
Corporate Partners
We are incredibly grateful to our corporate partners for their amazing support. Their contributions range from major multi-year cash grants to critically needed gifts in kind. Everyone listed on this page shares our long-term commitment to ending avoidable blindness throughout the world.
UK Partners

ACS International Schools
Every year, five students from ACS International Schools (in the UK and Qatar), are given the opportunity to participate in the Orbis Student Journalism Internship, a one week visit to one of the Orbis country programmes to observe Orbis’s work on the ground.
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Aerospares 2000
Aerospares 2000, a globally respected supplier of aircraft spare-parts, has committed to a partnership with Orbis UK from 2017-2020. Making a donation to Orbis for every sale they complete, Aerospares 2000 is proud to be supporting Orbis UK programmes and the Flying Eye Hospital.
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Aircraft Interiors Expo / Reed Exhibitions
Reed Exhibitions, the world's leading event’s organiser, selected Orbis as their charity partner for the Aircraft Interiors Expo in 2018 and have continued to support by selecting Orbis for the 2019 exhibition.
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Altacor
Altacor is a UK based ophthalmic specialty pharmaceutical company with a growing portfolio of ophthalmic products. The company began supporting Orbis and the Flying Eye Hospital in 2020 after a presentation to staff.
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AOA
The Airport Operators Association (AOA), is a trade association representing the interests of UK Airports, and engaging with the UK Government and regulatory authorities on airport matters.
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Aviation Club UK
The Aviation Club UK, founded in 1990, is a networking forum for its members and a vehicle for promoting and developing all aspects of civil aviation. The Club kindly chose Orbis as their charity partner in January 2017 and have committed their support until December 2021.
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Aviation Logistics Network
Aviation Logistics Network (ALN) is one of the world’s largest independent networks specialising in the transportation and logistic requirements of the Aerospace Industry.
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Aviation News Ltd
Aviation News Ltd chose Orbis as their charity partner for the European Aviation 100 Awards Dinner 2019. Orbis were delighted to attend the event and were also delighted to be the beneficiary of a raffle held on the night. So far, the partnership has raised over £1,800 since kicking off!
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Awario
Awario, a social media listening and analytics tool, has been supporting Orbis since 2020. Through their platform, Orbis has been able to successfully monitor earned mentions, grow brand awareness online and engage with supporters more effectively.
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BDOC
The BDOC is the German association of surgical ophthalmologists, with over 1.300 members.
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Claire Goldsmith Eyewear
Claire Goldsmith, one of the most influential designers and creators of modern-day eyewear, has been supporting Orbis since 2017 through gift in kind donations.
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Cubitts
Cubitts are a modern spectacle maker founded in London in 2013. They have been supporting Orbis since 2019 with a gift in kind donation of glasses frames.
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Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT)
DMGT, a multinational portfolio of companies that provide businesses and consumers with information, analysis, insight, events, news and entertainment, have selected Orbis to be one of their charity partners from 2018 – 2020.
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ESCRS
Founded in 1991, ESCRS seeks to promote and support research in the field of intraocular lens implantation and refractive surgery. During the partnership ESCRS has successfully raised awareness of Orbis amongst its membership of over 7,500 people from 130 countries.
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Euretina
EURETINA, Europe’s largest society of retina specialists, has been supporting Orbis since 2012 through their 5km Retina Race during their annual conference.
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Fuelworx
Fuelworx, part of the Flightworx group, is a neutral and independent fuel comparison and procurement service. Orbis and Fuelworx began working together in March 2017 after Fuelworx was selected as one of Orbis’s five tender fuel companies.
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Go Side Mount
Go Side Mount are the creators of the Razor Side Mount System - a complete integrated system designed specifically for side mount diving. Go Side Mount have been supporting Orbis since 2019 with the creation of a limited edition Pink Razor 2.5 system.
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Head for Points
Orbis were delighted to be chosen as the official charity partner of the Head for Points Winter Reception, held 20th January 2020. Over 500 guests attended the event and through the raffle raised an incredible £4,656 for Orbis!
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Industrial Optimizers
Industrial Optimizers has committed to supporting Orbis UK, kick-starting the partnership with a donation of £1000.
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IOLLA
Scottish based eyewear company iOLLA has been supporting Orbis under the umbrella of Live by Giving, one of the company’s four key values, since 2016.
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OMK Design
Since 1965, OMK have developed a focused range of seating systems to enhance public spaces. To celebrate World Sight Day 2019, OMK were delighted to announce their partnership with Orbis with the introduction of a donation on the sale of every seat sold.
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PHB Ethical Beauty / OneLove Foundation
PHB Ethical Beauty, a Birmingham based ethical beauty product company, has supported Orbis through The One Love Foundation since 2015.
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Richfields, a London-based accountancy firm, has been supporting Orbis since 2007. Through the firm’s partners and long-standing Orbis ambassadors Vinoo Patel and Nilesh Haria, Richfields has been instrumental in raising awareness, building relationships and providing vital funding for our work.
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Run Through to ST1
Run through to ST1 was founded by two UK ophthalmic specialist trainees, Drs Zain Juma and Minak Bhalla. They deliver ophthalmology courses for UK doctors with all proceeds going to ophthalmic charities. Orbis UK are delighted to have been chosen as the 2020/21 Charity Partner where all student course fees will be donated to Orbis.

Southampton Airport
Southampton International Airport, the 18th busiest airport in the UK, chose to support Orbis after hearing about the charity at the Airport Operator Association’s (AOA) Annual Dinner.
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STG Aerospace
STG Aerospace, creator of aircraft cabin lighting solutions, selected Orbis to be their Charity Partner in December 2018 and kicked off the partnership with a corporate donation in lieu of sending Christmas cards. Employees also held a Christmas Jumper day in aid of Orbis and donated generously at their Christmas party.
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STORM Interface
Storm Interface, manufacturer of a range of Assistive Technology Products, have been supporting Orbis since 2019 after choosing them as their Charity Partners.
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Suneez
Suneez children’s sunglasses creators, have been supporting Orbis since 2019 with a donation on every pair of glasses sold.
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TD Tom Davies
Bespoke eyewear brand TD Tom Davies first supported Orbis in 2005 by placing collection tins in their store. The designer’s personal support of Orbis has been unwavering since, and in 2015 Tom Davies chose Orbis as the beneficiary charity of his DADA eyewear design competition in order to support our Vision for Zambia appeal.
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World Aviation Festival 2020
Terrapinn, a global events company promoting innovation and technology that changes people's lives, chose Orbis as their charity partner for the Aviation Festival in 2017 and has continued their support every year since then.
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Global Partners

AAAASFI
AAAASFI’s accreditation programmes standardise and improve the quality of medical and surgical care.
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Alcon Foundation
Over the last three decades, Alcon has donated state-of-the-art ophthalmic equipment, pharmaceuticals and supplies for the Flying Eye Hospital and its partner hospitals around the world.
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Colllins Aerospace
As part of its continued commitment to helping others access advanced technology, Collins Aerospace, a unit of United Technologies Corp. is making a $1 million three-year contribution to Orbis to establish their world’s first Mobile Simulation Center outfitted for an aircraft.
FedEx
For more than 30 years, FedEx has played an indispensable role in helping Orbis achieve its vision of a world in which no one is needlessly blind.
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Fondation L’Occitane
With a long history of corporate social responsibility, Fondation L'OCCITANE is committed to fighting avoidable blindness around the world.
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Jebsen
Jebsen generously partners with Orbis to build up a training, screening and referring eye care network covering hospitals and clinics in the rural area of China.
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Pfizer
The Pfizer-Orbis relationship dates back to 1979, three years before Orbis's first sight-saving flight, when Pfizer began supporting Orbis through cash grants and donations of medical supplies.
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Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered supports Orbis’s Seeing Is Believing global community fundraising project, which aims to serve China's blind population.
Read moreFor information on how to become a corporate partner, please contact:
Kathryn Sweet
Head of Partnerships
Email address: [email protected]
Phone number: 020 7608 7282