City West Housing Trust is pledging to raise £10,000 to train two guide dog puppies (named Lowry and Willow), to help blind and partially-sighted people to gain independence.
We are a housing association, which owns and manages 14,600 homes in Salford and have chosen to support Guide Dogs UK in 2014 through our GIFT (Get Involved Find Time) scheme and will be raising money for the Guide Dogs UK training centre in Atherton in Greater Manchester.
Guide Dogs UK has already trained more than 400 dogs to help blind and partially-sighted people of all ages.
David Wright, Assistant Director of Commerce at City West, said: “Our staff can’t wait to reach our target amount so we can help make day-to-day life easier for two members of our wider community, enabling them to improve their confidence while also gaining a four-legged companion.
“The service-users who will gain assistance from the guide dogs will also benefit from cane mobility training and further develop their mobility.”
We are hosting a range of fundraising activites from a Yorkshire 3 Peaks hike, to a Salford Quays Channel Swim to Coniston Challenge!
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