Staff from the IT services company will be cycling from Liverpool to Leeds to raise money to support our work to protect sight and fight for disability rights.
Celebrity ambassador Sunetra Sarker wrote to local newspapers across Great Britain to thank Sightsavers supporters for their generosity in the fight against trachoma.
The charitable foundation is raising £35,000 for Sightsavers’ work in Pakistan through its Sprint for Sight campaign.
Two Sightsavers films about inclusive education and trachoma have won awards at the fifth Charity Film Awards, which celebrate the best films in the sector.
Sunetra, who has been a Sightsavers supporter for more than a decade, appeared on the show alongside comedian Roisin Conaty and radio presenter Rickie Haywood-Williams.
Two Sightsavers films that were created during the COVID-19 pandemic have been submitted for the awards, which celebrate and reward the best fundraising films.
The app enables users to support Sightsavers by donating virtual ‘coins’ every time they use their bank card.
The initiative, which promotes the UN’s Global Goals, will donate £1 from every purchase to fund Sightsavers' work on river blindness.
The company is funding vital treatment for people in need as part of its Buy One, Give Vision programme.
A percentage of proceeds from the Eyescapes series, featuring an image of the supermodel's iris, will be donated to Sightsavers.