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
Jo Jones
Head of Global Events
+44 (0)1444 446 727
[email protected]
Consumer
Tessa Pope
Media and PR Officer
+44 (0)1444 446 741
[email protected]
Neglected tropical diseases
Katya Mira
Head of Media (Acting)
+44 (0)1444 446 677
[email protected]
Urgent enquiries
For enquiries outside normal office hours,
call +44 (0)7877 283176
Keep up to date
Follow us on Twitter @Sightsavers and @Sightsavers_Pol 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 ranked as a top charity by GiveWell for fifth year in a row
The charity evaluator has once again praised Sightsavers’ deworming programmes in Africa for their cost-effectiveness and transparency.
Sightsavers’ director joins Lancet Commission on COVID-19
Sightsavers’ director of neglected tropical diseases, Simon Bush, has joined a new international COVID-19 task force set up by The Lancet.
Sightsavers welcomes new WHO NTD 2030 road map
Sightsavers welcomes WHO’s new NTD 2030 road map, which sets out global targets and milestones for 2030 in order to prevent, control, eliminate and eradicate a diverse set of 20 diseases and disease groups.
Photos from Sightsavers river blindness projects feature at prominent research event
A selection of Sightsavers river blindness photographs featured as part of the Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases (COR-NTD) conference.
FCDO publishes progress report on disability inclusion
The report highlights the progress made since the strategy was published and shows the key lessons that have been learnt during that time.
COVID-19 and neglected tropical disease innovation
When COVID-19 forced Sightsavers and partners to pause some NTD programmes in Africa, we worked quickly to adapt and restart them as quickly and safely as possible.
Read all our latest news stories
News and blogs