In Focus: Taking the next step

Women in Vision UK (WVUK), a network working across vision-related sciences and healthcare to support, empower and mentor women, has restructured in response to increased demand for its work.

The organisation has been divided into five focus areas: leadership, diversity, education, training and research. Each area now has its own appointed lead and specific mission within the wider WVUK collaboration. The organisational changes have been accompanied by a relaunched website that is designed to better serve the needs of members.

‘We realised that despite having gained lots of members with diverse skills, we have a lot of work to do,’ said Helen Khan, vice president of Women in Vision UK. ‘We don’t want to be a top-down organisation, we are all volunteers and recognised that we needed to diversify to maximise reach. We wanted to find a way to ensure we could address the many needs of our membership. We have some truly inspirational members who we have now called upon to lead certain areas where we felt there was the most demand. It’s really exciting times and we are delighted to have them onboard.’