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Wakefield District Sight Aid
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About Wakefield District Sight Aid

For over 30 years we have been supporting people across the Wakefield district to live independently with sight loss.

An empty community room set out with chairs, ready for a coffee morning, with a WDSA collection tin on a table in the foreground.
1,200+
people supported a year
80+
volunteers across the district
12
social groups running
Since 1991
serving Wakefield

Our team & trustees

  • Hayley Grocock

    Chief Executive

WDSA is run with the help of a volunteer board of trustees and a wider staff team — we're in the process of adding everyone's details here with their permission.

Awards & funders

  • The King's Award for Voluntary Service emblem

    King's Award for Voluntary Service

    Recognised for outstanding voluntary contribution to the Wakefield district.

  • National Lottery Community Fund logo

    National Lottery Community Fund

    Supporting our work across the Wakefield district.

  • Annual report & accounts

    Open and transparent. Read our latest report.