Our story
Over the past 40 years, Sight Research UK has grown from one man’s earnest endeavour to save sight into one of the country’s leading charities funding eye research.
1980s
Beginnings
1980s
1986
NERC founded
1986
First ever Corneal Transplant service
1986
1990s
The work continues
1990s
1999
Funding corneal research
1999
2000s
Expansion
2000s
2003
Patron Prince Michael of Kent opens new eye research labs
2003
2006
NERC receives significant grant
2006
2010s
Evolution
2010s
2010
200 years of Bristol Eye Hospital
2010
2015
NERC launches manifesto at Westminster
2015
2016
30 years of NERC
2016
2019
NERC to SRUK
2019
2020s
Establishment
2020s
2021
Charity founder dies
2021
2022
SRUK launches Translational Award
2022
2024
Welcomes new CEO
2024
2025
Partnership with Newmedica
2025
2026
40th birthday
2026We have invested nearly £18 million in research projects
Since we were founded, we have invested nearly £18 million in research projects that bring scientists ever closer to answering some of the most fundamental questions about eye health and how sight loss develops.
