All of us at Yorkshire Eye Research would like to thank you for your continuing support and help in raising £35,000 in the last year.

During 2009, we have funded research into the causes, prevention, detection and treatment of Age-related Macular Degeneration (ArMD), Glaucoma and Diabetic Retinopathy which affect so many of our elderly and funded the first phase of a three year study into inherited Retinitis Pigmentosa, Microcornea and Cone-Rod Dystrophy; all major causes of blindness endured by young children.

The next 12 months will see us support research to improve the treatments available to children with Retinoblastoma, a particularly nasty form of eye tumour and support research to determine why premature babies are at risk of going blind, resulting in better diagnostic techniques and therefore swifter more affective treatment.