Every day, around 300 people are diagnosed with macular disease. It’s the biggest cause of sight loss in the UK. Nearly 1.5 million people are currently affected and many more are at risk. The disease can have a devastating effect on people’s lives, leaving them unable to drive, read or see faces. Macular disease is cruel and isolating. It steals your sight, your independence, and your ability to do the things you love. Many people affected describe losing their sight as being similar to bereavement. It can affect people of any age – even children – but not enough is known about why, and there is still no cure and most types of the disease are not treatable. There is only one way to Beat Macular Disease for good. We must fund much more research now, until we find a cure, or find treatments that stop it in its tracks. In the meantime, we support people who have macular society today.
Together we can fund the research that will find the cure. Together we can make sure the next generation won’t have their sight, confidence, and love of life stolen from them by macular disease.