History
Fight for Sight was founded in 1965 by Professor Norman Ashton CBE, Director of Pathology at the Institute of Ophthalmology. In the same year, the Prevention of Blindness Research Fund (which later became the British Eye Research Foundation) was established with funds raised by the Royal Eye Hospital League of Friends. In 1989, Prince Andrew, Duke of York became Fight for Sight’s Royal Patron.
Fight for Sight as it exists today evolved through a merger of Fight for Sight and the British Eye Research Foundation in 2005. This merger created the largest national charity dedicated to funding eye research in the UK.
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