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.

Through my martial art club, Rainham Tang Sou Dao, we are trying to raise enough money to name a guide dog puppy. This not only gives the gift of a wonderful companion to a blind or partially sighted person, but teaches the children about sight loss and its impact as well as the importance of raising money for a great cause.