CG Optical in the Community

We are here for our community and love supporting wider activities taking place in the beautiful town of Stratford-upon-Avon. As lead sponsors of the Stratford Literary festival, we’ve hosted events with leading authors and personalities including author Val McDermid and BBC journalist Clive Myrie.

The charity also works in schools providing books and engaging more than 1,000 children every year in literary workshops. They’ve also run book-writing workshops in local prisons.

With the help of authors Hollie Hughes, Smriti Halls, and Patrick Kincaid, 50 prisoners wrote a bedtime story to help their own children cope with trauma and separation.

Over the years, we’ve also supported the community programme at Stratford Football Club. Other aspiring sportsmen and women in the county have benefitted too, including young cricketer and golfer Morgan Jackson.