Sightsavers has teamed up with bespoke eyewear brand and opticians Ransome Optical to help provide life-changing cataract operations in Africa and Asia.

Ransome Optical offers eye tests and handcrafts spectacles and sunglasses at its on-site workshop in Hampstead, London. Customers can choose from stylish branded frames or create their own custom-made designs. The company has made glasses for famous clients, including the artist David Hockney.

For every pair of personalised spectacles sold, Ransome will donate £33 to cover the cost of a sight-saving cataract operation for an adult patient.

Ransome Optical’s founder Jack Lupton said: “I’m so excited to be part of Sightsavers’ mission, helping to bring eye care to a more far-reaching forum. Having experienced first-hand the impact we can have during a project visit in Malawi in 2017, I feel compelled to contribute to such an important cause.

“It’s a cliché, but many of us take our ability to see for granted. It’s not such a given for everybody and I hope that Ransome’s partnership with Sightsavers can help to equip more people with the phenomenal gift of sight.”

To learn more, visit Ransom Optical’s Instagram.

If you are an optical retailer or eye health professional and would like to support Sightsavers’ work through an eye health partnership, contact James Lwanda: jlwanda@sightsavers.org