At Moorfields Eye Charity, we support pioneering eye health work at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Moorfields) and its academic partner UCL (primarily through the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) – bringing early diagnoses and new treatments to people with sight loss. We support this unique partnership as the main fundraising and grant-making charity. The number of people in the UK with sight loss is estimated to rise to 2.7 million by 2030. By 2050, the current figure will double to over 4 million. That’s why we invest in research and innovation and world class training. And it’s why we’re working in partnership with Moorfields and UCL to create Oriel, a new world class integrated centre for advancing clinical care, teaching and research.
Mission
Our mission is to improve eye health by funding innovation in research, education and patient care to benefit Moorfields’ patients.
Vision
Moorfields Eye Charity’s support enables Moorfields and UCL to provide world leading eye care, research and education from the Oriel centre benefiting patients across the UK and globally.
Our Governance
Moorfields Eye Charity comprises a team of dedicated and passionate staff, while our board of trustees play a key role in making sure everything we do has our supporters and those we support at its core. It is governed by a board of trustees, chaired by Dr Louise Wood and led by a Chief executive, Robert Dufton. The trustees also have an established committee structure in support of the governance of the charity; audit and risk, fundraising and communications, grants, investment, nominations, Oriel, people and remuneration. Management of the charity is delegated to the senior leadership team, comprised of the Chief executive and the Directors of development and communications, finance and resources and grants and research, and to a wider management group.
Our Team
The charity is composed of four teams with our office being at the Moorfields City Road site, near Old Street tube station at the edge of the City.
Our communications team maintain dynamic and growing communication channels and co-ordinate and create impactful written stories, films and other content. They also deliver e-newsletters and support with the planning and implementation of engaging fundraising campaigns. These activities ensure we are able to share widely the breadth of our work and how it benefits Moorfields patients and beyond.
The finance and resources team manage our investments and process, analyse and report on all of our income and expenditure. They monitor the services we receive from Moorfields such as human resources, facilities management and IT support. The team are also responsible for our legacy administration working closely with our legacy development manager.
The fundraising teams are responsible for the breadth of the charity’s fundraising programmes (community and events, individual giving, legacies, major gifts and raffle and lotteries). They work together to ensure that the donor, and donor experience, is at the centre of all that they do creating strong and multi-faceted relationships between our supporters and the charity to the ultimate benefit of eye health.
Our grants and research team manage the grant-making activities across our diverse and growing portfolio of funding programmes. They develop close working relationships with the researchers, clinicians and administrative support staff in Moorfields and UCL, supporting them with grant application queries and management of awarded grants. The team also focus on the monitoring and reporting of the outcomes and impact of our funding support.
Our Work
Moorfields and its academic partner UCL have a national and international reputation for research into eye conditions, leading one of the strongest and most extensive ophthalmic research programmes in the world. This translates into the best treatment and care for patients at Moorfields and training for eye specialists including clinicians from around the world.
Moorfields Eye Charity supports this unique partnership and is a partner in the once-in-a-century opportunity to create a new home for eye care, research and education, bringing together Moorfields and the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology (an initiative known as Oriel). Construction has started and the new centre is expected to open in 2027 and will be located near St Pancras in London.
Our Culture and People
We are delighted that you’re interested in joining our team. In pursuing the next steps of your career with Moorfields Eye Charity, you will play an important role to help us achieve our ambitious goals. Working alongside our stakeholders, this offers to be an exciting opportunity, to be part of a shared vision to bring real benefit to patients at Moorfields, across the UK and globally.
The charity is an incredible place to work. We’re a friendly, diverse and inclusive team and are committed to having employees who represent all communities. We apply our core values to everything we do, from our individual and collaborative team working and across our engagement with our supporters and grant holders. We’re looking for the best people who share our passion for our charity’s cause.
Inclusion
Moorfields Eye Charity believes that excellence will be achieved through recognising the value of every individual. A broad range of perspectives, backgrounds and opinions amongst our staff is crucial in maintaining our culture of openness, intellectual curiosity, and creativity. And we also know that diverse and inclusive teams have a positive impact on our work.
We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of their background.