# Sight charities announce fundraising collaboration - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/05/18/sight-charities-announce-fundraising-collaboration/ - Published: 2016-05-18T09:03:31+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **[Vision Aid Overseas](http://www.visionaidoverseas.org/) and [Optometry Giving Sight](http://www.givingsight.org/) have announced a collaboration that will see Vision Aid Overseas taking over the other charity’s fundraising activities.** The formal agreement follows a successful collaboration between the charities last year, which saw them work together on a range of activities with the aim of boosting fundraising and reducing costs, with Optometry Giving Sight UK (OGS) providing funding to Vision Aid Overseas (VAO) to help it build the capacity of the optometry profession in Ghana, Ethiopia and Zambia. VAO will now coordinate and run this year’s [World Sight Day Challenge](http://givingsight.org/giving/world-sight-day-challenge.html), as well as the annual fundraising initiative, Cycling for Sight. OGS will also now be requesting that funds donated by its UK supporters and monthly donors are sent directly to VAO, and will be used to support agreed OGS-funded VAO projects. ## Advertisement Chair of OGS in the UK, Bob Chappell, said: > “Due to the success of this collaborative working, our respective boards feel > that VAO should be the lead organisation within the UK for mobilising support > for sustainable eye and vision care programmes in under-served communities, while > OGS should focus its efforts at the global level.” Since 2003, OGS International has funded 72 projects in 38 countries worldwide, resulting in basic eye care services being provided to over 7.6 million people. * **[OUBS & Cass sign MOU to expand online leadership development for charities](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/11/01/oubs-cass-sign-mou-expand-online-leadership-development-charities/)**( 1 November 2016) * **[Grassroots charities join forces for £1 a day reverse Advent appeal](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/12/08/grassroots-charities-join-forces-reverse-advent-appeal/)**( 8 December 2016) * **[CoppaFeel & Ellie’s Friends unite to blow a raspberry to cancer](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/12/22/coppafeel-ellies-friends-unite-blow-raspberry-cancer/)**( 22 December 2016) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)