and volunteers.’