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Schoolgirl is a winner with cricket design

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 22 May 2017 Read time: 2 minutes

A trip to her local opticians for an eye test proved a winner for a Birmingham girl who became a match day team mascot at Warwickshire County Cricket Club. Chelsea Yardley, aged 11, scooped the prize when she entered a Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care competition to design a one-day team shirt. The Shirestone Academy Read more…
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Doncaster opticians puts dementia in the frame

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 12 May 2017 Read time: 1 minute

A Doncaster opticians is hosting a coffee and cake event with advice from a dementia support worker on Wednesday 17 May. Sheena Carr of Alzheimer’s Society will be at Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care on Printing Office Street between 2pm to 4pm as part of the branch’s support for Dementia Awareness Week (14-20 May). Branch Read more…
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Warwickshire Cricketers Take 20:20 Test

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 29 March 2017 Read time: 2 minutes

Warwickshire County Cricket Club players are eyeing up a successful season as the players step up to the crease for a team eye test. Celebrating its fifth year as a headline sponsor and official eye care provider, Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care is making sure the entire squad’s eyes are fit and match ready. Warwickshire Read more…
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World Glaucoma Week Highlights Value Of Eye Tests

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 13 March 2017 Read time: 2 minutes

It’s World Glaucoma Week (12-18 March) and a good time to think about getting your eyes tested. The focus on this condition is important because if left untreated glaucoma can cause blindness. The good news is that having a regular eye test can detect the condition. Glaucoma has few or no initial symptoms but causes Read more…
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Loyal Customer Aged 103 Launches Peacehaven Opticians

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 7 March 2017 Read time: 2 minutes

A Peacehaven opticians chose a loyal customer, who at 103 is also its oldest, to officially launch its new branch. Kathleen Flowers performed the honours at the Meridian Centre where Lesley Sones Opticians has moved to bigger premises and changed its name to Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care having become part of the Scrivens group Read more…
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World Hearing Day – top tips to prevent hearing loss

Adam Townsley

Author: Adam Townsley Date: 3 March 2017 Read time: 3 minutes

There is no magic wand to cure hearing loss, so taking care of our hearing is something each and every one of us should make a priority. The advice from Scrivens Optician & Hearing Care coincides with World Hearing Day [March 3], whereby prevention is the best option.  More than half of people aged 60 Read more…
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An eyeful of sights awaits Paris trip winner

Author: Martin Elwell Date: 27 January 2017 Read time: 2 minutes

A lucky customer from our Chesterfield branch has won a dream trip to see the sights of Paris. Mrs Sharon Glasby and husband Ian will enjoy two nights in a four star hotel in the French capital and have £1000 spending money to experience the city in style. The mother-of-two from Chesterfield struck lucky in Read more…
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Getting equipped to stay connected

Author: Martin Elwell Date: 23 January 2017 Read time: 2 minutes

Staying connected in the modern world can be a challenge when you have a hearing loss, but help is at hand to make it easier to communicate and engage with others. It is not only advances in hearing aid technology which have made a real difference; there are innovative devices on the market which are Read more…
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Leeds branches offer NHS hearing services in new partnership

Author: Martin Elwell Date: 22 December 2016 Read time: 2 minutes

We are delighted that LivingCare Health Services has appointed us to provide Adult NHS hearing care services from their four branches in Leeds, as well as the Thorpe Park Clinic and Parkside Community Health Centre. The partnership will enable patients referred by their GP to LivingCare Health Services to access free NHS hearing assessments, hearing Read more…
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Actor plays star role at Sherborne Opticians

Author: Martin Elwell Date: 5 December 2016 Read time: 2 minutes

Actor Denis Lill of ‘Only Fools and Horses’ fame took on a new role when he officially opened our Sherborne branch. The special guest, who was accompanied by wife Vanessa, cut the ribbon at Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care’s new premises in Cheap Street. The couple were presented with flowers and Scrivens gift vouchers as a Read more…
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