Our awards and honours
We’re delighted to be recognised for our work, and hope it helps our supporters feel confident that we’re spending our funds wisely.
Sightsavers wins award for its work fighting avoidable blindness
The prestigious António Champalimaud Vision Award recognises groups that work to prevent and alleviate blindness in developing countries.
Sightsavers awarded Independent Research Organisation status
The organisation is one of the only international non-governmental organisations to hold this status in the UK.
Sightsavers is named top charity for customer service
For the second year in a row, Sightsavers has been named top charity in the Top 50 Companies for Customer Service Awards.
Sightsavers scoops a second film award
A film highlighting Sightsavers’ work has won an accolade in the Brand Film Festival Awards, and is the second film award in one week for the organisation.
Sightsavers named one of GiveWell’s top charities for third year
The charity evaluator praised Sightsavers for its work treating children for parasitic infections, known as deworming.
Sightsavers wins bronze award at charity film gala
Sightsavers’ film about work to treat neglected tropical diseases was honoured at the 2019 Charity Film Awards, which celebrate the best fundraising films.
Image of Sightsavers’ work in Ghana wins photo competition
A picture taken by photographer Peter Nicholls has been awarded first prize by the International Trachoma Initiative (ITI).
Sightsavers India wins prestigious award for its inclusive education programme
More than 3,300 NGOs applied for the HCL Grant, which supports organisations that help to transform rural India through sustainable development.
Sightsavers wins innovation award for disability project in Uganda
The Connecting the Dots project, which supports young people with disabilities in Uganda to find jobs, won the Zero Project award for its impact, innovation and scalability.
Sightsavers wins outstanding abstract award at World Ophthalmology Congress
The award is given to researchers based on the scientific quality of their work and is evaluated by a panel of reviewers.
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