Specsavers believes that everyone deserves access to the best quality eye care and eye wear.
The Specsavers Community Program is where Specsavers stores across the country donate a portion of every glasses sale to both a local charity of the store’s choice and The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ, which is working to eradicate avoidable blindness in the Pacific. To date, over $1,000,000 has been donated to The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ through the Program, with a further $220,000 going to dozens of local NZ charities.
On top of this, every Specsavers store provides a glasses recycling service and encourages customers donate old glasses to be quality-checked and sent to people in need overseas.
Specsavers also has an outreach program which sees its optometrists volunteering with The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ at the Pacific Eye Institute in Fiji.
How can I make a difference in store?
Donate your pre-loved specs
We’ve launched a nationwide glasses recycling program in partnership with Lions Recycle For Sight that delivers quality glasses and sunglasses to people in need overseas. To make a difference, simply bring your pre-loved glasses into your local Specsavers store and place them in the glasses recycling box or hand them to a team member.
Purchase a pair of glasses
Participating Specsavers stores across New Zealand and Specsavers support local charities and Specsavers’ national charity partner of choice The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ by making a donation from every pair of glasses sold.
Gabi Hollows, Founder & Patron at The Fred Hollows Foundation says,
“The donations from Specsavers help fund the operation costs of the Mobile Eye Clinic in Fiji. The state-of- the-art facility travels to remote areas, providing sight-saving services such as cataract surgeries and diabetic retinopathy laser treatments”.
Specsavers is committed to its partnership with The Fred Hollows Foundation; raising funds for its inspiring work in the Asia Pacific region, including life-changing cataract surgery to restore sight to the needlessly blind.