We will not rest until blind and partially sighted people can enjoy the same freedom of movement as everyone else.
The ability to get around is vital in order to live a full life yet thousands of people who are blind or partially sighted never leave home alone. Guide Dogs empowers visually impaired people to do that and relies on the support of the public to fund its services.
We breed and train guide dogs which provide life changing mobility and there are currently 4,500 working guide dog partnerships in the UK. It costs £5 per day to support each working guide dog partnership. The full lifetime cost of a guide dog from birth to retirement is around £50,000.
We also provide a range of mobility and other rehabilitation services such as white cane training as well as campaigning passionately to break down barriers – both physical and legal – to enable blind and partially sighted people to get around on their own.
Specialties
mobility services ( guide dogs and long cane training) for the visually impaired, mobility services for children and young people, sighted guiding training on how to guide for the blind, educating the public about protecting their eyesight
New hires at The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
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Community Fundraiser
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Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind, Education Programme Manager
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Community Fundraising Business Partner
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RNLI, Senior community fundraising Manager
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Lead Business Analyst
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Landmark Information Group, Business Analyst / Project Manager
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association Activity on LinkedIn
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The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association has a new Volunteering Development Co-ordinator
Dave Clough is now Volunteering Development Co-ordinator
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The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association has a new Puppy Walker
Martin Mitchell is now Puppy Walker
