Rebecca Lunness
Eye Care Champion - North West
What is your role?
I’m a northwest eye care champion. I started working as an eye care champion in May 2019. I talk about eye care to people with learning disabilities and people who work with people with learning disabilities. I make them eye care aware. It is very important.
What inspires you?
I feel inspired in my role because I really want to make a big difference to people’s eye sight.
What's your favourite thing to do outside work?
I love to go out for meals and I love to go walking and I love to go camping. I like being in the tent.
What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given?
To look after your eyes and get them checked every year.
People who are diabetic will also need to go for diabetic eye screening every 1 to 2 years.
What’s one thing about you that people would be surprised to learn?
I like to eat Chinese takeaway. I love music like Dire Straits, Jason Donovan, Take That, and Paul Simon.
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