Blindfolded Shrewsbury Town players back eyesight campaign
Players from Shrewsbury Town took to the pitch to play a game with a difference.
For they were blindfolded – to convey the message of what it is to lose sight and how important it is to get eyes regularly tested.
Yesterday was World Sight Day and a day of awareness to focus global attention on blindness and vision impairment.
The theme this year is universal eye health and players from the club joined in the theme by playing a short match yesterday.
Shelley Stubbs, chairwoman of Staffordshire & Shropshire Eye Health Network, said: "The reason an eye test is vital for everyone is that it is the first step in the diagnosis and treatment for virtually every eye condition.
"There are lots of people who have not had an eye test for years, if ever, and they are at putting their sight at risk as most eye diseases will not give visual symptoms in the early stages, where treatment would be most effective.
"In the UK there are currently almost two million people living with some degree of sight loss. Unfortunately this number is rapidly increasing, despite the fact that over 50 per cent of sight loss is preventable."
Ms Stubbs teamed up with Shrewsbury Town to promote eye health and raise awareness.
