One in six people worldwide has a disability – Cambridge charity calls on public to help build a more inclusive world this August
Cambridge disability charity CBM UK launches its 'Inclusion Matters' campaign with a free guide to help people take simple steps towards greater accessibility.
CBM UK seeks two new trustees
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Love your Eyes: Cambridge volunteers celebrate 20 years of service with musical fundraiser for CBM UK
To mark World Sight Day, dedicated CBM UK volunteers Peter and Gill Godber celebrated an incredible 20 years of volunteering by hosting a special event called “Love Your Eyes” - a musical afternoon tea that brought together community, commitment and fundraising to end avoidable blindness.
Did you miss our World in Focus event?
If you missed our World in Focus event at Downing College, Cambridge, on 5th June, don’t worry – you can catch up by watching the full event video below.It was an inspiring evening exploring how access to eye care is transforming lives in some of the world’s poorest communities.
CBM UK CEO Kirsty Smith awarded OBE for services to people living with disabilities overseas
CBM UK is proud to announce that our Chief Executive, Kirsty Smith, has been awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the King’s Birthday Honours for her outstanding services to people living with disabilities overseas.
CBM UK hosts an inspiring evening at Downing College, Cambridge for ambitious World in Focus
CBM UK, Global Disability Inclusion, hosted an impactful event called ‘A World in Focus’ at Downing College, Cambridge, on 5th June. Sponsored by Ciconi Ltd, the evening offered a special opportunity for guests to connect, reflect, and be inspired by real stories of transformation from CBM’s global eye care programmes.
Gyles Brandreth urges public to Support CBM UK’s World in Focus Campaign to end avoidable sight loss
Broadcaster and writer Gyles Brandreth is lending his passionate support to Cambridge based, Global Disability Inclusion charity, CBM UK’s World in Focus campaign, highlighting the urgent need to tackle avoidable sight loss affecting 1.1 billion people worldwide.
CBM UK taking part in it's biggest ever Big Give Christmas Challenge
This December, Cambridge-based international disability charity CBM UK is taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge – where for one week donations will be doubled.
CBM UK’s See the Way project conclusion: Transforming Eye Health in Rural Rwanda
CBM UK is thrilled to announce the successful conclusion of their three-year See the Way project, preventing and treating avoidable blindness in Rwanda. Funded by generous CBM UK supporters and the UK government through the UK Aid Match scheme, this project has significantly improved the quality of life for thousands of people across Rwanda.
Sarah Bennington talks for the first time about transformative trip to Zimbabwe
Sarah Bennington, age 41, is talking for the 1st time about a “transformative” trip that she made recently to Zimbabwe.
Give the gift of sight this Christmas
CBM UK is running a Christmas Miracles appeal until the end of December. The Cambridge based charity is asking people to spend £24 - perhaps the same amount as the average person would spend on a Christmas gift - to give the miracle of sight to people living in the world’s poorest places this Christmas.
Cambridge charity raises £2.3 million with Light Up Lives appeal to save sight in world’s poorest places
Charity CBM, based in central Cambridge, has raised £2.3 million for its Light up Lives appeal to prevent blindness and restore sight in the world’s poorest places.
CBM launches emergency appeal to support 'invisible crisis' in Madagascar
Cambridge-based international disability charity CBM is warning that families in southern Madagascar are on the verge of starvation, with people resorting to eating insects, leaves and cactus plants to survive. The UN World Food Programme has called this an “invisible crisis” that is getting worse every day. CBM has launched an urgent fundraising appeal to help.
CBM charity raises £2.8m to help people See the Way to a brighter future with 2020 appeal
A fundraising appeal by Christian Blind Mission (CBM) in 2020 raised an enormous £2,882,712.00 to help people in the world’s poorest places See the Way to a brighter future. The appeal was launched online by Diane Louise Jordan.
Join CBM for an inspiring week of live stories from an eye hospital in Zimbabwe
Cambridge-based international disability charity CBM is inviting people to follow a week of live stories from an eye hospital in Zimbabwe to witness the incredible human impact of sight-restoring treatment.
Coronavirus contributing to blindness crisis in Zimbabwe: Cambridge charity launches appeal to help
Cambridge charity CBM is warning that hundreds of thousands of people are living needlessly blind in Zimbabwe – and the situation is worsening due to Coronavirus. CBM is launching a fundraising appeal today to improve access to sight-saving treatment and until 20 May all public donations will be doubled by the UK government.
Join the 'Tea Party for Sight': annual CBM Sunday organised by Cambridge charity moves online
Cambridge disability charity CBM is inviting groups to come together to mark CBM Sunday on 11th October 2020, but this year the charity expects that most events will be held online.
Cambridge charity CBM launches coronavirus emergency appeal
Overseas disability charity CBM, based in Cambridge, is launching an emergency appeal to protect the most vulnerable people during the coronavirus crisis.
TV presenter Diane Louise Jordan to visit sight saving projects in Rwanda
Broadcaster Diane Louise Jordan, well known for presenting iconic TV shows Blue Peter and Songs of Praise and recent participant in Channel 4’s Stand up to Cancer Sink or Swim series, will visit Rwanda to witness the life-changing impact of projects to prevent blindness.
UK government doubling donations helping people See the Way to a brighter future
Cambridge-based overseas disability charity CBM is launching a new campaign to help people with sight problems in the world’s poorest places – and from this week until 14 May the UK government will match all public donations to their See the Way appeal.
Cambridge based charity launches new programme to prevent childhood blindness in Nigeria
Overseas disability charity, CBM UK, launches a new programme to prevent childhood blindness in Nigeria. Over three years, 1.5 million children in 11 States of Nigeria are expected to benefit from this programme, which will improve access to sight-saving eye health services through a wide range of activities, including training health and community workers, funding treatment and providing glasses…
Cambridge charity granted $200K for African glaucoma trial
Standard Chartered’s Seeing is Believing programme - a collaboration between the international bank and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) - has awarded CBM UK, the overseas disability charity based near Cambridge, an innovation grant totalling almost $200,000 to establish the optimal and most cost-effective primary treatment for glaucoma in Africa.
CBM launches 'Breaking Barriers – Opening Doors' advent calendar
In the lead-up to Christmas, CBM UK, the overseas disability charity based in Cambridge, is launching its very own advent calendar with a digital twist. CBM’s ‘Breaking Barriers - Opening Doors’ advent Calendar is like no other. Each day until Christmas, people will open a door and discover CBM’s magical work with disabled people across the world.
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is celebrated every year on 17th October. The theme this year is, “Working together towards a world without discrimination: Building on the experience and knowledge of people in extreme poverty”.
World Sight Day - a coffee fixes-all
Have you ever thought you could achieve more from your morning coffee, other than making yourself a little more alert? Well, now you can…