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Ireland

Organization: Fighting Blindness
Status: Full Member

Description

Fighting Blindness funds world-leading research into cures and treatments for blindness. We also provide a unique professional counselling service for people with visual impairments and their families.

Finding cures for blindness will be one of the great human achievements of history and here in Ireland we're at the forefront of the race. Research funded by Fighting Blindness is at the cutting edge of science in the fields of gene therapy and adult stem cell technology.

OUR VISION

A world where all sight loss can be prevented or cured.

OUR MISSION

Fighting Blindness will find treatments and cures for sight loss through world-leading research, while providing support to all those affected.

OUR VALUES

Patient Focus - In all matters our main focus is on people living with sight loss and their families.
Leadership - We work to anticipate and lead positive change for people living with sight loss and developing research into cures and treatments for blindness.
Partnership - We foster collaborations between relevant organisations and stakeholders to achieve our mission.
Professionalism - We are committed to achieving excellence in all our activities.
Accountability - We conduct ourselves in a transparent and accountable manner.

RESEARCH

Fighting Blindness is an Irish charity funding world-leading research into cures for blindness - an incredible achievement for an organisation that was started by a group of Irish patients just over 25 years ago.

Researchers funded by Fighting Blindness were the first in the world to discover the gene reponsible for the blinding condition Retinitis Pigmentosa. Since then we have relentlessly pursued solutions to different causes of blindness and are now close to cures for some sight loss conditions. Our work focuses on retinal degenerative diseases.

We are indebted to all the hard-working scientists who have dedicated their time, energy and expertise to Fighting Blindness research over 27 years.

Fighting Blindness funds research projects in our own Vision Research Institute in addition to universities, hospitals and colleges nationally and Internationally. Since 2005 we have invested over Euro 3 million in research.

Full details of the research we fund may be viewed at http:/tinyurl.com/FB-Research.

Support

INSIGHT Counselling Centre

In addition to promoting research, Fighting Blindness established the Insight Counselling Centre in 2002. The Centre offers free professional counselling of the highest clinical standard to individuals with visual impairment, their families and significant others.

Insight Counselling Centre offers a range of options to clients, depending on individual needs: Short-Term Crisis Counselling, Long-Term Individual Psychotherapy, Couple and Family Therapy, Group Therapy and Support Group Meetings.

To ensure confidentiality Insight Counselling Centre is located in separate premises to the main Fighting Blindness office.

For further details contact:
Mary Lavelle
Insight Counselling Centre
4 South Great George’s
Street, Dublin 2
Telephone: +353 1 674 6496

Fax: (01) 6746497
Email: mary.lavelle@fightingblindness.ie