{"id":3538,"date":"2026-10-14T21:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/northumberlandtyneandwear-loc\/?p=3538"},"modified":"2026-10-14T21:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T20:15:15","slug":"north-east-optical-society-seek-new-chairperson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/northumberlandtyneandwear-loc\/2026\/10\/14\/north-east-optical-society-seek-new-chairperson\/","title":{"rendered":"North East Optical Society Seek New Chairperson."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>NEOS is a Newcastle-based, volunteer-run CPD provider for Optometry run by the local Optometry workforce. Its history dates back to 1927.<\/div>\n<div>Many people who have gone on to work in key leadership positions across the area have previously held roles within NEOS.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Without a Chair, the society, which has run 100 years, cannot continue.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Martin Hood (recent Chair) has now stepped down and for the first time since 1927 the Society is without a chairperson. This is not an onerous role and full training will be given. Time and expenses are reimbursed and Martin has kindly organised the speakers up until December. He is also happy to offer guidance and speaker contacts if needed.\u00a0The recent discussions have suggested a review of NEOS session type and number.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>NEOS chair is a great point to have on a CV as jobs become more competitive.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We look forward to applicants. Contact us via this email: <a href=\"mailto:northeastopticalsociety@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">northeastopticalsociety@<wbr \/>gmail.com<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEOS is a Newcastle-based, volunteer-run CPD provider for Optometry run by the local Optometry workforce. Its history dates back to 1927. Many people who have gone on to work in key leadership positions across the area have previously held roles within NEOS. Without a Chair, the society, which has run 100 years, cannot continue. Martin &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/northumberlandtyneandwear-loc\/2026\/10\/14\/north-east-optical-society-seek-new-chairperson\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;North East Optical Society Seek New Chairperson.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":715,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/northumberlandtyneandwear-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/northumberlandtyneandwear-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/northumberlandtyneandwear-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/northumberlandtyneandwear-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/715"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/northumberlandtyneandwear-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/northumberlandtyneandwear-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3539,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/northumberlandtyneandwear-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3538\/revisions\/3539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/northumberlandtyneandwear-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/northumberlandtyneandwear-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loc-online.co.uk\/northumberlandtyneandwear-loc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}