Media centre
For information, interviews, quality photographs, broadcast footage, case studies or statistics, contact our media team:
[email protected]
+44 (0)1444 446 637
General enquiries
The press office is only able to deal with enquiries from the media. If you have a non-media enquiry, please contact the general switchboard on +44 (0)1444 446 600.
Policy
Maria Fsadni
Senior Media and PR Officer
+44 (0)1444 446 677
[email protected]
Celebrity and consumer
Julie Jenner
Senior Media and Ambassador Liaison Officer
+44 (0)1444 446 690
[email protected]
Neglected tropical diseases
Katya Mira
Senior Press and PR Officer
+44 1444 446 739
[email protected]
Urgent enquiries
For enquiries outside normal office hours,
call +44 (0)7775 928253
Keep up to date
You can also follow the media team’s Twitter profile @SightsaversNews for the latest news announcements, coverage and highlights of our work.
Our celebrity supporters
Sightsavers is proud to have the support of a number of celebrities who give their time to help us promote our life-changing work.
Meet our celebrity supporters
Industry recognition
We’re one of nine charities ranked as ‘high performance‘ by DFID in the UK, and have been named one of US evaluator GiveWell‘s ‘top charities’. Sightsavers and GiveWell
Awards and honours
We’re delighted to be rewarded for our work, and hope it helps our supporters feel confident that we’re spending our funds wisely.
Read about our awards
News and press releases
Sightsavers receives Innovative Practice prize in Zero Project Awards
Sightsavers won the award for its work supporting children with disabilities in Malawi.
Sightsavers shortlisted for Charity Film Awards
Sightsavers has been shortlisted for a Charity Film Award for our ‘What we do’ film.
Pakistan’s first-ever Disability Rights Act becomes law
The legislation, approved on 10 January, will make it illegal to discriminate or exclude people on the basis of disability.
What we achieved in 2019
It's been another groundbreaking year for Sightsavers. Find out what we’ve been up to, from launching new programmes and hosting high-profile exhibitions to meeting the Queen.
Sightsavers wins award for its work to eliminate river blindness in Nigeria
The Nigerian ministry of health presented the award for Sightsavers' work to treat the disease in Kaduna State.
Accelerate: what’s been achieved in 2019
The Accelerate programme, which aims to eliminate trachoma in nine African countries by 2023, has made great progress in its first 12 months.
Read all our latest news stories
News and blogs