We’re delighted to share that we are celebrating a milestone anniversary this month. On 25th August, Sarah and I will have been providing optometric services from our Woodseats practice for 25 years, and we planning to celebrate with an offer for patients and a BBQ party for our team. We’re very grateful to the people […]
As well as providing frames and lenses from the world’s leading suppliers, we pride ourselves on making time for each and every customer and giving them exceptional customer service and a great Alex Gage experience. As in independent optometrist with just two practices, we pride ourselves on offering customers quality spectacles and contact lenses dispensed […]
We’re delighted to stock a range of handmade spectacle frames that are produced from ocean waste in both Woodseats and Crosspool. ‘Sea2see’ optical frames and sunglasses are made entirely with recycled marine plastic waste that is collected in collaboration with thousands of fishermen in Spanish ports. Talking about the innovative range, Alex said: “The waste, […]
We’re delighted to share that Alex and Sarah’s elder daughter, Emma, has graduated from Cardiff University with a 2:1 degree in Optometry and Vision Sciences. Following in her parents’ footsteps, 22 year old Emma graduated after a three year course and will begin a pre-registration job in Merthyr Tydfil in September, further to additional studies […]
In the interest of keeping us all as safe as we can, we are operating a locked door policy and only carrying out essential work. Please phone us for more information and we will triage your enquiry. Woodseats 0114 274 8582 Crosspool 0114 266 7066 We will phone the patients already booked to check […]
We are taking measures to help protect staff and public during this unprecedented time. We aim to have a 15-minute gap between appointments to reduce contact between patients and visitors. We will sanitise surfaces between appointments, with antibacterial wipes. We ask that patients do not attend early to reduce time in our waiting area. We […]
Further to our recent blog update re our fencing sponsee, Phoebe Newton-Hughes, we’re absolutely over the moon to share this update that her mum posted on facebook today: So after two months back in training and some mixed results Phoebe has made her way up to 6th in the British U20 rankings and has been […]
We’re delighted to welcome three new(ish!) faces to the teams at Crosspool and Woodseats. Sylvia Moffatt, Jo Bambrough and Margaret Green have joined us recently as Eyewear Specialists to work across both practices. Sylvia and Jo join the team at Crosspool from Vision Express and outreach work respectively, with former Scrivens employee Margaret sharing her […]
We’re backing a nationwide campaign to raises awareness of the link between smoking and sight threatening conditions. The team is helping the Association of Optometrists to promote its Stub it out campaign by displaying posters and leaflets in our practices in Woodseats and Crosspool. Stub it out is the Association’s first national eye health campaign […]
As new information emerges daily about the dangers of plastics to the environment, we’re pleased to be able to offer a recycling facility for disposable contact lenses. We have special recycling bins for both the contact lenses themselves and the blister packs that they come in at our practices in Woodseats and Crosspool. Of the […]
