Vision Express backs Macular Society awareness week

Vision charity The Macular Society has delivered its first ever awareness week to raise the profile of AMD.

The awareness week, launched in partnership with Vision Express, was taking place from July 6-12.

Groups, members and optometrists hosted activities while the charity appealed for research funding to help find a cure for macular conditions.

Cathy Yelf, chief executive of the society, said: 'By 2020 almost 700,000 Britons will have late stage AMD. It is now the most common cause of sight loss in the country.

'We are fighting for more funding for macular research because our ageing society means many more people are developing the condition. We urgently need to find a solution.'