A portable vision assistance assembly (1, 30, 51) comprising: an elongate body (3, 35, 55), the body (3, 35, 55) including a base (19, 31, 63) located at a first end (23, 45) of the body (3, 35, 55), the base (19, 31, 63) having a generally flat bottom surface on which is provided a first attachment formation (5, 39, 59) configured to releasably attach the body (3, 35, 55) to a stationary, secondary structure in front of a mirror, the body (3, 35, 55) defining a cavity (9, 47, 57) configured to house a vision correcting optical lens (11, 111, 211, 311), characterised by: the body (3, 35, 55) having a lid (13, 49, 69) on an opposite end of the body (3, 35, 55) relative to the base (19, 31, 63), the lid (13, 49, 69) being moveable between a closed condition in which the lid (13, 49, 69) covers an entrance to the cavity (9, 47, 57) and an open condition in which the lid (13, 49, 69) extends away from the entrance to provide access to the cavity (9, 47, 57), and by: the lid (13, 49, 69) having a second attachment formation (17, 65) for the detachable attachment of the vision correcting optical lens (11, 111, 211, 311) to the second attachment formation (17, 65), such that the vision correcting optical lens (11, 111, 211, 311) can be detached and housed in the cavity (9, 47, 57) of the body (3, 35, 55) for storage and can be removed from the cavity (9, 47, 57) and detachably attached to the second attachment formation (17, 65) on the lid for use with the portable vision assistance assembly (1, 30, 51). an elongate body (3, 35, 55), the body (3, 35, 55) including a base (19, 31, 63) located at a first end (23, 45) of the body (3, 35, 55), the base (19, 31, 63) having a generally flat bottom surface on which is provided a first attachment formation (5, 39, 59) configured to releasably attach the body (3, 35, 55) to a stationary, secondary structure in front of a mirror, the body (3, 35, 55) defining a cavity (9, 47, 57) configured to house a vision correcting optical lens (11, 111, 211, 311), characterised by: the body (3, 35, 55) having a lid (13, 49, 69) on an opposite end of the body (3, 35, 55) relative to the base (19, 31, 63), the lid (13, 49, 69) being moveable between a closed condition in which the lid (13, 49, 69) covers an entrance to the cavity (9, 47, 57) and an open condition in which the lid (13, 49, 69) extends away from the entrance to provide access to the cavity (9, 47, 57), and by: the lid (13, 49, 69) having a second attachment formation (17, 65) for the detachable attachment of the vision correcting optical lens (11, 111, 211, 311) to the second attachment formation (17, 65), such that the vision correcting optical lens (11, 111, 211, 311) can be detached and housed in the cavity (9, 47, 57) of the body (3, 35, 55) for storage and can be removed from the cavity (9, 47, 57) and detachably attached to the second attachment formation (17, 65) on the lid for use with the portable vision assistance assembly (1, 30, 51). the lid (13, 49, 69) having a second attachment formation (17, 65) for the detachable attachment of the vision correcting optical lens (11, 111, 211, 311) to the second attachment formation (17, 65), such that the vision correcting optical lens (11, 111, 211, 311) can be detached and housed in the cavity (9, 47, 57) of the body (3, 35, 55) for storage and can be removed from the cavity (9, 47, 57) and detachably attached to the second attachment formation (17, 65) on the lid for use with the portable vision assistance assembly (1, 30, 51).