Brigg Matters Issue 68 Spring 2023

PURVEYORS OF LUXURY EYEWEAR SINCE 1979 ■
O’Brien’s Opticians has been located on
Wrawby Street, Brigg for over 40 years.
A nationally recognised and acclaimed
practice being runner-up in the UK
Optician awards 2019 – INDEPENDENT
PRACTICE OF THE YEAR 2019.
UK Optician Awards runners-up 2018 & 2019!
Eye Examinations by UK Optician Award
Finalist Optometrist 2018
Specialists lenses for Macular
Degeneration (AMD), Glaucoma and More...
CLINICAL EYEWEAR ■ QUALITY EYEWEAR
All eye examinations are performed by Optometrist,
Sheeraz Janjua who was awarded the degree of
Doctor of Optometry (DipSv) from Aston University
for his research in Dry eye syndrome. He was runner-up
in the 2018 Optician awards for UK Optometrist of the
Year. Supported by longstanding staff new services have been introduced including dry eye and blepharitis appointments
and treatment plans. Doctor Janjua takes great pride in what he calls precision calculation of spectacle prescriptions – using
techniques honed over twenty years in optometry.
Emphasis is placed on personal service, correctly fitted original and international frames and accurately dispensed ophthalmic
lenses by exceptional manufacturers such as Carl Zeiss, Nikon, Seiko, Rodenstock, Essilor (VARILUX, TRANSITIONS), Kodak,
Hoya and many other superior independent lens suppliers including one that makes the THINNEST lens in the world using
1.76 INDEX!
Dr Janjua launches specialist lenses for Macular Degeneration (AMD)
The practice dispenses specialist lens types, tints and coatings which can help people with various daily tasks such as driving (day
driving and night driving), poor vision in low light level and VDU work.
In 2016 Dr. Janjua introduced specialist lenses from the USA for people with vision
loss related to Glaucoma, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Diabetic Retinopathy and
macular degeneration (AMD). These special – prismatic lenses can change the
direction of light to alternative healthier parts of the retina. Combined with a special
filter to improve contrast - they have been a huge success. The practice can now
also supply revolutionary lenses that use a built in mesh in the lens to improve the
vision for those who struggle to see very well – especially at night.
Now official stockists of LINDBERG –
the best eyewear in the world!
The Danish royal family, politicians, business tycoons,
and high-profile celebrities are your typical LINDBERG
customers. With 95+ international design awards
including the prestigious Silmo Gold award, this multi
award-winning Danish company is undoubtedly the
best of the best in the world. Their craftsmanship is
unmatched by ANY other existing brands today and
now available in BRIGG.
O’BRIEN’S WELCOMES THE REGISTRATION OF NEW PATIENTS.
The practice is open from Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm. Saturday 9am-4pm.
Telephone 01652 653 595 to make an appointment. O’Brien’s Opticians 43-44 Wrawby St, Brigg DN20 8BS
enquiries@obriensopticians.co.uk Visit www.obriensopticians.co.uk
Purple4Polio – Thank You
Rotary Club of Brigg
What a fantastic performance by the people
and businesses of Brigg in their support of
the Polio Campaign of the Rotary Club of
Brigg this year. We held markets during
October, a bucket collection at Brigg
Town Football Club and more businesses
sponsored the campaign than previous
years. Brigg Town Council was again a
great support this year. A final total of £2680 has been
raised this year, which is the best, and with the Bill Gates
Foundation support that will be £5360, each vaccination
costs £0.23, so this is amazing.
The Club planted approximately 1088 corms on the
main entrances to Brigg with help from the scouts,
Rotarians and a resident of Brigg; please look out for
these beautiful purple crocuses. Both SJN and The Vale
had presentations, and their school councils agreed to
support us by raising money and planting 1000 corms at
each school.
The Rotary Club of Brigg thanks everyone who took
part and contributed in any way, and
looks forward to the coming year.
If anyone would like to volunteer
or have any suggestions where we
can plant them please contact a
member of Rotary or telephone
07519330432.
CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young) and
The Beat Goes On 31
Every week in the UK, at least 12
apparently fit and healthy young
people aged between 14 and 35
years die from Young Sudden Cardiac
Death (YSCD). Gill and Steve Ayling,
spoke at the club in October 2021
describing how their son Nathan,
aged 31, died very suddenly in 2019
from YSCD. Following Nathan’s
death, the couple became aware
of the charity, Cardiac Risk in the
Young (CRY), which provides Cardiac
Screening for young people between
the ages of 14 and 35 around the
country, something that is not
currently available on the NHS
unless you are diagnosed or present
symptoms.
Michael Silley
Purple4Polio Rotarians Lesley
Whitehand and Chris Darlington with
pupils from SJN.
Pictured presenting a cheque to Mike
Forster, screening manager for CRY, are
R to L, Rotarians Mohammad Ali and
Paul McCormick, Steve and Gill Ayling.
The club was delighted to be able to support
two screening sessions held on the 10 th and
11 th January at Hope House in Scunthorpe.
The cost of the two sessions was £10,000
and 186 young people were screened. A
third session is being planned for early
2024 where it is hoped a further 100 young
people will be screened.
The Rotary Club of Brigg’s contribution to
this project was £1,000 which included a District Grant
of £500 from the Rotary Foundation, Rotary’s own and
only charity delivering our vision of a better world. The
Rotary Foundation is supported solely by contributions
from the public, Rotary members and friends of the
Foundation.
The Fourth North Lincs. Rotary Swimarathon
An exciting event to raise funds for local organisations
takes place at The Pods in Scunthorpe on Sunday 26 th
March. For further information, and to register your
interest in taking part and obtain a sponsor form, or to
receive an award for your cause, visit our website
http://www.nlrswim.org.uk.
Our third Swimarathon in 2020 was
a huge success, particularly in view
of the national COVID-19 pandemic.
We raised over £10,000, all of
which was awarded to deserving
local organisations. You can get a
flavour of both the event and awards
evening on YouTube:
Event 2018 – https://youtu.be/
uCThvHFpjM4 Awards Evening
2019 – https://youtu.be/_9-
_4sKZhmE
And a Date for your Diary…
Rotary Charity Ball – Elsham Golf
Club – Saturday 17 th June 2023,
7.00pm-1.00aThree Course Meal
and Dancing to Abba Mania Band
and Disco
Supporting Rotary Charities – CRY,
Lindsey Lodge, etc.
Watch out for further details…
follow Brigg Rotary on our website
and Facebook page.
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