A young student from High Wycombe has used her entrepreneurial skills to help raise money for blind children in England and Wales.

Fourteen-year-old Chloe Davis has developed a cleaning cloth for optical lenses, which retailers can trial for free. Chloe will donate all proceeds from the sale of her product to The Royal Society for Blind Children (RSBC).

After raising £500 to get the project running, Chloe’s idea quickly developed from a concept to a real product. The end result was Chloe’s very own anti-static glass lens cleaning cloth.

Chloe was motivated to develop her product after reading about a young boy called Harry, who had been bullied at school due to his sight loss.

Chloe said: “It was only by chance that I came across RSBC’s website and Harry’s story, as I’d been researching something for a project at school. Harry’s story was heart-breaking, and it really got to me, particularly as he is about my age and I can imagine how tough it must be for him.

I just had to act and thought that the best way I could do this would be to team up with RSBC because they want to change negative attitudes to young people with sight loss.

Dr Tom Pey, CEO at RSBC, said: “How brilliant that this young entrepreneur has channelled her response to Harry’s story into something so creative and positive. Like so many of our fantastic supporters, Chloe is determined to act to improve the life chances of blind children.

“We are so thankful for her drive and passion to get this off the ground and we hope that opticians up and down the country will show their support by trying out the cloths.”