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
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 are runners up for two global development awards
A pioneer in disease elimination and a groundbreaking project to make workplaces more inclusive have been recognised by the prestigious Bond awards.
Interviews shine a spotlight on how a blinding disease is being eliminated
Sightsavers experts have highlighted progress being made on river blindness in two media interviews.
COVID-19: a note from Global CEO Caroline Harper
Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Sightsavers would like to reassure supporters that we are monitoring the situation closely, and doing what we can to protect our staff and the communities in all the countries where we work.
Sightsavers celebrates 'Keep Sight' this World Glaucoma Week
This World Glaucoma Week Sightsavers is celebrating the launch of an ambitious partnership which tackles one of the world’s leading causes of blindness.
Sightsavers calls for more women on UN disability committee
The committee, which monitors implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, currently has six women and twelve men.
Sunetra Sarker joins Sightsavers in India to visit eye screenings of truck drivers
Award-winning actress Sunetra Sarker visited long-distance truckers in India to understand how poor eyesight might be affecting their lives and work.
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News and blogs