Thompson Opticians in the community
3K 'Super Specs' for blinded girl
June 2017 - Kevin Thompson of Thompson Opticians bought this young lady £3000 super specs on hearing of her sight loss. Well done boss. All our thoughts are with Hannah.
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page or read more about it by clicking on one of the images above. Alternatively, you can read about the story here.Good Luck Rough and Ready Rowers
June 2016 - Thompson Opticians would like to wish the Rough and Ready Rowers best speed in their World Record attempt to row unaided around the coast or the British Isles. Thompson Opticians along with Bolle Eyewear provided some much needed eye protection for the lads.
You can track their World Record attempt on Facebook and track their progress live
Prize Draw winners 2014
We have had lots of prize draw winners in our recent giveaways. Here a just a few of the lucky recipients - congratulation to them all
The lucky winner of the Ant & Dec Saturday Night Takeaway Family ticket was Mst H Clark-Thompson, we hope you and your family had a great night out.
The lucky winners of the July 2014 Odeon Family tickets were:
| Miss G Mctigue - Alnwick | Mrs J Dale - Birtley | Mst T Cassidy - Winlaton |
| Mr R Barnes - Throckley | Mrs R Stevenson - Easingotn Lane | Mrs J Morris - Ashington |
Thompson Opticians - Cycling for Sight 2013
For 10 days between 15th & 25th August 2013 Thompson Opticians staff, family & friends gave up their time to support Optoms Cycling for Sight to help raise money for Optometry Giving Sight.
Optometry Giving Sight aims to eliminate avoidable blindness amongst the 670 million people worldwide who are blind or vision impaired simply because they do not have access to an eye exam and a pair of glasses. You can help fund sustainable projects which give sight and hope to those in need.
Optoms Cycling for Sight was started in 2011. In 2011 the cyclists travelled from Glasgow Caledonian University to Cardiff University, stopping at each mainland UK optometry department on the way. The cycle raised £2875. In 2012 the route extended to almost 1000 miles by starting at the new optometry department in Plymouth university and finishing at Glasgow Caledonian University. Cyclists Fares Hatoum and Maadhav Kothari again visited each optometry department and were joined by 18 other cyclists for different legs. They raised £3300.
This year Optoms Cycling for Sight will be cycling across the world. Their aim is to collectively reach 25000 miles (the circumference of the earth) and £25000 in donations over 10 days from the 15th – 25th August.
You can help by donating via our secure Just Giving page here, any donation no matter how big or how small will help us reach our goal.
Christmas 2012 Prize Draw winners
Once again Thompson Opticians ran their Christmas prize draw giveaway. This years prizes included a Kindle Fire Tablet and an iPod Shuffle. The draw was made on the 16th Jan 2013.
The lucky winners were:
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Master Ryan K. who won the star prize of a brand new Kindle Fire Tablet |
Miss Caitlin P. from our Winlaton branch won the iPod Shuffle |
Olympic Torch visits Alnwick
On June 14th 2012 The Olympic Torch relay visited Alnwick and the surrounding area, local schoolboy Lewis Denny had the honour of carrying the torch on it's last leg of the day and lighting the Olympic Cauldron on the stage below Alnwick Castle. Our Alnwick staff dressed the shop windows and even made their own Olympic Torch!
