They will not rest until people who are blind and partially sighted 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 and partially sighted never leave home alone.
Guide Dogs empowers people who are visually impaired to do that and relies on the support of the public to fund its services.
They 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.
They 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 people who are blind and partially sighted to get around on their own.
