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Thank you from our chief executive
• Amplify impact through
Moorfields’ and UCL’s
We continue to fund discovery
research and innovation
research, its translation
partnerships that unlock
into new treatments and
greater investment,
clinical trials, as well as staff
shared expertise and
development and patient
system-wide innovation.
are redefining the
frontiers of eye health.
We’re proud to support
wellbeing. This year, we
this partnership, which
awarded more than £5.75
The grants strategy will
is improving patient
million. We are grateful to our
see us continue our special
donors for making this possible
relationship with Moorfields
and look forward to engaging
and UCL. We also intend to
others interested in the future
fund strategic initiatives,
of eye health.
including national programmes
care through the
translation of leadingedge research.
This collaborative approach,
bringing together researchers,
clinicians, educators and
patients, will reach even more
people when the Moorfields
and UCL Centre for Eye
Health opens in 2027. As a
partner in this project, we are
pleased that construction is
progressing well. The exterior
is complete and interior work
is advancing rapidly.
supporting eye health research
During the year we developed
and innovation across the UK,
a grants strategy, which we
some in partnership with other
launched in July 2026. Over the
medical research funders.
next five years we plan to invest
£50 million to achieve five goals:
• Advance understanding
to generate new biological
insights that will open
pathways to earlier
and more effective
interventions.
• Accelerate the translation
During the year, we paid
£22.75 million to Moorfields
to support construction
costs. Philanthropy is
critical to making the centre
possible. The joint £100
million fundraising campaign
supporting both the centre
of research to patient impact.
• Strengthen the research
and innovation workforce
by enabling diverse talent
to thrive and progress at
every career stage.
• Expand collaboration to
This year marked the fourth
year of our business plan,
and we have continued to
strengthen our team to support
our ambitions. All of us at
the charity are devoted to
improving lives by accelerating
advances in eye health through
philanthropy. As a Moorfields
patient, I know first-hand the
difference this makes.
Thank you for your support.
Together, we are changing lives
through advances in eye health.
Robert Dufton
and innovation in research,
increase research power,
education and care is
Chief executive
share data, and drive
progressing well, with more
Moorfields Eye Charity
breakthroughs across eye
than £88.7 million raised.
health research and beyond.
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