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Like many national charities, we know that a good way to reach people who have not yet heard about the work of the Macular Society is to have a team of experienced Regional Fundraisers who live and work in their communities, and who can help with your local fundraising as well as seeking out new fundraising opportunities from clubs, workplaces and individual supporters.

The Macular Society is the UK’s leading charity determined to beat the fear and isolation of macular disease with world-class research, and the best advice and support. By giving your time, you will help us to reach the thousands of people living with macular disease and sight loss in your area and provide life-changing support. 

We’re delighted that you want to know more about volunteering for the Macular Society – it really is a wonderful way to make a difference, no matter your skills, experience or amount of free time.

Macular Disease is ruthless, stealing the sight of young and old alike and can impact entire families.

Play our weekly lottery now for your chance to win up to £10,000!

Play our weekly lottery today and help Beat Macular Disease. It’s easy to enter and each week you’ll have the chance to win up to £10,000, or one of our other great prizes from £5 to £1,000. So to be in with a chance, sign up and play today!

Join our raffle for your chance to win up to £7,000!

Our raffle runs twice a year; in the spring and in the autumn. It’s a great way to support the Macular Society. Thank you to all our wonderful raffle players.

Face-to-face fundraising gives people the opportunity to talk in person to one of our fundraisers and enables members of the public to find out more about macular disease and the Macular Society.

Macular Disease is ruthless, stealing the sight of young and old alike and can impact entire families.

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When you become a member of the Macular Society you'll have access to the very latest expert advice, information and support from our team of experts.

Macular Week 2023

In 2023, Macular Week runs from Monday 19 to Sunday 25 June.

We want to beat the fear and isolation of macular disease by funding research to find new and better treatments, and one day a cure.

Thanks to teams of researchers in the UK and worldwide who are dedicated to Beating Macular Disease, research is moving rapidly.

As you may know, or have heard from your eye doctor, there are some treatments available for some types of macular disease. For example, treatments for wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD). However, there are still many types of macular disease where there are no pharmaceutical treatments available. We are dedicated to funding research to find new treatments to beat macular disease. 

Gene therapy is a new form of treatment that involves adding, removing or editing genes in your cells. Almost every cell of your body contains your DNA, and your DNA is made up of hundreds of thousands of genes which make you unique.

What are stem cells?

Stem cells are cells that are naturally found in the body. These cells have the special ability of being able to form many different cell types. Researchers have also found ways of taking normal human cells, such as skin cells and turning them back into stem cells to become other cell types.

One of the main risk factors for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is increased age. Many other eye diseases, such as glaucoma and cataracts, also become more common as you grow older. This is partly due to changes that happen as we age and as the cells become more damaged over time.