Our 5 year old daughter Paige has decided she wants to raise money for the guide dogs because she wants to help with the cost of training these amazing animals to give visually impaired people their independence. 

Paige has said this makes her happy because she is able to help, and she has decided that she wants to do this by climbing Mount Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales at an elevation of 1,085 metres above sea level. She will be climbing the Pyg Track up and the miners track down, which is around 8 miles, on Saturday 21st August 2021.

As many of you will know this is a very challenging endeavour, especially for a 5 year old! We estimate this will take her between 6-8 hours to complete. 

Please show your support for our amazing daughter and her chosen charity by donating as much as you can.

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How your donations are helping:

• Adult and guide dog services
  • £8 could support a working guide dog partnership for a day.
  • £16 could buy a coat for one of our puppies in training.
  • £26 can buy a white harness, the iconic symbol of a fully qualified guide dog.
  • £116 can buy a Training School Kit for a guide dog trainer who teach pups the specialist skills they will need to become a qualified guide dog.
  • £125 could buy a Starter Kit for a new guide dog owner, containing everything they need to start a life with their new guide dog.
  • £717 could pay for a sighted guide partnership for seven months, helping to build confidence and improve social interactions for a person with sight loss. That also includes training for family and friends so they can take their loved one out safely.
  • £891 could provide a person with sight loss with a personal plan, assessments, and training sessions to improve their independence and mobility skills, helping live the life they choose.
    
     
• Children and young people services
  • £24 could pay for an hour’s advice and guidance from one of our Specialist Education Support Officers.
  • £44 enables us to produce a tailormade, large print book for a child with sight loss, so that they can enjoy reading just like their friends.
  • £332 could provide eight weeks of Early Diagnosis Support to a child with sight loss and their family.
  • £420 could buy a child with a vision impairment an iPad, to help them with their education and transform their learning experience.

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Almost two million people in the UK are living with sight loss that has a significant impact on their daily lives. Of those, around 180,000 rarely leave their homes alone and lead lonely, isolated lives. Guide Dogs works for a world where people with sight loss are never left out of life, for a world where being blind or partially sighted is not what defines you. A world with enough support to make the challenges of sight loss no barrier to fulfilling hopes and dreams.