Ian West

Ian's Walkies

Fundraising for Guide Dogs
£2,514
raised
Walk from Nottingham to Cabanas in Portugal., 23 August 2024
Guide Dogs

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RCN Eng. & Wales 209617, Scot. SC038979, & IoM 1334
We breed and train guide dogs to give blind people freedom and mobility

Story

I am walking from St Peter's Gate in Nottingham, setting off on August 23rd 2024 with the support and send-off from the local Guide Dogs fundraising group. My route will take me south to Portsmouth where I will board a ferry to Santander on the 30th of August where I will continue my walk around the ship until my arrival on the 1st of September. I will then continue my walk from Spain through to Portugal where I hope to arrive in sunny Cabanas on the 1st of October.

I hope you will join me along the way sharing your support and well wishes for this challenge I wish to do in aid of Guide dogs enabling people with Visual Impairment to live the life they choose, all donations gratefully received will go towards naming a life-changing puppy.

Please be sure to follow my journey here: www.facebook.com/groups/ianswalkies

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.

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Guide Dogs

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RCN Eng. & Wales 209617, Scot. SC038979, & IoM 1334
The ability to get around is vital in order to live a full life yet thousands of people with sight loss never leave home alone. We empower visually impaired people to do that and rely on the support of the public to fund the guide dog service.

Donation summary

Total raised
£2,513.46
+ £468.52 Gift Aid
Online donations
£2,513.46
Offline donations
£0.00

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