We're raising money to pay for the first year of a Guide Dogs training, and the name "Barclay" has been approved by Guide Dogs. Let's make it happen.

We've raised over £3,600 so far with £1,400 more needed, so £700 fundraising target which magically becomes £1,400 with our employer matched funding. Nice.

Walktober2023 kicks off with me running The Great Scottish Run half marathon on 1st October and I'll continue walking, stepping, jogging, skipping and running through October. You can join Walktober2023 by doing the walking/stepping thing and/or donating.

If you can donate £5, that'll become £10 towards (£11.25 with Gift Aid) our incredible Guide Dog dream, making a real life-changing difference.

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.

Any questions email: 1hourmark@gmail.com

I'll put up pics throughout October, and I'll gladly put up pics of you crushing Walktober2023 as well. Thanks heroes.