Spectacles Recycling
Lions Clubs throughout the UK collect unwanted and damaged spectacles. These are then sent to Chichester Lions Club which processes tens of thousands of recycled spectacles each year. All donations are examined by a team of Lions and other volunteers in the recycling workshop. Sorted pairs of glasses may then be sent for grading and distribution by Medico France in Le Havre.
Glasses are also sent directly to contacts running eye clinics in Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Nigeria, and Nepal. In addition, volunteers from the ‘Unite for Sight’ charity are supplied with spectacles to take with them on missions to countries across the world.
Spectacles Recycling – Lions Clubs International MD105 British Isles
Hearing Aid Recycling
Lions Clubs collect unwanted, or broken, analogue and digital hearing aids and audiological equipment from individuals, audiologists, hearing retail outlets, and hospitals.
Since May 2015, Lions have collected almost 90,000 hearing aids and ancillary items.
Deaf Awareness & Recycling of Hearing Equipment – Lions Clubs International MD105 British Isles
Banbury area - Spectacles and Hearing Aid Donations
In the Banbury area you can donate any used Spectacles and Hearing Aids to our collection partners;
Cherwell District Council, Bodicote House, Bodicote, Banbury OX14 4AA
Boots Opticians, 19 Castle Quay, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16 5UH
Website Boots | Opticians | Prescription Glasses | Eye Tests - Boots Opticians
Complete Eyecare and Hearing Care, 13 High Street, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16 5EE
Website Complete Eyecare and Hearing Care Centre (complete-eyecare.co.uk)
Specsavers, 29 - 31 Bridge Street, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 5PN