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Guide Dogs

Providing mobility for the blind and partially sighted.

About Guide Dogs


Tags: Eye health & blindness Health & Medical Animal Welfare Assistance & Therapy animals

Every day 250 people in the UK start to lose their sight. When someone loses their sight, we're here to make sure they don't lose their freedom as well. Every penny donated will go towards helping us provide life-changing services for people with sight loss.

Our ambition is a future where every person with sight loss has the confidence and support they need to live their lives to the full. Our Future Direction and Strategy Overview explains how we aim to reach and support many more individuals over the next five years, from 200,000 people today, to 500,000 by 2023.

Despite the devastation caused by sight loss, 70% of adults receive no support within the first 12 months of diagnosis, and are likely to encounter poor education, high unemployment, depression, loneliness and financial insecurity throughout their lifetime.

The rise in the UK’s elderly population continues to impact social care. With shortages in funding, local authorities have prioritised the services they provide, leaving the third sector under great pressure to plug gaps.

Childhood sight loss is on the increase. There are around 35,000 children and young people living with a vision impairment in the UK. Some 80% of a child’s learning takes place using vision, and every day they go without support can affect their development.

Yet we know that the public does not find our charitable cause as engaging as other causes; people fail to relate to the issue and consequently we need to work much harder to build emotional connections with the public.

Thank you for choosing to donate to Guide Dogs.

Your Impact

Every day 250 people in the UK start to lose their sight. When someone loses their sight, we're here to make sure they don't lose their freedom as well. Every penny donated will go towards helping us provide life-changing services for people with sight loss.

£8

Could help support a partnership for 1 day.

£25

Could pay for an hour of training for a guide dog, helping to create partnerships like Ella and Rio.

£50

Could pay for fun, tactile activities to help children co-ordinate their muscles and movements.