The Alex Gage Blog

“Optics has changed a lot in my lifetime. I met Sarah my wife while studying Optometry in Manchester in the late 1980s and we bought our own business in 1996 in Woodseats.”

We turned our practices blue for World Autism Day and had a fantastic response from our patients.

The blue themes at Alex Gage Family Optometrist will include blue balloons outside the Crosspool and Woodseats practices, staff wearing blue items of clothing.

Essilor – Eyes & Sunglasses – Why protect your eyes outdoor?

A Sheffield optometrist is urging people to have regular eye examinations in a bid to ‘Beat Invisible Glaucoma’.

It’s World Kidney Day on 13th March. Alex Gage Family Optometrist is proud to support World Kidney Day and raise awareness of kidney disease.

With No Smoking Day on the horizon, Sheffield optometrist Alex Gage is alerting his patients to the potential dangers that smoking poses to eyesight.

A quarter of people admitted to not having had their eyes tested for more than two years, prompting the Eye Love My Local Optician campaign.

Fresh from competing in the ASA Masters competition, Alex Gage is inviting patients to claim free prescription swimming goggles.

Alex Gage urges people to follow fireworks safety code to protect their eyes on Bonfire Night.

During National Eye Health Week, Alex Gage is urging the people of Sheffield to get their eyes tested, noting that 1.8 million people in the UK are living with sight loss.