VE celebrates charity achievements

Six-year-old eye cancer survivor Katie Boyce from Derbyshire was special guest as Vision Express celebrated the fundraising efforts of its team and customers.

The company has raised £160,000 during the past 12 months for the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT).

Katie Boyce, from Swadlincote, represented CHECT alongside her mother Jamie and CHECT’s CEO Joy Felgate, as Vision Express CEO Jonathan Lawson announced the annual fundraising total at the optical retailer’s new Nottingham HQ (see news).

The donation of £160,000 topped the amount raised in the previous year by £55,000, and was presented to mark International Childhood Cancer Awareness Day on February 3.