Annual conference, woman on laptop

Annual conference will focus on hope for the future

Posted: Wednesday 16 June 2021

Registration is now open for our 2021 annual conference, where researchers and consultants will join us to highlight why there is real hope for the future.

Find out more

Summer Sideview front cover 2001

Summer Sideview out now

Posted: Friday 11 June 2021

The next issue of Sideview, the Macular Society’s quarterly members magazine is out now.

Find out more

Couple on tablet

Webinar to focus on punctate inner choroidopathy

Posted: Thursday 3 June 2021

Punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC) will be the subject of the Society’s next condition-specific webinar.

Find out more

Sheila, volunteer, connect by tech

Support with technology has been a lifeline during lockdown

Posted: Thursday 3 June 2021

When Sheila retired as a training consultant for a software company four years ago, she wanted to spend her spare time volunteering.

Find out more

Hageman smiling

Macular Society Virtual Clinic welcomes world-leading AMD expert

Posted: Wednesday 2 June 2021

We’re excited to announce that Gregory Hageman, a world-leading professor of ophthalmology, will be joining us as a special guest at this month’s Virtual Clinic.

Find out more

Caroline Noall, volunteer, skills for seeing

“Volunteering got me through lockdown"

Posted: Tuesday 1 June 2021

Since becoming a Skills for Seeing volunteer five years ago, Caroline Noall has provided one-to-one training to more than 46 people with macular disease - teaching them how to make best use of the vision and continue doing the things they love.

Find out more

Emilee looking away from camera

“I’ve learned to be a bit more compassionate with myself”

Posted: Thursday 20 May 2021

Emilee was diagnosed with macular disease at the age of 24. “I didn’t think it really affected me very much at first,” she said.

Find out more

scientific research laboratory with two male researchers

New research shows reversing sight loss could be possible

Posted: Tuesday 18 May 2021

New research has shown the ability to reverse sight loss, as light-sensing cells have been successfully transplanted into the retina for the first time.

Find out more

Blue eye looking up

What is myopic macular degeneration and what is being done to find a cure?

Posted: Monday 17 May 2021

This month's condition-specific Virtual Clinic will focus on myopic macular degeneration, what we know about why it occurs and how a cure could be found.

Find out more

doctor consultation

“No advice, help, information or reassurance was given to me.”

Posted: Thursday 6 May 2021

Margaret went to a routine eye test at her local optician six years ago. At the time she had no reason to believe there was anything wrong

Find out more

oxsight onyx glasses

New smart glasses help people with macular disease to read, recognise faces and identify objects

Posted: Wednesday 5 May 2021

Macular Society members are among 122 people from three countries who tested the latest smart glasses from OXSIGHT.

Find out more

Cathy Yelf and researcher at conference speaking into microphones

Bringing you closer the experts in macular disease

Posted: Wednesday 28 April 2021

Each year, we bring together macular experts to share the latest research updates and advice on living with sight loss with our members at our annual conference.

Find out more