Hampshire Branch

Welcome

Welcome to the Hampshire Branch of RP Fighting Blindness.

Our aims are to promote awareness of Retinitis Pigmentosa and to raise much needed funds for research. The branch was formed in 1979 and has members in Hampshire, Berkshire, Sussex, and the Isle of Wight. Since it was formed the branch has raised over £305,000 for research into a cure for RP.

We hope that this website will be informative and helpful to people who have been diagnosed with RP and also a source of reference for relatives and friends. We welcome new members to the branch.

If you would like to support our branch please visit our just giving page where you can use your credit or debit card to quickly and securely make a donation to the RP Fighting Blindness research fund.

Branch News

One of our members, Julia Hawkins, participated in the Iceland Trek for Fighting Blindness earlier this year. Julia will share her experiences at our AGM on 21 April 2012, but in the meantime she has posted several photographs of the trek on our website under Hampshire Pictures.

Fund raising

During 2011 the Hampshire Branch raised £5,250 for the RPFB research fund. £2,617 was raised from collections, £571 (after expenses) from our annual prize draw, £460 donated by Waitrose in Newbury, £553 was raised by Maureen Nickless of Thatcham, £215 from our garden open day, £181 from the 'Stride for Sight' at Lee-on-Solent and £1,006 from tins and general donations.

Since the Hampshire Branch was formed in 1979 we have sent £312,000 to the RP Fighting Blindness research fund.

Please look at the Hampshire Events page via the navigation bar to the left of this page for details of forthcoming Hampshire Branch events.

Links to other pages

You will find links in the navigation bar to Hampshire Contacts, Hampshire Events, Isle of Wight home, Isle of Wight Events, Hampshire Newsletters, and the Hampshire Picture Gallery. The navigation bar is to the left of this page.