Category Archive: In the Community

  1. Valli Opticians, Fairtrade fortnight, Dementia UK, and Vision aid.

    As a member of the  Holme Valley Fair Trade Group, Valli Group supported Fairtrade fortnight, 29 February – 13 March 2016.  At Valli Group we believe that all producers should receive a fair price for their product.  It is for this reason that we make a point of offering all of our clients a Fairtrade […]

  2. An eye for detail

    Valli Opticians Wakefield are the focus of a new magazine article. The team at our Wakefield practice are delighted with their new Rodenstock Impressionist unit which allows them to take 3D visual dispensing measurements with pinpoint accuracy. The unit records both frame and facial measurements to ensure your spectacles provide optimum performance and a perfect […]

  3. Time for a cuppa?

    Dementia UK “Time for a Cuppa” week is running from 1st to 8th March and we at Valli Group and AH Merton Group are doing our bit. The Valli Opticians Group regularly highlight the importance of eye care for people with the condition. Dementia patients are often unable to tell anyone they have a problem […]

  4. Kamal’s total passes £65,000

    Following a diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia, Valli Optometrist Kamal Aftab bravely pledged to raise £50,000 for the national blood cancer charity, Bloodwise. Kamal set up a JustGiving page called Kamal’s Hospital Marathon, and aimed to raise much needed funds for the then Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research (LLR), now known as Bloodwise. Sadly Kamal lost […]

  5. Eye tests for the homeless

    HOMELESS and disadvantaged people often miss out on basic health care and find themselves in an ever decreasing downward spiral but a Stockport optician is breaking that circle organising free eye tests and donating spectacles. Christine Wrenn, executive director of A H Mertons part of The Valli Group and a supporter of The Wellspring, Stockport’s only 365 day […]

  6. Look who’s talking – Valli Opticians talks to Adelle Mitchell from Wakefield

    Following on from their successes at the Valli Staff Awards in Elland last month we have interviewed our winners. Here we would like to introduce Adelle Mitchell, winner of the Employee of the Year Award. Adelle is the resident optometrist at Valli Opticians in Outwood, Wakefield Valli                  […]

  7. Valli Opticians talks to Hull’s resident optometrist Catherine Adamson

    Here’s a little Q&A with Hull’s  resident optometrist Catherine Adamson. Valli:              Catherine what does your role at Valli consist of? Catherine:  “All aspects of eyecare including eye exams, contact lenses, advice on prevention and treatment of a variety of eye condition. I also work outside the clinic providing eye care […]

  8. Hebden Bridge closed for repairs

    Due to the effects of the recent flooding in Hebden-Bridge we have had to carry out some repair work to our store. The practice closed on Saturday 9th January  and will remain shut Until June. The floor had to be taken up in the main area of the shop and the damaged parts of the walls removed while it […]

  9. Jumper day is everybody’s festive favourite

    Valli Opticians Group and our new acquisition A H Mertons Group all joined in the woolly revolution by thoroughly embracing this year’s Text Santa, Christmas Jumper Day to raise money and awareness for the charities Make-A-Wish UK, Save the Children and Macmillan Cancer Support. Celebrating Christmas Jumper Day was a fabulous way to encourage all […]

  10. Valli is a shooting star

    Valli Opticians Group has been hailed as a star performer in a monthly competition run by Huddersfield Town Football Club and club partner Lucas Lee. Valli Opticians is the latest winner of the Shooting Star award in recognition of our acquisition of the seven-strong opticians group A H Mertons Limited. Each month Huddersfield Town Football […]

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