WCSM trust accepts £25,000 donation

The WCSM Education Trust has received a donation of £25,000 from the original Optical Consumer Complaints Council.

David Burt OBE, chairman of the original Council presented to WCSM Master Edward Middleton (left) at the company’s December Court Luncheon this month.

Middleton said: ‘The WCSM Education Trust is delighted to have received this donation. The funds will be used to support our programme of educational events for people working in optics and to generate interest in optics at Schools Link events, meetings and conferences.’

Richard Wilshin, a former Registrar of the GOC, added: ‘When the Optical Consumer Complaints Service (OCCS) was first established, it was funded by donations from the GOC and principal optical bodies. Amendments to the Opticians Act subsequently enabled the GOC to fund a complaints service. The original OCCS company no longer administers the service but, having moved out of London for the last six years of the company’s contract, it was possible to maintain the service at a reduced cost and accumulate a surplus.