Awards
Recently Benjamin Opticians has been recognised by a number of respected organisations. Following the expansion of the practice in 2018, Benjamin’s has grown considerably both with the facilities now on offer and with the level of service offered to patients.
In the Optician of the Year awards 2019, Benjamin Opticians was a finalist – acknowledged for practice growth. Locally, the town recognised Benjamin Opticians for the role it plays in the community with an award for best healthcare business. Eleanor Hill became Young Contact Lens Optician of the Year 2019 and most recently, Benjamin Opticians was awarded ‘Independent Practice of the Year’ in the Sightcare national awards.
Sightcare National Optician Awards
WINNER – Practice of the Year
We are very proud to be winners at the Sightcare Awards 2019.
We are officially ‘Independent Practice of the Year’. Celebrating the ‘Independent Spirit’, this award recognises how the practice stands out, how we demonstrate commitment to quality and our approach to patient care.
Optician awards
Skipton Business Awards
Category Winner – Best Healthcare Business
Young Contact Lens Optician of the Year – Eleanor Hill
Chris Davey Trustees Recognition Award, Vision Aid Overseas
Dr Chris Davey, one of our team of Optometrists, has received national recognition for the outstanding work he has done overseas. His contribution has helped people in developing countries being able to see. He has devoted his spare time, through Vision Aid Overseas, to helping others to see and by providing sight tests in Ghana and Zambia to those previously unable to receive a test or treatment. And that’s the role of this charitable organisation who believe that no one should live in poverty because of poor eyesight and that no one should live with poor eyesight because of poverty.
Seeing this as an immense task for a very small band of opticians, they chose to not only carry out sight tests, but to train others to become opticians. Dr Davey explains: “In developing countries there are so many people who need glasses in order to work, but there are hardly any opticians! I have loved working with the students and patients in Ghana to help in a small way to address this issue. The progress they have made in just a few years is immense.”
Dr Davey has received the Trustees’ Recognition Award, given to those who have made outstanding contributions and commitment to Vision Aid Overseas’ mission and vision so far.
