Vision Care for Homeless People looks for Christmas volunteers

Optical practitioners from all disciplines have been urged to take part in Vision Care for Homeless People’s annual initiative, Crisis at Christmas.

Operating from 10 centres across London, the service is expected to cater for hundreds of patients during the week of December 23-29.

VCHP general manager David Brown said: ‘Each clinic will be led by an optometrist, with assistance from dispensing opticians, optical advisers, and optometry students. We are really hoping to have an ophthalmologist on hand every day to make referrals — especially as Topcon has loaned us an OCT for the week.’