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The official Guide Dogs magazine
Spring 2014
Guide Dogs Annual Awards
An inspiring celebration
Guide Dogs and technology
News of a cutting edge project
Canine
catwalk
Guide Dogs Week 2013
– our best yet
Also inside:
• Guide Dogs in the media
• A day in the life of a volunteer driver
• My Guide in the metropolis
• Meet Guide Dogs’ new Director of Mobility Services
• And much more…
Contents
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05Welcome
06News
• Campaigns
success earns
awards
• A unique project
with young
offenders in
Scotland
10 View from the top
An exciting future
with Guide Dogs’
CEO
21 A day in the life of…
Volunteer driver
Terry Cane
12 Features
14 29 What’s on?
Introducing Dogs
Unite!, a new look
for Go Walkies
46 Letters and caption
competition
15 Text ‘GUIDE’ to 63333 or visit
www.sponsorapuppy.org.uk
30 Thank you to our
supporters
33 In memory
22 34 We’ll never forget
38 New partnerships
Here’s what you’ll receive
28 Please recycle
this magazine
19 Buddy dogs go the
extra mile
Canine friends are
changing children’s
lives
12 We really Stood Out
for Guide Dogs
The highlights from
an incredible Guide
Dogs Week
20 A holiday that helps
Guide Dogs
A relaxing way to
support us
14 Pleased to meet you
Introducing new
Director of Mobility
Services, Steve Vaid
People and dogs
You can sponsor a puppy right now.
11 Guide Dogs in the
media
The best of our TV,
radio and print
coverage
15 On the campaign trail
A round-up of
campaigning wins in
2013
16 Guide Dogs and
technology
Cutting edge
technology will open
up our world
18 My Guide in the
metropolis
Sighted guide
volunteers are
making a difference
22 A gift that’s full of life
How leaving a
lasting legacy can
transform a life
24 Guide Dogs Annual
Awards 2013
And the winners
are…
27 The generation
game
How each guide
dog parent touches
so many lives
28 Climb every
mountain
Meet a guide
dog owner who’s
reaching new
heights
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Forward Magazine | Spring 2014
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Welcome
Editor’s welcome
Helping change the lives of blind
and partially sighted people has
never been more fun!
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So much has happened
since the last edition of
Forward. In October, with
your help, we had our most
successful Guide Dogs Week
ever. Thousands of you took
part in hundreds of events,
helping us raise awareness
of the everyday challenges
faced by people who are
blind or partially sighted,
and bringing in hundreds
of thousands of pounds to
help us continue our lifechanging work. You can
read about some of the
highlights on page 12.
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incredible hard work of our
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of guide dog owners and the
amazing support Guide Dogs
receives from individuals
and organisations across
the UK. Find out who the
winners were on page 24.
And don’t miss the feature
about the groundbreaking
work Guide Dogs is
doing with Microsoft
and other companies to
make the world a more
accessible place for us
all – it’s very exciting!
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the results of our 2012 reader
survey. We’re now looking at
the results of the 2013 survey
– thank you to everyone
who responded to it. Early
findings are showing us
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Contents
The pride of Northumberland
Campaigns Team scoop awards
Three dedicated Guide
Dogs volunteers have been
honoured in the Pride of
Northumberland Awards.
Guide dog
owner Tricia
Rescigno
was named
‘role model
of the year’
for raising awareness of sight loss
in the community, fundraising
and involvement in the life of
her home town, Morpeth.
Alan Stothart was shortlisted
for the ‘community champion’
award, thanks to a whole
range of roles he has taken on,
including maintenance assistant
to the Newcastle Mobility
Team, guide dog boarder and
exerciser, and fundraiser.
Finally, 18-year-old Charlotte
Stephenson was shortlisted for the
‘child of achievement’ award. She
has been fundraising for Guide
Dogs for two years and, having
recently qualified with her first
guide dog, she’s now a passionate
advocate for Guide Dogs.
The success of our Safe and Sound campaign shows
just how effective our campaigns can be in ensuring
that people with sight loss have their freedom and
independence. Guide Dogs’ Campaigns Team works
extremely hard alongside people who are blind
and partially sighted and their efforts were recently
recognised when they scooped two prestigious
awards at the Public Affairs News Awards.
Will 2014 be a ‘safe and sound’ year?
It has been an exceptionally busy end to 2013 for
our Safe and Sound campaign on quiet vehicles. All
year we’ve been campaigning for the installation
of mandatory sound generators on quiet electric
and hybrid vehicles – to help pedestrians who can’t
see a car coming still know when it’s safe to cross
a road. We held a parliamentary reception to raise
awareness, worked with key decision makers to
influence European level discussions, and MPs even
debated the issue in Westminster!
These were Best Party Conference Stand – our crazy
golf course, highlighting the problem of street clutter,
was judged to be exciting, innovative and good
value for money; and In-House Team of the Year –
recognising a team which has had an outstanding
year in influencing public policy. Thank you to
everyone who’s helped make this such a successful
year for our campaigns.
We are indebted to all those supporters who’ve
helped the campaign by taking action online at:
guidedogs.org.uk/safeandsound. We’re delighted
it has now been agreed that all electric and
hybrid vehicles will be fitted with mandatory sound
generators from 2019 – a huge step forward from
this time last year, when there were no plans for
mandatory sound technology. Visit our website for
more information on how you can help.
Phyllis Burden and her guide dog Tyler are part of
a unique training programme taking place at the
Polmont Young Offenders Institute in Scotland. ‘Paws
for Progress’ is the UK’s first and only prison-based
dog training programme, in which young offenders
are taught how to train and care for rescue dogs.
The programme has had a significant impact on the
young men, helping them to make positive changes
for the future. Contributing to their changing attitudes
are volunteers such as Phyllis, who talk to them about
the difference a dog has made to their lives. Inspired
by its impact, Phyllis is now part of a steering group
that hopes to set up a social enterprise to deliver
similar projects in a range of community settings.
BBC Radio’s ‘The Listening Project’ is
capturing the nation in conversation
to build a unique picture of our lives
today. Those conversations include
one between guide dog owners
Al Winton and Dave Heal, who talk
about coping when their guide dog
comes to retirement. So inspired
was one listener by their moving
description of what each guide dog
means to them, that she donated
money she had raised at work to
Guide Dogs. To listen to Al and
Dave’s conversation, visit bbc.co.uk/
programmes/b03g0936
Guide
Dogs funds
potential
research
breakthrough
Research funded by Guide Dogs
could lead to a breakthrough
drug for treating major causes of
blindness. Experts at Manchester
University have been looking at
ways to develop a drug, based on
a substance called opticin which
occurs naturally in the eye. If the
drug works it could potentially
preserve any remaining vision
people have and lead to less
invasive eye treatments.
Paws for Progress in Scotland
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An inspiring conversation
A match made in Pontypool
Pontypool RFC has chosen Guide Dogs Cymru as its charity of the season for
2013/14. It’s a perfect match as both organisations have strong roots in the local
community. Many guide dog owners are avid rugby fans who love the match
day buzz. Among them is Christian Hyde, a former player and referee, who
lost his sight through diabetes. “People ask me how I can see the game and
I tell them ‘I can’t!’ – but I know what’s going on before the players do.” The
club hopes to raise enough to name a guide dog puppy and will invite fans to
choose the name.
Pontypool RFC captain Luke Dyckhoff, Christian Hyde and guide dog Sasha
and Steve Kersley, Volunteer Development Co-Ordinator for Guide Dogs Cymru
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News
News
Getting active with
Guide Dogs NI
Aberdeen Ball spectacular
For a second successive year, the Aberdeen fundraising
group have staged the spectacular Aberdeen Ball,
raising just under £30,000. Local guide dog owner Mary
Rasmussen addressed the 200 guests and spoke about
her experiences of being a guide dog owner. “We
had great fun but it was all for a serious cause,” said
Bill Duguid, chair of the Ball committee. “The generous
guests have made a vital contribution to the lives of
guide dog owners like Mary.”
A free pass for puppy walker
Chalkwell Bus Company, in Kent, has given a free
bus pass to puppy walker Vanessa Johnson as part
of its bid to support local charities.
Vanessa asked for the pass to help
her young guide dog puppies gain
confidence in travelling by bus.
Mobility Services Support Worker Sue
Philippe said: “The help we receive
from transport companies and other
service providers in allowing puppy
walkers access with their puppies is
hugely appreciated and vital in the
development of our young dogs.”
Best friends Conor and Kassie
on TV
21-year-old Conor Thompson, from
Crumlin, Northern Ireland, and his
best friend, buddy dog Kassie, were
recently featured on Ulster TV’s The
Magazine. His parents spoke about
the difference that Kassie’s arrival
has made to the whole family. Living
with autism as well as sight loss,
Conor had become increasingly
withdrawn. Thanks to Kassie, he
has now grown in confidence and
become more involved in family life.
A very welcome surprise!
We are always looking for support
from local businesses, for example
to sponsor a puppy training class or
venue. Their generosity still has the
power to surprise us though. Gary
Heginbottom, Director of Artisan
Fireplace Design Ltd, recently
offered to sponsor puppy classes
held in Brighouse, West Yorkshire. “I
waited to hear how many classes
he would sponsor,” explains Puppy
Training Supervisor Nic Morgan,
“thinking maybe six months, but he
said forever! What a guy!”
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Touch and go
Guide Dogs has been involved in the creation of
a three dimensional map of the route from South
Kensington Station to Hyde Park. The map has
been unveiled to help people with sight loss find
their way down one of London’s busiest streets. It is
the result of extensive work with a specialist tactile
design team, Guide Dogs and various consultation
groups. We hope that other local authorities will
now follow their lead.
Guide Dogs’ Belfast Mobility Team
has launched a new partnership
with events organisation ‘parkrun’
to enable people who are blind or
partially sighted to get active.
George Foster
being guided
by Gary Moore
parkrun organise free, weekly runs
across the UK, encouraging people
of all ages and abilities to take part.
The Belfast team is working with
them to train volunteers as sighted
guides at locations across Northern
Ireland. There’s also scope for the
volunteers to be trained as running
guides, giving people with sight loss
the support they need to take part.
Engagement Manager Andrew
Murdock says: “This is going to
provide better opportunities for
people with sight loss to exercise
within their local community. And
for young people, it’s also a great
way to improve movement, spatial
awareness and confidence.”
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Pascoe gives Linda his
support
Like every other puppy Linda
Myatt has walked, Pascoe sits
quietly at the Leeds Blood Donor
Clinic every two weeks while
Linda donates platelets. Staff love
to see Pascoe and it’s good for
his socialisation training too.
Fisherman’s
tale
Congratulations
to guide dog
owner David
Young, who
beat off stiff
competition
to win the
Jack Charlton
Disabled
Anglers Cup at
Kielder Water.
His winning
catch of
rainbow trout
weighed in at
14lb 3oz.
A ferry tiring
trip for Lily
Wedding belle
When Lynn
Captain Alistair
Leverett got
McCarlie of the
married last
Stenaline Belfast/ October, one of
Cairnryan ferry
her bridesmaids
kindly invited
was guide dog
Northern Ireland Omega. Lynn
pup Lily, walked says: “With
by Heather
hindsight, having
Gilmore, to the
a beautiful
ship’s bridge to
guide dog as
meet his crew.
a bridesmaid
Lily smiled for
was a duff idea,
the camera,
because no
then promptly
one noticed
fell asleep!
the wrinkly old
bride!”. We’re
sure that’s not
true, Lynn!
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View from the top
Guide Dogs in the media
View from the top
One of the things I enjoy
most about being Guide
Dogs’ CEO is the number
of amazing stories I
hear. This year’s Guide
Dogs Annual Awards
featured some of the
most heartwarming I’ve
ever heard – about our
incredibly committed
volunteers; about people
who are campaigning
with us to break down
the barriers that prevent
people with sight loss
getting around; about
inspirational guide
dog owners – and, of
course, the brilliant dogs
they’re partnered with.
Chief Executive Richard Leaman shares his views
It’s great to have a special
evening to celebrate some
of our stories – our audience
of supporters and celebrities
were all very moved by
those they heard. But what
I find most extraordinary
is that we generate more
stories every single day. In
2013, we created 840 guide
dog partnerships – each
one with a story behind it.
We also created over 800
partnerships through My
Guide, our service which
matches volunteers to
blind and partially sighted
people who want to
increase their confidence
in getting out and about.
That’s 800 more stories of
people living the lives they
want to live, and it doesn’t
include the 11,000 times our
My Guide volunteers have
been able to offer an arm
to a person with sight loss,
as a one-off event. As we
continue to train thousands
more ‘My Guides’, we’ll
really start to tackle the
fears people have around
sight loss and to create a
society that understands,
and addresses, the needs
of people who are blind
or partially sighted.
We’re also working with
hundreds of children
whose stories are just
beginning. Last year
alone we worked with
around 700 children and
young people, and that
number is set to increase
now that the National Blind
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Children’s Society is part of
the Guide Dogs family. And
before these children are
too much older, we hope
the cutting-edge work on
technology we’re doing
with Microsoft and other
major organisations will have
made the world a more
accessible place for people
who are blind or partially
sighted to move around in.
Some of our stories are hardhitting – they have to be, to
get the attention of those in
authority – and, in terms of
campaigning, 2013 was a
huge success. In April, the
government announced that
microchipping all dogs in
England will be compulsory
by April 2016 – a year sooner
in Wales. The government
also revealed that dog
attacks on assistance dogs
will be treated as a much
more serious offence, and,
as you’ll have read in the
news pages, EU decision
makers took further steps
towards the mandatory
installation of artificial sound
generators in quiet vehicles,
thanks to over 20,000 emails
from supporters of our Safe
and Sound campaign.
The story of Guide Dogs
stretches back over 80
years, during which time
we’ve transformed many
thousands of lives. I am
convinced that the most
exciting chapters of the story
are yet to come – I hope
you’ll help us write them.
Guide Dogs
in the media TV, radio and the print
media are all vital in raising
awareness of Guide Dogs
and our life-changing work.
Here are some of our recent
highlights from what have
been a very busy few months.
Guide Dogs Week 2013
We started our biggest ever media
campaign in September with the launch of
Guide Dogs Week 2013 (and turn to pages
12 -13 for some amazing photos of what went
on). This included the canine catwalk, which
featured in national papers including The
Daily Telegraph and The Times and the Four
Legs Tour, which was featured across many
local papers.
Guide dog owners denied access
Guide dog owners are still being denied
access to shops, restaurants and taxis.
This story was picked up by national
radio stations such as Sky News Sunrise
and BBC Radio Scotland, newspapers
such as the Daily Mirror and The
Sun and important industry title Taxi
Newspaper, as well as more than 50 local
newspapers and radio station websites.
Pavement perils
Channel 4 Dogs: Their Secret Lives
Guide Dogs featured in a prime-time
Channel Four documentary looking at how
dogs behave when they are alone and
how they have coped with the changes in
human lifestyles over the last 50 years.
The crew visited Guide Dogs’ National
Breeding Centre to learn about our breeding
programme, and presenter and TV vet Marc
Evans spoke with a number of staff about
how they ensure the quality of our lifechanging future guide dogs.
BBC Midlands Today
The regional news programme has started
a long-running series of stories following
the journey of a guide dog puppy, Zeus,
from puppy walking through training
and being matched with a client. In the
first episode, viewers saw the National
Breeding Centre and met young guide
dog owner Amy Kettle and first time
volunteer puppy walker Simon Earp.
Hello!
In the 2 December edition
of HELLO! Magazine, Model
Amber Le Bon spoke of the
“wonderful experience” she
had when she took part in
our canine catwalk as part
of Guide
Dogs
Week.
Poorly maintained pavements hit the
headlines with newspapers such as The
Daily Telegraph and Metro picking up
on a survey commissioned by Guide
Dogs that found that two out of five
people with sight loss are reluctant to
leave their home for fear of tripping.
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Guide Dogs Week
Guide Dogs Week
Well, what a week. From firewalking, football and fashion
shows to collections, cocktails and castles – Guide Dogs
Week 2013 was a spectacular success.
A huge thank you to everyone who got behind our theme – Stand Out for Guide
Dogs – promoting awareness of our life-changing work and raising money to help us
continue it. We’ve rounded up some of the highlights for you.
Amidst all the glamour, fun and excitement of Guide Dogs Week, we also got across
some hard-hitting messages about the daily challenges people who are blind and
partially sighted face every day. From access to restaurants and shops to perils on
the pavement, Guide Dogs Week really helped us tackle some important issues for
people with sight loss. And, of course, it also helped bring in much-needed funds to
help us continue our life-changing work. From major national activities to local ‘Let’s
Glow’ events, with your help we raised hundreds of thousands of pounds. Next year’s
is going to be even better – please put the date in your diary: 4-12 October 2014.
We really
What better way to launch our
Guide Dogs Week campaign than
lighting up the EDF London Eye in
yellow – the colour of our iconic
guide dog harness?
Stood Out
The bold and the brave
There seemed no limits to what
people were prepared to do to
Stand Out for Guide Dogs.
76-year-old guide dog owner Harold
Smith zipwired across the Manchester
Canal (centre).
Ian Baxter-Crawford from Belfast Mobility
Team joined 40 others in an amazing
firewalking event (above left).
Along with our illustrious cover star, model
Amber Le Bon, glamorous guide dog
owners graced our canine catwalk across
London’s Millennium Bridge (above right).
The launch
Look who hitched a ride! (Above left).
120 people took part in our Stand Out Go
Walkies along the Thames (above right).
for Guide Dogs
The Four Legs Tour
The intrepid guide dog
owners who made up Team
GD visited famous places
across the UK, as part of the
Four Legs Tour.
Staff and volunteers Stood Out
for Guide Dogs at Brighton
Pavilion (above left).
Nigel Dunt and Denby
conquered Snowdon together
(above right).
Sage the guide dog found
himself surrounded by Cats in
Glasgow (the cast of the stage
show, that is) at King’s Theatre,
Glasgow.
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Pleased to meet you
Campaigns
Steve was so inspired by working with blind
and partially sighted people in Rwanda
that, after a year, he applied for the post of
Director of Operations with Action for Blind
People back in the UK. Whilst there, he got
to know Guide Dogs very well as the two
charities often work together.
Pleased to meet you
Our new Director of Mobility Services, Steve
Vaid, came to us via oil rigs in Aberdeen
and villages in Rwanda. He shares some
highlights of his journey and his hopes for
Guide Dogs.
It’s fair to say that Steve’s career path hasn’t
exactly been traditional. Originally from
Coventry, he did an apprenticeship with
Shell, spending time on Scottish oil rigs,
before graduating as an electrical engineer.
He then joined multinational company Price
Waterhouse as a project management
specialist. After several years working
in countries as diverse as Saudi Arabia,
Lebanon and Ireland, Steve found himself in
the unenviable position of having to make
4,500 people redundant.
“It was a real turning point,” says Steve. “I
thought, ‘do I carry on with this, or should
I do something which makes a positive
impact on people’s lives?’ I was already
volunteering with SeeAbility, the charity
for people with sight loss and multiple
disabilities; I could see the difference that
made and I decided working for charities
was the way forward for me.”
Following posts with the Design and Artists’
Copyright Society and King’s College
Students’ Union, in 2009 Steve and his wife
Kristenne applied to do Voluntary Service
Overseas (VSO). They soon found themselves
in Rwanda, living in a local community on
£5 per day and experiencing frequent water
shortages and power cuts.
“It was hard but inspiring,” Steve recalls. “We
worked with people who had many different
disabilities, including sight loss. I spent time
with the Rwanda Union for the Blind and
we taught visually impaired children to
play cricket. We brought the England blind
cricket team over and children came out of
local schools to watch – it really brought the
community together.”
“The more I found out about the lives of
people who are blind or partially sighted,”
says Steve, “the more I realised how much
comes back to freedom of movement.
Whether you’re talking about employment,
leisure or education it all comes back to
being able to get out and about on your
own terms. Obviously independent mobility
is at the heart of Guide Dogs’ work, so I
jumped at the chance to become Director
of Mobility Services.”
So, having been here for six months, what
has Steve discovered about Guide Dogs?
“It’s an incredible organisation,” he says,
“with a brilliant vision, an amazing heritage
and people who go the extra mile every
single day. I’m passionate about bringing
all our services together to reach thousands
more people who are blind or partially
sighted.
“From my experience in Rwanda I know
how vital it is to support young people with
sight loss in particular, so I’m especially
enthusiastic about our growing work with
children. I feel very lucky because I don’t
think I could have joined Guide Dogs at a
more exciting time.”
On the campaign trail
Guide Dogs campaigns on issues affecting the lives of people who
are blind or partially sighted. 2013 was our most successful year yet
and will really make a difference to people with sight loss.
The lighter side
We asked Steve
What’s on your ipod? ACDC, 90s dance
and Bollywood film music!
What’s the last film you saw?
Peppa Pig (with Alf, our two-year-old son)
Real ale or single malt?
Real ale – I’m from Warwickshire
Football or cricket? Cricket – ditto!
If you were a dog, what breed would you
be? A jack russell because of their terrier
spirit – they don’t let go, they’re friendly,
and we have one called Tuppy.
Safe and Sound
Talking buses
Streets Ahead
November saw the
final EU negotiations
about quiet vehicles
– which can be
very dangerous if
you have sight loss.
After receiving more
than 20,000 emails
from supporters of
our Safe and Sound
campaign, decisionmakers agreed on the
mandatory installation
of artificial sound
generators in new
vehicles from 2019.
We don’t want buses
to be too quiet
either! We want them
to talk to passengers,
giving information
everyone can hear.
After receiving
evidence from Guide
Dogs, a committee
of influential MPs
agreed Talking Buses
would make travel
easier for everyone.
Now we just need
to convince the
Government!
138 MPs visited our
award-winning
‘Street Clutter
Crazy Golf’ stand
at this year’s party
conferences. The
Campaigns Team
dressed as golfers
and invited attendees
to avoid obstacles
made up of common
items of street
clutter, such as shop
advertising boards, to
promote our calls for
clearer streets.
Dog attacks
The best news we
received all year
came in April when
the Government
announced proposals
to treat dog attacks
on assistance dogs
as a more serious
offence. We hope this
will become law in
early 2014.
Nick Clegg meets members of the Campaigns Team
Help us make 2014 even better! Email [email protected], call us on
0800 0284 348, follow us on twitter @gdcampaigns or visit guidedogs.org.uk/campaigns
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Children and technology
Guide Dogs and Microsoft
For many children with a visual
impairment, technology can
be a lifeline. Using specific
equipment and software,
children can access the
same technology as their
sighted peers, such as tablet
computers, smart phones and
even adapted bicycles.
– working together to open up our world
Imagine a world where everyone,
including people with sight loss, can
make safe, enjoyable journeys across
our towns and cities whenever they
want to, getting up-to-the-minute
information as they travel. Guide Dogs
is now working with Microsoft and other
household names to make this a reality.
The internet and other forms of technology have
transformed the world for all of us, including those who are
blind or partially sighted. But what else could technology
do to support people with sight loss to get around on their
own terms?
Guide Dogs is working with Microsoft and with many other
big name companies – Tesco and Network Rail to name
just two – to develop and install technology which will
make the world a more accessible place.
A Family Day Out
In 2012, we made ‘A Family Day Out’, a short film showing
how future technology could greatly enhance journeys
for people with sight loss, within two to five years from
now. You can watch it on our website: guidedogs.org.uk/
makeithappen
Using the experiences shown in the Family Day Out film,
we’re now developing the Family Day Out Programme
(FDOP) – a much bigger and very exciting project.
The journey
Our aim is to bring alive the ideas shown in ‘A Family Day
Out’ through a real-life journey taken by a blind or partially
sighted person, from Reading in Berkshire to London and
back. The journey will involve taking different forms of
public transport, using shops, boarding buses and trains,
and visiting a popular attraction.
A world
open to all
The Family Day Out
Programme is helping
create an environment
which everyone can
easily navigate their
way around. Indoors
and outdoors, on public
transport and in shops,
entertainment venues
and public buildings, it will
make a positive difference
to everybody – whoever
they are, and whatever
disability they may have.
The technology won’t take
the place of a visually
impaired person’s main
mobility aid – be that a
guide dog, sighted guide
or long cane. What it
will do is enable people
with sight loss to pick up
the same information
as everyone else from
the environment they’re
in, greatly enhancing
their experience and
enjoyment when
out and about.
At every stage of the journey, the traveller will use
personalised technology to make the experience as simple,
pleasurable and interesting as possible, increasing their
confidence and wellbeing, and reducing anxiety.
The technology will partly consist of a headset and
hand-held device, which will pick up information from
the environment. For instance, if the person walks by a
coffee shop in the station, the device can potentially give
information about the shop if the person wants it to; it will
also provide information about delays to trains.
The journey will take place in two phases during 2014 – we’ll
keep you posted on it in Forward.
We’re working with a long list of major organisations on the
Family Day Out Programme. As well as Microsoft, we have a
partnership with Future Cities Catapult, one of seven centres
sponsored by the UK government to enable businesses and
researchers to work together to bring new products and services
into the commercial world more quickly. Others include:
Tesco
Satellite Applications Catapult
Network Rail
Greater London Authority
ARUP
Berkshire County Blind Society
Virgin Media
Peter Brett Associates
Open University
Reading Borough Council
University College London
Helen Hamlyn Institute
First Great Western
All these organisations hold a piece of the jigsaw;
only by working together can we deliver a complete
solution to solve the mobility puzzle.
The Access Technology
Service run by the National
Blind Children’s Society helps
children and their families
make the most of what’s
available, providing tailored
information and advice to
parents, schools and other
professional agencies about
the benefits of technology.
Even for a very young child,
technology can make a big
difference, so the National
Blind Children’s Society works
with children from birth. The
service continues with young
people up to age 25, helping
ensure they have the same
education and employment
opportunities as everyone else.
The service also runs a grants
programme to help parents
buy specialist technology or
sensory equipment.
For more information, please
call 0118 983 8329 or email
[email protected]
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My Guide
Buddy Dogs
My Guide in
the metropolis
Put together a 35-year-old IT worker and a
70-year-old piano teacher with sight loss
and what do you get? A very fruitful and
life-changing My Guide partnership.
Sunethra and Daniel made the most of
their weekly outings, visiting places such
as London’s Guildhall, where they took
an audio descriptive tour. Daniel also
helped Sunethra increase her walking
speed, so she and Beau can work together
more comfortably. Sunethra describes
Daniel as “really lovely and wonderful
as a guide, falling into step naturally”.
Sunethra Goonewardene’s confidence was
severely knocked after she fell and broke
her arm. Until then, she had relied on her
guide dog, Beau, but doctors advised her
not to work with Beau while her arm was
healing. The loss of independence was a
potentially devastating blow for Sunethra
as she normally enjoys a packed schedule,
including teaching piano and volunteering
as the chairperson for a local self-help group.
For Sunethra to get her life back on track,
she needed help rebuilding her confidence
– and that’s where Daniel Hyams, from
Finsbury Park, London, stepped in. This was
his third My Guide partnership and he really
enjoyed it: “I looked forward to doing it,
which is important for a partnership to work.”
“Daniel is really
lovely and
wonderful as a
guide, falling into
step naturally.”
Buddy dogs
go the extra mile
A buddy dog is more than just a friend. A buddy dog
can transform the life of a child with sight loss and their
family, and, in some cases, not just one child but a
whole school of children!
Also from London, 93-year-old Helen
Dunning came to the UK during the
Second World War. Since then, she’s lived
in Primrose Hill and knows a lot about
the area. However, her eye condition
meant she didn’t feel comfortable going
out alone, especially in the evenings, so
Guide Dogs matched her to My Guide
volunteer, Christine Hall-Maiden. Since
being partnered together, Helen’s life
has been transformed as she has been
able to do things she could not do on her
own, such as her Christmas shopping.
The two have formed a great relationship
and admiration for each other. Chris loves
Helen’s sense of humour and
Helen describes Chris as “a very
intelligent and sweet volunteer.”
Guide Dogs’ My Guide service is available to anyone with sight loss, reducing
their isolation by giving them the confidence to get out and about. For My Guide
volunteers, it’s a great way to learn new skills and know you’re making a real difference to
people’s lives. To find out more, please email [email protected] or call 0118 983 8187.
Buddy dogs start their training as guide dogs but, for
various reasons, are withdrawn from training – like Vinny,
whose temperament was so calm and laid back that
he was reluctant to take the lead and guide his trainer.
Making the decision to withdraw a dog is difficult but
it’s easier when there’s an obvious alternative ‘career’
that will be equally life-changing. For Vinny, life as a
buddy dog was the perfect match.
Buddy dog Teal is based
at the Piper Hill Specialist
Support School near
Manchester, where she’s
making a tremendous
difference to many of the
children. She even has
the unusual distinction of
being mentioned in the
school’s Ofsted report: “The
school goes the extra mile
to ensure students have a
happy time, for example
introducing buddy dog Teal.
She has become a muchloved member of the school
community and enables
students to develop a sense of
wellbeing.”
Teal helps pupils in many ways
– as a sensory experience, as
a way to teach responsibility,
as a reward to improve
behaviour, helping to improve
communication skills and, as
Deputy Headteacher Rob
O’Hara (Teal’s carer) says: “As
a friend when students just
need that extra TLC.”
To find out more about buddy
dogs, please visit guidedogs.
org.uk/services/buddy-dogs
or call 0118 983 5555.
Vinny is already making a big difference to sevenyear-old August, who was born with cataracts in both
eyes, and her family. Vinny’s role is to support August as
well as to provide companionship – he is a reassuring
presence in her bedroom at night, for example, and
comes with her if she wakes up and needs to go to the
bathroom. August’s Mobility Instructor, Allison Rowles
says: “August loves Vinny and handles him really well
already – you can see how proud she is of him.”
Vinny was part of our Sponsor a Puppy scheme, with
sponsors receiving regular ‘Pupdates’ following Vinny’s
journey from six weeks old. To find out how you can
sponsor a puppy, please call 0870 240 6993, or visit
sponsorapuppy.org.uk
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Corporate partnerships
Day in the life of...
A holiday
that helps
Guide Dogs
Terry has been around cars and vans most
of his life during a long career in motor
manufacturing, firstly in Essex then in the
Midlands. His enjoyment of driving helps
during the lengthy road trips which can take
him as far as Penrith in Cumbria.
“But I also enjoy being with the pups, and the
humans too!” said the 75-year-old.
”For the Penrith run, I get up at about 7am
and head to the breeding centre to load the
pups onto the van. Then I drive off, stopping
once on the way, and we usually get to
Penrith by about 11.30. When I get there, I
meet the driver from Forfar Training School
and we tend to just swap vans to avoid
disturbing the pups, so he drives on and I
drive his van back.”
Supporting Guide Dogs is seldom hard work but sometimes it can be very relaxing –
for instance when staying in a holiday cottage booked through a company that has a
partnership with Guide Dogs!
cottages4you is one of many organisations that have teamed up with Guide Dogs to
raise funds that help us transform the lives of people who are blind or partially sighted.
From Petplan insurance to Andrex and from Jollyes Petfood Superstores to Donate Mobile,
businesses of all shapes and sizes support Guide Dogs in many different ways. We have been
working with cottages4you for several years now and they make a donation of ten per cent
of the cost of the holiday cottage for each cottage booked through their own Guide Dogs
dedicated website.
Our corporate partnerships are invaluable to us, not just because they make a substantial
contribution to our income but also because they enable us to reach a wider audience.
We want to raise awareness of our life-changing work with as many people as possible,
and hope to gain more supporters and volunteers as a result. Often these partnerships give
us access to other companies that share the same or similar values or concerns as we do,
which give us access to additional funds and opportunities to recruit even more volunteers
and supporters.
With winter’s grip very much still
upon us, readers’ thoughts may be
turning to plans for their holidays.
If you are a guide dog owner or
have a pet dog, a key attraction
of many of cottages4you’s holiday
homes is that they welcome canine
visitors too. There are thousands of
properties on their website, large
and small, in the UK and overseas,
and short breaks too. To visit the
site, go to cottages-4-you.co.uk/
guidedogs, or call 0845 268 1762.
Terry Cane from Evesham,
has been a volunteer driver
for Guide Dogs for seven
years. He tells Forward how
he enjoys hitting the road and
why he’s known as ‘the puppy
bingo man’.
The welcome party for Terry’s furry deliveries
is usually a mix of puppy walkers and local
Guide Dogs staff. He said: “The puppy
walkers are often first-timers or quite
inexperienced so they’re encouraged to get
started there and then. I’m known as the
puppy bingo man because the pups are all
chipped with a number which relates to the
number on their documents, so when I turn
up I say ‘right, eyes down…’
“I often think about what the pups I drive
around will go on to do. Because I’ve also
seen my daughter’s brood bitch have
about 30 pups over the years, you do think
to yourself will they become a guide dog?
Or breed stock? Or have another career
altogether? It’s great to think that so many
do go on to become guide dogs and help
change people’s lives.
“I became a volunteer driver when my
daughter had a brood bitch called Joy –
a ‘guide dog mum’ – who is now retired. I
was put in touch with a supervisor, we were
visited and vetted and it went from there.”
“When I retired we did quite a bit of
travelling, so having a dog permanently
didn’t really come up, but I would like to
maybe one day have a retired guide dog or
one that didn’t quite make it.”
Terry Cane,
volunteer driver
The National Breeding Centre has a team of 14 volunteer
drivers who transport pups across the country, taking great
care of their precious cargo. Between July 2012 and June 2013
they transported an average of 88 puppies every month on
213 trips covering an amazing 53,000 miles.
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Gifts in Wills
Gifts in Wills
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three guide dogs are made
possible thanks to gifts in Wills?
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To raise awareness of just how crucial these
gifts are to Guide Dogs, we’ve been working
with the Daily Telegraph, to tell readers how
a gift in their Will could transform the life of a
person with sight loss.
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Along with lots of other coverage, they’re
regularly publishing a legacy advert that
features 25-year-old Lynette Proctor from
Wallasey, and her guide dog Pippa. Pippa
has given Lynette the chance to lead a full
and active life, and the ad demonstrates this
by featuring photos of the pair throughout
the day, from getting out of bed at 7.00am
to turning in at around 11.00pm.
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don’t tell the whole story and we thought
Forward readers might like a little inside
information…
The first photo shows a cheeky Pippa looking
at Lynette’s feet poking out from under her
duvet; according to the photo, it’s 7am. But
we know, from speaking to Lynette, that
Pippa will already have been awake for at
least half an hour by that time, asking for her
breakfast which, Lynette says, “she generally
gets before I have mine!”
Come 4.15, Pippa is photographed relaxing
at home, playing with a toy. “She tries to play
with my other dog, Sully, who tolerates her,”
laughs Lynette, “and chases my four cats
around too. She never stops!”
The picture for 8.44pm shows Lynette having
a drink with friends. Her friends from university
are scattered across the country but Pippa
helps her keep in touch: “Pippa came to
Birmingham with me recently for a big uni
reunion. She fits in great and has been made
an honorary member of our group.”
We hope the photos in our ad give people
a little insight into just how invaluable our
precious guide dogs are. The reality, of
course, is that there’s even more going on
behind the images – for instance, as well as
a work placement in her local GP practice,
Lynette regularly travels to a hospital in
Liverpool to give visual awareness training to
the staff. She really does lead a full life thanks
to Pippa and the support of people like you.
When Lynette agreed to take part in this
project, she was only too happy to help.
“Before Pippa, I was treating each day as
if it were a chore that took so much effort
to accomplish. I had no dreams or goals
past going to bed each night. I really can’t
emphasise enough how much she’s changed
my life.” If you’d like to find out more about
leaving a gift in your Will, please contact
the Gifts in Wills Team on 0845 603 1477 or
[email protected]
The photo taken at 9.00am is of Pippa with
Lynette at her local swimming pool. What
the casual observer wouldn’t know is that
staff at the pool are so impressed with Pippa
they allow her to sleep in their office while
Lynette has her swim.
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Guide Dogs Annual Awards 2013
The London Hilton on Park Lane was the elegant
setting for the Guide Dogs Annual Awards in
partnership with Specsavers. During an evening
of celebration, glamour and fun, guests heard
unforgettable stories about our volunteers, guide
dog owners and, of course, our dogs. And the
winners are…
Before Vargo, Mahomed
depended on his family. Now
he’s studying for a Master’s
degree, represents England in
blind cricket and has climbed
Mount Kilimanjaro for charity.
The overall Guide Dog of
the Year Award winner
is chosen from three
different categories of
award: Guide Dog of the
Year – Beyond the Call of
Duty, won by Emma and
Jazz, Guide Dog of the
Year – Outstanding Work,
won by Andrea Hope and
Zeta, and Guide Dog of
the Year – Life Changing,
won by Mahomed Khatri
and Vargo.
Despite suffering from several
allergies, Zeta still thrives on
her work and intuitively seems
to know what Andrea wants.
Young Person’s Achievement Award – Torie Tennant
Blind from birth and, at 22, Northern Ireland’s youngest
guide dog owner, Torie campaigns for improvements to
transport and accessibility and is passionate that young
people like her should enjoy equal opportunities. She’s a
deserving winner of this award for people aged between
14 and 25, who are blind or partially sighted, whose
volunteering contribution is making a real difference.
Breaking Down Barriers Award – Anna Beresford
This new award celebrates work being done to break down
the barriers that prevent people who are blind or partially
sighted from getting out and about on their own terms. It was
won by Anna, who is a powerful advocate for Guide Dogs.
Having sight and hearing loss herself, she’s passionate about
fighting for the rights of people who are visually impaired
and is regularly involved in lobbying and campaigning.
Guide Dog of the Year Award Emma Free and Jazz
Inspirational Guide Dog Owner Award – Konrad Galen-Bisping
sponsored by Specsavers
This award goes to a guide dog owner who has achieved
something exceptional or overcome a significant challenge.
Konrad lost his sight after being attacked, suffering from
memory problems and post-traumatic stress. He never
went anywhere alone. Yet within a week of being paired
with guide dog Radley, he was able to walk down a busy
shopping street on his own. He now has an independence
no one thought possible.
The overall Guide Dog of the Year Award went to Emma Free and Jazz, whose heroic
actions potentially saved not one but three lives. Jazz was waiting with Emma and her two
young sons at a crossing. Suddenly Jazz pulled Emma back and the boys quickly followed.
Seconds later, a huge lorry mounted the kerb exactly where they’d been standing. Thanks to
Jazz’s lightning reaction, no one was hurt.
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Lifetime Achievement Award – Lamont Forbes MBE
An exceptional ambassador for Guide Dogs in Scotland,
Lamont began supporting the organisation in 1975. Since
then Lamont’s roles have included volunteer liaison officer,
Guide Dogs speaker and branch chairman. Awarded
the MBE in 1999 for services to Guide Dogs, Lamont’s
achievements are extraordinary and local staff say they
simply couldn’t do without him.
Volunteer of the Year Award – Danny Rooney
Danny has devoted huge amounts of time, energy and
enthusiasm to promoting Guide Dogs in the local community
and is always ready to support staff and fellow volunteers.
Danny has been the ‘driving’ force behind some very
popular golf events in Scotland, which have raised enough
money to name six puppies.
The winner of the overall Volunteer of the Year Award is chosen from three
Volunteer of the Year categories. Danny won the category for Fundraiser
of the Year. The other two winners were Sandra Hoffman, Volunteer of
the Year – Outstanding Dedication, sponsored by Ricoh UK Limited, and
Rachel Patterson, Volunteer of the Year – Young People’s Award.
Partner of the Year Award – Microsoft and Gamelab
This award recognises the importance of partnerships to Guide Dogs and in improving
the lives of people who are blind or partially sighted. Gamelab have worked with Guide
Dogs on software which encourages children with sight loss to practice exercises to
improve their skills in getting around, and Microsoft UK have donated about 3,000 hours of
expertise, helping Guide Dogs explore technology which can greatly enhance the lives of
people with sight loss – you can read more about this ground-breaking work on page 16.
Gifts for the future
As well as having an extremely memorable and moving evening, guests at the awards
raised money for Guide Dogs by taking part in our fundraising
activities and bidding for items that money can’t buy in our auction.
Their generosity has raised well over £100,000 so far and is set to raise
more. The money raised will enable us to support many more blind
and partially sighted people in years to come. We are especially
grateful to our sponsors, Specsavers, for their incredible support, and
to all the organisations and individuals who attended the awards to
make them such a great success.
The generation game
From left to right: Kane,
grandson Pudsey and
son Taylor
The generation
game
Every guide dog was once a tiny pup,
born to one of our brood bitches and
stud dogs – our amazing guide dog
‘mums and dads’. The best of the best,
these dogs are taken
If you are interested
care of by some very in becoming
a breed stock
special volunteers.
holder, please
You might not recognise this
yellow Labrador on the street,
but last year Kane starred in ITV’s
Me and My Guide Dog. Kane
is a stud dog and was chosen
because he had been mated
with a bitch who was going
to be filmed whelping at the
National Breeding Centre.
visit guidedogs.
org.uk/supportus/
volunteering to find
out more about the
criteria you would
need to fulfil, or
call our National
Breeding Centre on
0845 3727 432.
Kane is now nine years old and enjoying his retirement
with his breed stock holder Pam Faulkner, after siring an
impressive 171 puppies. The youngest of those are still in
training but he already has 88 qualified guide dogs, 11
brood bitches and five stud dogs to his name. “He has
such a beautiful nature,” says Pam, “and has produced
puppies just like him.”
Kane’s legacy has spread far beyond the UK too, with
both his progeny and semen being given to guide dog
organisations as far apart as Canada, Israel, the USA
and Australia.
To read more about the awards, please visit guidedogs.org.uk/awards
An apology: in our autumn feature on Goldie, the
‘Blue Peter’ brood bitch, we wrongly captioned a
photo of Sarah Greene ‘Janet Ellis’.
As a guide dog owner
himself, John Garrett knows
from personal experience
the vital role that both the
brood stock and volunteers
play in changing lives. On
his first tour of the National
Breeding Centre when starting
as a Volunteer Development
Coordinator, he discovered
that Willow, the mother of his
current guide dog Eddie, had
died suddenly.
This was a pivotal moment for
him, and the start of a quest to
find out more about Willow’s
puppies and her volunteer
carers, Lesley and Steve Cox.
16 puppies from Willow’s four
litters have become guide
dogs, transforming the lives of
people of all ages and walks
of life. “What really struck me,”
explains John, “is they are all
Willow’s living legacy.”
An accomplished musician,
John was inspired to write a
song “as a response to my gain
from the volunteers’ loss”, which
he sent to Lesley and Steve as a
way of thanking them for their
invaluable contribution.
Name a Puppy
What’s on
Pupils,
pups
and
pennies
Dogs Unite for Guide Dogs
Pupils at Colston’s School in Bristol have a novel
approach to fundraising for Guide Dogs.
Each year, over 600 pupils in four house groups take part in a ‘Mile
of Pennies’ challenge – laying their collected copper coins along
the school driveway to see which team’s line is longest.
The school has been donating the proceeds of this challenge
to Guide Dogs since 2010. However, following the sudden
death of a well-loved teacher, Ray Mardle, in 2011, pupils
decided to fundraise in a variety of ways to name a puppy in
his memory.
Their total stands at more than
£3,000 and puppy Mardle has
already visited the school. He
is in good hands with volunteer
puppy walkers Derek and
Norma Stent, who’ve been
looking after guide dog pups
for an incredible 40 years.
Climb every
mountain
Shakespeare’s puppies
Juliet, Troilus, Othello…
just some of the literary
names that supporters of
our Shakespeare’s Puppies
Appeal hope to name their
puppies. The brainchild of
puppy walker Jackie Horton,
the challenge was issued
to the people of Stratford
upon Avon to raise money
to name puppies after
Shakespearean characters.
With local businesses, schools
and staff of the Royal
Shakespeare
Company taking
part, the appeal has
certainly captured
the imagination of
the local community.
Three years ago, John Churcher joined Solihull
Mountaineering Club. Fast forward to 2014 and John’s now
the only guide dog owner in the GB Para-climbing Team.
39-year-old John, from Erdington, Birmingham, started losing
his sight at 14 and became a guide dog owner in 2008.
Thanks to guide dog Annie, John can travel
independently to the daily training sessions
that give him the fitness and skills to qualify for
the GB team.
When climbing, John relies on a spotter
describing where the holds are. His friend
Margaret, who introduced him to climbing, says:
“Other experienced climbers just stop to watch
him, amazed and inspired by what he is doing.”
In recent years, hundreds
of our supporters and their
canine companions have
taken to the streets, the
park – almost anywhere,
in fact – to Go Walkies
for Guide Dogs.
We’re giving Go Walkies a
makeover and it will now be
known as ‘Dogs Unite!’ Don’t
worry – it will still be the only
sponsored dog walk where
the dogs are sponsored to
take part and we hope the
new name and new look
will encourage even more
Crufts, Birmingham NEC:
6 – 9 March
Meet our guide dogs and find
out more about the difference
they make to the lives of
people who are blind or
partially sighted. crufts.org.uk
BBC Gardener’s World
Birmingham NEC:
11 – 15 June
Meet our dogs, take a walk in
our Sensory Tunnel and take
a blindfold challenge to test
your senses.
bbcgardenersworldlive.com
Brighton Marathon:
6 April
Join us in the vibrant city of
Brighton for the UK’s second
largest marathon.
people to get involved.
‘Dogs Unite!’ aims to inspire
you and your four legged
friends to be heroes for
the day and to unite dogs
of all shapes and sizes in
helping our hero guide
dogs fulfil their destiny – to
enable people who are
blind or partially sighted
to get out and about on
their own terms and live
the lives they choose.
On 24 May we’re hosting
a ‘Dogs Unite!’ event in
one of the UK’s most iconic
venues, the Olympic Park.
It will be the only event of
its kind to have taken place
at the Olympic Park and
there will be a whole host
of surprises in store on this
ground-breaking occasion.
It will be a wonderful day
out for the whole family
(including your furry friends)
to enjoy. You can follow all
the news, read updates and
find out how to book tickets
at facebook.com/dogsunite
There’s already exciting news
for ‘Dogs Unite!’ in 2014.
‘Running Blind’ Catton Park,
Derbyshire: August Bank
Holiday weekend
A brand new 12-hour off-road
relay event where Guide Dogs
is the main affiliated charity.
The Coniston Challenge
Lake District: 13 September
A bespoke Guide Dogs
multi-discipline event, where
teams hike up the Old Man
of Coniston, mountain bike
through Grizedale Forest and
kayak across Coniston Water.
Looking for a challenge? Take
part in a Guide Dogs event!
Visit guidedogs.org.uk/events or call
0845 600 6787 for more information.
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Our supporters
Our supporters
Thanks to our supporters
It’s always fantastic to read about the inventive, ingenious and – let’s face it,
sometimes insane – ways our supporters raise money for Guide Dogs. But
I’m especially touched to read about all the celebrations you’ve used as
opportunities to support us. It’s wonderful that you share your birthdays and
anniversaries with us – and even your weddings. It’s even more wonderful
when the wedding is between a guide dog owner and a volunteer, like Mavis
and John from Lincoln. Thank you all for spreading the joy of your special
days beyond your friends and family to the thousands of blind and partially
sighted people we reach out to every day – it means so much.
Director of Fundraising and Marketing
Medals and mountains Having won gold at the 2012 Paralympics, James
Roe, who has a visual impairment, is now energetically supporting Guide
Dogs. He and his partner, Cat Webber, climbed Mount Kenya as part of our
Shakespeare’s Puppies Appeal (see page 28). They hope to raise enough to
name a puppy Titus.
Well done to volunteers and staff from
Peterborough Mobility Team, who raised
more than £1,000, and members of
fundraising groups across Norfolk, Suffolk
and Cambridgeshire, who raised a further
£7,000 during Guide Dogs Week. Events
included a guide dog obedience display,
and West Norfolk Borough Mayor Liz Watson
was guided around King’s Lynn blindfolded.
The 2013 Flag Day
held by Plymouth
fundraising group
raised a record
£2,075. Guide dog
owners and puppy
walkers were helped
by staff at Caffe
Gallerie, who joined
in enthusiastically – in
fancy dress!
Volunteers Helen Graham, Deborah Ingram and Pam Chalkley
organised a superb Dine in the Dark Halloween themed evening for
100 guests at the Hilton Hotel Maidstone on behalf of the Maidstone
Mobility Team. It was a huge success, raising just over £4,000 from
ticket sales, an auction and tombola.
John Dodston
asked friends and
family for donations
rather than presents
when celebrating
his retirement and
65th birthday. He
handed over a
cheque for £170
to Community
Engagement
Officer Sue Rowen
at a puppy walking
class in Colchester.
The new Weston-Super-Mare fundraising
group joined forces with Charity SciFi to raise
£724. The charity is hoping to name a puppy
‘Motti’, in memory of Richard Le Parmentier
– Admiral Motti in ‘Star Wars’. The mixture
of guide dogs and sci-fi characters was a
great attraction for holiday makers but guide
dog owners all agreed that K9 would never
replace their amazing guide dogs!
Thank you to everyone who made the first
Peterborough Fun Day so special – and
helped raise £9,000. Pictured is a young
visually impaired girl meeting her first guide
dog.
Congratulations to guide dog owner John
Algar and his grandson, Ben Lenton, who
took on a sponsored skydive to ‘Stand Out for
Guide Dogs’. In 30 seconds, they travelled two
miles down and raised over £900.
Guide dog owner
Theresa OsborneBell ran the Great
South Run, guided
by friend David Bell
dressed in a puppy
costume. Having
not done anything
like this before,
she described
it as a “great
but exhausting
experience.” So far
Theresa has raised
over £350.
A big thank you
to the team from
Lloyds Bank in
Leeds, who did a
sterling ‘ground
force’ day for Leeds
Mobility Team,
clearing weeds and
overgrown trees.
A collection at the
Darlington Flag Day
raised £828. Thank
you to everyone
who took part,
including members
of the Coldstream
Guards.
Kettering, Corby and District fundraising
branches were delighted to be part of the
World Conker Championships at Southwick,
near Oundle. The demonstration team from
Leamington also attended, and ‘King Conker’,
aka David Jakins, did a blindfold walk. Despite
dreadful weather, they raised £242 from a
tombola, donations and trading items.
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Our supporters
It only took one day
for pupils at Bishop
Vesey’s Grammar
School, Sutton
Coldfield, to raise an
incredible £1,500 to
name a puppy. They
raised the money
through a nonuniform day, cake
sale and soak-theteacher event.
So far staff and
customers at
Sainsbury’s
Colchester store
have raised
over £1,300 with
fundraising activities
including a blueand-yellow (Guide
Dogs colours!) dress
down day, and
many more planned
for the future.
Karen Norton became a guide dog owner at the start of her final
year as a teacher at Stalham Junior School before retiring last
summer. She was delighted when the pupils raised over £2,300
through a sponsored walk and other events.
Pembrokeshire vets
Johan and JeanneMarie Eksteen ran the
Cardiff Half Marathon
in memory of one
of their favourite
patients, guide dog
Wilma, and raised
£1,250. The couple
supported Guide
Dogs because they
were so impressed by
the way staff handled
Wilma’s illness.
Green fingered
gardener Jimmy
Black sells
vegetables from his
allotment, raising
£100 each summer.
He’s helped by his
sister-in-law, Sue, and
has fenced off an
area for his guide
dog, Crispin, so he
can safely keep an
eye on proceedings.
The Ilford Brownies enjoyed their visits to Redbridge Guide Dog Training School so much that
they donated £100. And when Mr and Mrs Joss and their family spent a day at the school as
part of their 40th wedding anniversary celebrations, they very generously gave £1,050 by way
of thanks. The highlight of their day was a blindfolded walk with one of the young guide dogs.
When guide dog
owner Mavis James
married volunteer
John Fisher, from
Lincoln fundraising
group, they asked
for donations to
Guide Dogs rather
than gifts and
were delighted to
receive £810. The
church was full to
bursting with wellwishers and the
couple’s happiness
was clear to see.
Watford fundraising group held a fundraising
night at the Oxhey Hall Social Club and
raised £600. Music was provided by the
Good Old Boys, whose members come from
notable British rock bands including Deep
Purple and the Strawbs. Guide dog owner
Steve Hale and his dog Yoshi drew the raffle.
Coventry fundraising group members
Jackie, Doreen and Karina, and guide
dog Tanya are pictured here with Star
Wars Storm Trooper (Paul Heritage),
who beamed in to help their collection
efforts, asking members of the public
to have their photos taken with him for
a donation to Guide Dogs. The group
raised an impressive £823.
A fabulous time was had by all at the
FitSteps 4 Guide Dogs event held at
four locations – Reading, West Lothian,
Newcastle and Leamington. They were
led by Strictly Come Dancing’s Ian
Waite and FitSteps’ Head of Training
and Development Ian Parker. Nearly
£4,000 was raised, which will go towards
naming a guide dog puppy.
In memory
Guide dog owner Alan Fletcher has already raised an amazing
£5,000 as part of ‘4pups4Joy’, his fundraising website set up in
memory of his guide dog Joy, who died suddenly last summer. He
hopes to raise £20,000, enough to name four guide dog puppies.
Congratulations to 14-year-old Bethan Squires,
from Chippenham, who’s already volunteered
for Guide Dogs for two years. So impressed was
her school by her contribution to the school and
community, they recommended her for a Rotary
Club Community Award, which she received at
an awards ceremony in October.
Many thanks to
Kathy, Robin and
Jay Wroe-Brown,
who along with
guide dog puppy
Bracken, completed
a sponsored walk to
the summit of Ben
Nevis and raised
£525.85.
Elizabeth Hubbick
We are extremely sad to
report the sudden death
of Elizabeth Hubbick in
September. Elizabeth worked
tirelessly for Guide Dogs for
more than 30 years and was
our Deputy Chair from 2009
until 2011. She was also a very
energetic and committed
fundraiser with the Exeter
branch. Elizabeth was greatly
respected by everyone
who worked with her and
the news of her death
came as a great shock
to the whole Guide Dogs
community. She will be very
sorely missed by everyone
who had the pleasure to
work alongside her and
our deepest sympathy
goes to her husband,
David, and her family.
Dorothy Lamb
Tributes have been paid to
Dorothy Lamb, who died
in July at the age of 83.
A guide dog owner herself,
she and her husband, Ray,
travelled tirelessly around
Cornwall, raising money for
a cause that meant so much
to her. Her sense of humour
and infectious personality
endeared her to all she met.
Stella Martin
It is with great sadness that
we report the death of Stella
Martin of Eastbourne, who
died peacefully in August
after a short illness. She had
been blind since her late
teens and enjoyed a full
and active life, aided and
abetted by her greatly loved
guide dogs. She is greatly
missed by her many friends.
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Canine obituaries
We’ll never
forget
If you would like to pay tribute to a guide dog you have
known, please send your tribute (up to a maximum of
25 words) to [email protected] or to Forward at
Hillfields, Burghfield Common, Reading, RG7 3YG.
Aden 22.5.00 – 5.11.13
Adopted by the
Clark family 12 years
ago, he has been
a lovely member of
the family. Thank you
for everything he
brought to us.
Bebe 21.3.98 – 17.8.13
Devoted guide to
Tanya until she retired
to the country and
made a friend of
everyone she met.
Sleep well old timer,
Heather, Allan & Tess.
Allie 12.8.98 – 3.6.13
An amazing
companion, always
there for me, even
though she had
retired. Special friend
to Supreya, Audrey
and Theresa. I will miss
you old girl.
Cassie 22.6.00 – 6.10.13
Always in our hearts,
never forgotten.
Loved and missed
by all who knew her.
Sleep tight my little
girl. God bless. Love
Mum, Dad and Reet.
Amba 7.8.97 – 14.6.13
“Our little poppet”,
wonderful, gentle
and loving. Puppy
walked by Mrs W Bell,
Redcar, adopted
at 18 months by the
Lightburn family,
Durham. Sadly
missed.
Anton 11.9.99 – 12.10.13
Did not become a
guide dog but lived
near the sea and
enjoyed a free and
happy life with us for
nearly 14 years.
Allie
Clover 9.5.00 – 16.8.13
Walked and retired
to Gill and Ted
Parkinson. Super dog,
good friend and
loved by all. Sleep
well bonny lass.
Croft 20.10.01 – 8.7.13
Puppy walked by
Alicyn Lochhead. He
was my first puppy
and such a wonderful
boy. He set me on the
road to walking more.
Sadly missed.
Amba
Dora
Dixy
Anton
Dalton 15.4.96 – 18.4.13
Guide dog to Sheila
Rushton. My little star
whose presence
blessed many.
Fantastic retirement
with Jill and Bob Mills.
Thank you my big
faithful boy.
Digby 5.6.99 – 7.2.13
Guide to and retired
with Bob Jones.
Loving, loyal, funny,
gentle giant, who
could swipe food
off the table as he
passed. Sadly missed
by everyone.
Dixie 5.6.99 – 17.4.13
Mother to 38 puppies
and foster mum to
three more. We miss
our lovely girl every
day. Tony and Barbara
Dixy 27.5.00 – 17.6.13
Didn’t qualify but
came home to be
matriarch, mentor
and champion earwasher to countless
pups. Missing you
so much angel. See
you at the rainbow
bridge.
Bebe
Dora (known as Meg)
31.3.00 – 30.9.13
A very special brood
bitch – gentle, with
excellent manners.
Her last litter was
promoted by McFly.
Dusky 27.9.99 – 5.7.13
Faithful first guide
to Rayana Adams
and Doug, Newport.
Three happy years’
retirement with
puppy walkers Sylvia
and Gerald Stiff.
Much loved and
sadly missed. Love
you Dusky.
Eden 2.4.00 – 25.07.13
Faithful guide to Tony
Randall for eight
years. Retired to Ray
and Angela for four
wonderful years. Very
handsome boy much
missed by us all.
Emma 28.5.00 –
22.05.13
Walked by and
retired to Julia and
Andy Howard.
Goodbye our
beautiful Goldie.
Thank you for so
Dalton
Digby
Eden
Emma
many happy days
and long walks
together. XXX
Jenny Noctor. Now
in heaven. Sadly
missed, still grieving.
RIP Harmony, we all
miss you, including
Bear and Peggy.
Esme (Izzy) 20.12.98 –
29.08.13
A wonderful friend
and companion who
enjoyed her happy
retirement in the New
Forest with Val and
Dennis Challis. Loved
and sadly missed.
Glade 2.6.04 – 6.9.13
Wonderful mum and
friend to us all. You
will always be missed
by the Boden family.
Run free with Louis.
Henna 27.2.01 –
19.7.13
Henna was such an
amazing, special and
beautiful dog who
will be hugely missed.
In my heart forever.
Faldo 31.10.00 – 2.9.13
Withdrawn from
guide dog training
but the most
amazing companion.
Simply the greatest
dog the world has
ever known. My
daughter Niki and I
are heartbroken.
Fliss 31.10.00 – 23.5.13
Rehomed to us at 19
months. You brought
the sunshine into our
lives. Loved always,
forever missed, our
sun has set. Always
our Puppa Jack.
Gable 16.5.98 – 29.6.13
Beloved friend, guide
and companion to
Faldo
Fliss
Granger 14.2.99 –
16.10.13
Puppy walked by
Teresa Phillips and
medically retired at
seven months old.
Remained with us
until the end, Teresa,
John and family. XXX
Hamlet 4.8.99 – 17.9.13
Retired back to
puppy walker Carol
Oliver and family.
Hamlet gave so
much joy; he was
loved beyond
measure and will live
in our hearts forever.
Harmony 8.99 – 9.13
Exceptional guide
to Barbara Gilhooly,
my precious, loyal
companion. The best
little dog I ever had.
Glade
Hobie 25.3.02 – 30.10.13
Rehomed after
puppy walking due
to cataracts. Thank
you my Best Boy for
all that we’ve shared.
My dear friend,
remembered always
with love.
Ishka 15.6.99 – 13.9.13
Loved by all. Puppy
walked by Jean
Endersby, adopted
by Margaret Offord.
Life will never be
the same without
you, forever in my
thoughts.
Ivan 29.11.99 – 16.8.13
Guide to David
Tinkler, Kettering,
for over nine years.
Retired with Anna
Granger
Hamlet
Esme
and Brian Roberts.
An exemplary guide
dog, loved and
admired by all.
Jasper 31.3.01 – 3.6.13
In loving memory
of Jasper. The
gentlest teddy bear
imaginable, who
gave as much love
as received. The
brightest star will shine
for you Jas!
Jim 5.10.03 – 13.9.13
Beautiful border
collie. Puppy walked
and adopted by
Cynthia Russell. Loved
by all who met him.
Now free from pain.
Bless you, lovely lad.
Jubbie Joe 5.5.05. –
7.9.13
Treasured guide
dog to the late Des
Maloney. Rehomed
to and adored by
Clive and Denise
Proctor. A very
special boy – too
young to die.
Harmony
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Canine obituaries
Henna
Hobie
We’ll never forget
Ishka
Kandy 22.3.97 – 1.6.13
Beautiful first guide
to Sheila Scott,
retired to Deirdre
and Gerry McVean.
Loved by everyone;
an outstanding
fundraiser for
Guide Dogs. Fond
memories.
in peace with Aiden.
See you in heaven.
Kathy 4.12.99 – 6.8.13
Retired to puppy
walkers Jean and
Frank Smith. Her tail
wagged to the end.
We will miss you
forever. Lick from
Carlo, your friend to
the end.
Lester 8.11.03 – 28.2.12
Puppy walked and
returned to us, loved
sitting on the sofa
with his family and
blanket and living by
the beach. Greatly
missed. RIP Beautiful.
Keaton 10.2.05 –
10.5.13
Guide dog to
Heather. My Yiddishe
guide dog. You were
my eyes, my family
and my only true
friend.
Kimber 15.6.01 – 9.7.13
Very loved guide
to Isobel Brown.
Sadly missed by all
family, Betsy and
friends. Goodnight
handsome boy. Rest
Kirby
Kirby 7.1.01 – 17.7.13
I have lost a great
friend, rest easy lad
and run free, your
work here is done. A
loyal guide to Nigel
Ashby.
Mandy 8.1.01 – 16.10.13
Caring, conscientious
guide to Isobel Yule.
Lovingly puppy
walked by Jean
Parham. Farewell
my beautiful, gentle,
happy girl. Forever
in my heart. Sadly
missed.
Natalie 20.8.99 –
13.8.12
Third guide to Frances
Guyver. Sure as a
shadow by my side, my
ever watchful careful
Lester
Mandy
Jim
Jubbie Joe
guide. Remembering
you always with
much love, Mum. X
Nikki 18.3.99 – 25.07.13
Eddie’s blonde Nikki
Noo, trained by
Shelley at Redbridge.
A wonderful guide
dog and loving family
friend, who brought
new life to Eddie.
Oban 17.9.97 – 2.3.13
Guide to Linda Jauer,
retired to Helen and
Douglas Denholm.
He gave his all and
wagged his tail
until the end. Totally
adored and sorely
missed.
Oban 17.9.98 – 28.10.13
Guide to our son
Peter, retired to us
seven years ago.
An amazing dog.
So many happy
memories, it was a
privilege to know him
Owen 30.11.00 –
22.07.13
Second guide to Ros
Watkins. Owie – noisy,
happy, gentle, funny
Natalie
Kathy
and gentleman thief.
You have left a huge
space in our home
and our hearts.
Paddy 4.98 – 10.13
Guide dog to June
Wood, retired to
Janet Tyson, puppy
walked by Sarah
Gough. Go free
Paddy boy and God
bless.
Pebbles 10.6.98 –
17.6.13
Puppy walker Betty
Gilbert. Withdrawn
and rehomed
with Val and Brian
Godbold. Gone from
our lives but not from
our hearts. Run free
PD (Pebble Dash).
Pixie 20.2.00 – 23.8.13
Called Smiler by
all who knew her.
Produced lovely
puppies and happily
retired to Grace
Brock. My best friend,
she leaves a big hole
in my life.
Ruby 18.4.03 – 21.8.13
Rehomed in training
Oban
Oban
Owen
Pebbles
to her puppy walkers.
Loved and missed so
much by Frances and
Gordon Johnston
and her wee pal
Poppy. Sleep tight
Ruby.
Russ 6.8.98 – 9.7.13
Adopted on early
retirement. A faithful
and loving friend for
nearly nine years.
Ann’s ‘pickle’ and
Gordon’s ‘best pal’,
he will never be
forgotten. XXX
Ryan 20.2.00 – 31.7.13
My beautiful boy.
Loved by everyone
and adored by me
as I was by him.
Always in my heart,
my first guide. Love
you forever.
Scarlett 14.3.04 –
1.7.13
First guide. She was
a happy, loving,
playful, friendly girl.
Wagged her tail to
the end. She will
always be in our
hearts. Judith and
Geoff
Stanley
Tamara
Pixie
Sharon 17.7.99 –
27.10.13
Now run free our
beautiful girl in the
wind and rain, like
you did when you
were young, through
woods and fields
again.
Stanley 27.9.01 –
14.10.13
Puppy walked by
Muriel and Peter
Emmerson, guide to
Harry Edwards, retired
early to Phil Williams.
One in a million. RIP
big beautiful boy.
Tamara 26.2.98 –
26.7.13
Peacefully put to
sleep. Never made
a guide dog but
Ruby
Russ
what a wonderful
pet and friend to the
Littlewood family.
Loved by everyone.
Irreplaceable.
Vanda 7.4.99 – 20.8.13
Fourth guide to Les
Pettett. Exceptional
worker, enjoyed her
retirement. Much
loved by all who
knew her. All our love,
Mum, Dad and Tilly.
Venice 8.5.01 – 21.3.13
Guide to Diana for
eight wonderful
years, then retired to
live with the family.
Sadly missed. A
wonderful girl who
touched the hearts of
all she met.
Scarlett
Watson 28.7.97 –
29.05.13
Guide to John Dear,
retired to puppy
walkers the Moss
family. Much loved,
so sadly missed
– our handsome
‘gentleman’ with
enthusiasm and zest
for life.
Yulie 30.1.02 – 25.6.13
Always remembering
a much-loved girl.
Wonderful mother to
37 healthy puppies.
Kind, patient,
completely in tune
– my kindred spirit.
Forever missed,
forever loved, Mary.
Guide Dogs is working with the Blue Cross to provide a
bereavement support service for current and retired guide dog
owners and volunteers who are grieving the loss of their dog or
pup through retirement, rehoming, illness, separation, transition
or death. A phone line is open daily from 8.30am – 8.30 pm and
there is an email service for people who prefer to write about
how they are feeling.
Guide dog owners and volunteers can call the bereavement
service on 0800 096 6606 or email [email protected]
Vanda
Venice
Watson
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New partnerships
Congratulations
to our new partnerships
Belfast
Steven Barns & Zane
from Lisburn GSDxGR,
Robert & Vera Gordon
from Aberdeen * Mr
and Mrs Simpson from
Leamington Spa
Mark Harrigan & Lady
from Londonderry L,
Gordon John McGregor
from Tayport * Sandra
Sweetland from
Stratford-upon-Avon
Lauren Hurley & Sparky
from Omagh L, Nancy
Taylor from Kilmarnock
* Liz Russell-Yarde from
Coventry
Andrea McLaughlin
& Gina from
Londonderry GRxGSD,
Diane McRoberts
from Dunfermline *
Anne Cadwallader
from Southam
Jean Murray & Heidi
from Enniskillen GRxL,
Ann Fraser from
Kirkcaldy * Marie Court
from Halesowen
Kirsten Robson & Kip from
Newtownards L, Robert
Kirk from Irvine * MarieClaire Montgomery
from Leamington Spa
Birmingham
Eleanor Jackson & Ivan
from Craigavon L, Dick
& Pamela Milestone
from Leyburn * Jeanette
Hannon from Oldbury
Andrew Bailey & Ufton
from Hereford STPxL,
Jane Moore from
Milton Keynes * Rachel
Cutler from Rugby
Rosemary McEvoy &
Gabby from Craigavon
GRxGSD, Jl Banks
from Carnoustie *
Anne Cadwallader
from Southam
Elizabeth Baio & Yazmin
from Worcester LxGR,
Sue Davy from Oldbury *
Sue Davy from Oldbury
Catherine Fenwick &
Wyn from Cheltenham
L, Susan Williams from
Paignton * Natasha
Brady from Northampton
Anthony Gough &
Rodney from Birmingham
L, Susan Philpott from
Dudley * Debra Williams
from Melton Mowbray
Karen & Zorro from
Birmingham GRxL,
Barbara Glover from
Stourbridge * Ruth
Philpott from Malvern
Megan Paul & Tate from
Cheltenham GRxL,
Carol Edwards from
New partnerships
New partnerships are listed by Mobility Team.
Each listing details owner, guide dog, town,
breed, puppy walker and brood bitch holder.
Warm congratulations to all our new qualifiers.
Bedworth * Mr and Mrs
Cope from Birmingham
John Stancombe &
Yosef from Cinderford
LxGR, Julie March from
Cannock * Alison Morton
from Leamington Spa
Tracey Wilson & Albert
from Quedgeley GRxL,
Pat Hill from Leicester
* Tracy Twomey from
Leamington Spa
Cardiff
Jackie Bethell & Dash
from Cardiff GR, Gwill
and Dawn James
from Pontypool * S
Priestman from Rushden
Sue Canham & Anjelo
from Tenby GRxL,
Michael Davie from
Loughborough * Y
Dillon from Warwick
Susan Foley & April
from Swansea LxGR,
Jeannette Draper
from Ross On Wye,
Brenda Mead from
Tewkesbury * Erica
Dowse from Coventry
Nathan Foy & Mason
from Cardiff GRxL,
Patricia Joyce
from Abingdon *
Barbara Swain from
Leamington Spa
Jordan from Stafford
Louise Jenkins & Quinta
from Llandysul L, Jessica
Jones from Cheltenham
* Gordon Macrae
from Over Norton
Gwilym Thomas Jones
& Poppy from Corwen
GRxL, Dawn Moore
from Leigh, P Whitehead
from Dukinfield *
Jane Chance from
Kidderminster
Geraldine Newman &
Kandy from Monmouth
GRxGSD, Norah Clarke
from Porthcawl * Trudy
Evans from Coventry
Joanne O’Connor &
Opal from Hengoed
L, Jackie Horton from
Stratford Upon Avon
* Janice Briggs from
Leamington Spa
Rory Roberts & Nutmeg
from Newcastle
Emlyn GRxL, Doctor
Janine Hale-Brown
from Bristol * Robert
Jones from Rushden
Lisa Tainton & Ava from
Pontypool GSD, Joan
Raxter from Redditch
* Amanda Turner
from Shrewsbury
Coventry
James Gibb & Alfie
from Tredegar LxGR,
Sheila Stephens from
Pontypridd * Joan
Sheila Armstrong & Zena
from Market Harborough
GRxL, Serena Jones
from Bristol * Ruth
Sharon Howells & Palmer
from Cardiff GRxFCR,
Elizabeth Bullimore
from Pontypool * Alison
Maggie Bowes & Yuan
from Warwick LxGR,
Alison Bamford-Elsdon
from Newton Abbot
* Alison Morton from
Leamington Spa
Lyndall Burnham & Evie
from Loughborough
GRxL, Val Jackson from
Kidderminster * Phil
Revill from Southam
Robin Christopherson
& Archie from Warwick
GSD, Angela Cutter
from Solihull * Amanda
Turner from Shrewsbury
Jean Cooper & Uska
from Leicester LxGR,
Deborah Jones from
Cardiff * Mr and Mrs
Davies from Telford
Margaret Cusker & Quip
from Rugby L, Helen
Denholm-Simmonds
from Stourport-onSevern * Mr and Mrs
Wood from Leicester
Ann Hutchins & Jackson
from Sileby GRxL,
Elaine Hooton from
Hinckley * Caroline
Lyons from Nuneaton
Murray Jenkinson &
Earl from Musselburgh
GRxL, Douglas Walker
from Ardrossan * Jason
Webb from Birmingham
Jean King & Purdey
from Bristol GRxL,
Roger Walters from
Coseley * Jayne
Hallam from Walsall
Andrew Logue & Zenner
from Helensburgh
GSDxGR, Alan McGrath
from Bangor, Sandra
Smyth from Newtownards
* Mr and Mrs Simpson
from Leamington Spa
Richard Williams
& Nugget from
Loughborough GRxL,
Patricia Jones from
Bridgwater * Robert
Jones from Rushden
Pat Alexander & Pearl
from Bristol LxGR,
Margaret Calam
from Beaworthy
* Mary Cheesman
from Southam
Edinburgh
Brian Rattray & Yakira
from Edinburgh LxGR,
Lynne Dickie from Irvine
Leamington Spa
Derek Cross & Isaac from
Paignton L, Val Rowe
from Stafford, Sally Prime
from Walsall * William
Kelso from Alcester
Peter Ricca & Chester
from Denny L, Alan Knott
from Dumfries * Simon
Hubble from Bilston
Pauline Dunne & Pudsey
from Newport LxGR,
Hugh King from Yeovil
* Mary Cheesman
from Southam
Peter Funnell & Zorro from
Leicester GRxGSD, Jane
French from Banbury *
Sue Wilkins from Rugby
Cheryl Bradshaw & Dulci
from Glasgow GRxL,
Fiona Webster from
Dundee * Clare Shortt
from Kidderminster
Key:
Pauline Abley & Jazz
from St Austell GRxL,
Nicola Scarrott from
Witney * Caroline
Lyons from Nuneaton
Ronald Paterson &
Hudson from Loanhead
GRxL, Kenneth
Macgregor from
Glasgow * Marie Court
from Halesowen
Stuart Beveridge & Ron
from Lochgelly GRxL,
Raymond Brown from
Belfast * Adrian Newitt
from Leamington Spa
Carole Houghton
& Grace from
Loughborough LxGR,
Linda Hogg from
Coalville * Erica Dowse
from Coventry
Exeter
Adrian Wright &
Jamie from Rugby
GRxGSD, W Whiller
from Plymouth * Julia
Evans from Bromsgrove
Mike Duxbury & Drifter
from Towcester L,
Clare Mahoney from
Bridgwater * Clare
Turton from Solihull
Alyse Garner & Lola from
Loughborough L, Peter
John Bratt from Holmfirth
David Millan & Beth from
Edinburgh LxGR, Stacey
Tighe from Linlithgow *
Les Powell from Coalville
Alfreda Weir & Newton
from Dunfermline
LxGR, Heather
Maginn from Lisburn
Jean Coates & Toby
from Kirkby Stephen GR,
Margaret Woodward
from Forres * Joy
Dickinson from Abingdon
John Hendry & Orchy
from Aberdeen GRxL,
Steve & Jane Baron
from Stirling * Steve
Shaw from Coalville
x – Crossbreed
CCR – Curly Coat Retriever
COL – Collie
FCR – Flat Coat Retriever
GR – Golden Retriever
Jeff Rooney & Holly
from Gateshead
GRxL, Hazel Hope
from Inverurie * Cath
Pedreschi from Evesham
Steven Rutherford &
Danny from Portobello
GRxL, Mr and Mrs
Coleman from Dundee
* Clare Shortt from
Kidderminster
Alicia Burchell &
Mini from Bristol L,
Lyndsey Bardsley from
Stonehouse * Steve
Parsons from Cirencester
Mark Evans & Olga
from Cardiff GSD, Janet
Steyn from Plymouth *
Carla Nieuwenhuizen
from Banbury
Brian Harrison & Eric
from Plymouth GRxGSD,
Robert & Vera Gordon
from Aberdeen
GSD – German Shepherd Dog
IWS – Irish Water Spaniel
L – Labrador
SPIN – Spinone
STP – Standard Poodle
39
New partnerships
New partnerships
Stephen Hartley & Alfie
from Tavistock LxGR,
Michael Ferguson
from Coalville * Erica
Dowse from Coventry
Steffanie Wise & Dixon
from Launceston L, Mel
Horsell from Plymouth
* David Windhaber
from Northampton
Jennifer [Jen] James &
Lindley from Sidmouth
STPxL, Barbara Searing
from Altrincham
* Mr and Mrs Phipps
from Lechlade
Glasgow
Eve Lopez & Jodi from
Exeter GRxL, Ian
and Avril Wonnacott
from Okehampton
* Rebecca Jackson
from Kidderminster
Timothy Mitchell
& Kara from Bristol
LxGSD, Patricia Revell
from Solihull * Beryl
Wyrko from Leicester
Katie O’Dare & Ivy from
Ashburton GRxL, Kairen
Dawe from Paignton
* David Windhaber
from Northampton
Irene Randall & Jenna
from Teignmouth
L, Kim Hewlett from
Stratford Upon Avon
* Linda Sheehan from
Sutton Coldfield
Liam James Doran &
Razor from Glasgow
L, Aileen Murphy
from Aberdeen
* David Yarwood
from Birmingham
Janet Fleming & Quella
from Hamilton GRxL,
Lynne & Ron Page from
Kirkcaldy * Dr Josie
Blackshaw from Coventry
George Gray &
Alexander from Glasgow
L, Sybil Gibb from
Penicuik * Jill GordonLennox from Worcester
Anne Maclean & Kane
from Grantown-on-Spey
L, Jeanette Bradley
from Montrose * MarieClaire Montgomery
from Leamington Spa
Fiona Maynard & Olive
from Bethersden GRxL,
Debbie Williamson
from Glasgow, Pamela
Craigie from Glasgow
* Rebecca Leat
from Towcester
Michael McGhee &
Ricky from Airdrie GRxL,
Catherine Gallagher
from Bangor * Susan
Hayes from Northampton
Matthew Melville &
Palmer from Glasgow
GRxL, Jo Thomas from
Tillicoultry, Stewart
Simpson from Burntisland
* Mr and Mrs Dawson
from Kenilworth
Elizabeth Obern and
Stan from Inverness L,
Anne Simpson from Nairn
* Liz Russell-Yarde from
Coventry
Bobby Stenhouse
& Gismo from Beith
GRxGSD, Stuart &
Colette Robertson
from Kirriemuir *
Anne Cadwallader
from Southam
Keith James & Hamish
from Hull GRxL, Graham
& Mary Moorcroft from
Derby * Robert Walpole
from Cirencester
Ann Kohler & Bella from
Hull L, David Ryder from
Warrington, Mr and Mrs
Hicks from Lytham St
Annes * Elaine Roberts
from Stourbridge
David Mallaby & Flossie
from Near Driffield L,
Ambrose Greenfield
from York * Dawn
Wood from Kenilworth
Caroline Ramsden &
Millie from Grimsby L,
Gwendoline Elizabeth
Higginbottom from
Sheffield * Linda Morris
from Stratford-upon-Avon
Elizabeth Stirling & Dusty
from Greenock GRxL,
Elaine Cooper from
Elgin * John Allsopp
from Leamington Spa
Jean Seeley & Laura
from Lincoln GRxL, Susan
Brown from Wirral *
Janet Stokes from Dudley
Matthew Ward &
Ursula from Paisley
LxGR, Patricia Clarke
from Inverurie * John
Starkey from Malvern
Susan Simmons &
Talbot from Immingham
GRxL, Carol Gray
from Wetherby * Steve
Shaw from Coalville
Hull
Sally Stoker & Kiki
from Selby GRxGSD,
Mrs Farrelly from
Leeds * Trudy Evans
from Coventry
Peter Admans & Quaver
from Spalding GRxL,
Barbara Milhench from
Littleborough * Sue
Price from Claverdon
Shane Gibson & Bailey
from Driffield L, Kerry
Smith from Southwell
* Dee Moloney from
Leamington Spa
Leeds
Anne Bennett & Stevie
from Wakefield LxGR,
Peter McFarland from
Ballyclare, County Antrim
Emma Frank & Katie from
Malton GRxL, Sarah
Saunby from Sheffield
* Mr and Mrs Coughlan
from Lutterworth
Sophie MayerKing & Gypsy from
Huddersfield GRxGSD,
Louise McLoughlin
from Knutsford *
Anne Cadwallader
from Southam
David Tayne & Ivor
from Scarborough L,
Pauline Green from
Wilmslow * Jeanette
Hannon from Oldbury
Claire Currie &
Gulliver from Liverpool
L, D Fletcher from
Bolton * Ruth Mercer
from Warwick
Joanne Redhead &
Bart from St Helens L,
Alan Turner from Bolton
* Maureen Armitage
from Leamington Spa
Heather Thackray &
Tia from Leeds GRxL,
Vincent Joseph Thorpe
from Wakefield * Steve
Shaw from Coalville
Naomi Ditchfield &
Dixie from Liverpool
GRxL, Mari Sturgess from
Clwyd, Elizabeth Dale
from Chester * Clare
Shortt from Kidderminster
Michael Robinson &
Gromet from Wallasey
L, Dorothy Jones
from Chester * Ruth
Mercer from Warwick
Anne Welsh & Betty
from Huddersfield GRxL,
Joanne Hemsworth
from Leeds, Tony and
Anita Thorpe from Leeds
* Victoria Milligan from
Henley-in-Arden
Liverpool
Alice Morris & Teddy
from Harrogate GRxL,
Mike & Chris O’Dowd
from York * Mrs Cope
from Birmingham
Julie Murphy & Rolo
from Wakefield L, David
Brown from Lanark
* David Yarwood
from Birmingham
Mary Naylor & Quest
from Leeds GRxGSD,
Teresa Syers from
Morecambe * Amanda
Turner from Shrewsbury
Kevin Nicholson & Kent
from Wakefield L, Lesley
Trickett from Leeds,
Rita Farnsworth from
Keighley * Jill GordonLennox from Worcester
Janet Perfitt & Titan from
Bradford GRxL, Kay Kelly
from Stockport * Philip
Swallow from Warwick
Mark Bell & Fizz from
Liverpool L, Josephine
Brown from Liverpool *
J Wassell from Warwick
Louise Brackley & Jaydee
from St Helens GRxL,
Diane Dickinson from
Preston * Doctor Josie
Blackshaw from Coventry
Anne Bradbury & Zally
from Lymm L, Susan
Summersgill from
Huddersfield, Joyce
Ebbage from Stockport
* Eve Smith from
Tanworth In Arden
Jack Cullen & Henry
from Liverpool LxGR,
Derrick Harding from
Wirral * Hazel Cross
from Evesham
Jean Drinkwater & Kit
from Stockport L, Hazel
Evelyn Eyre from Barnsley
* Karen Robbens from
Leamington Spa
Marcus Ellwand & Ozzie
from Wirral L, Bruce
Thomas Lunt from
Macclesfield * Jeanette
Hannon from Oldbury
Stuart Hutcheson &
Spencer from Chester
L, Robert Sampson from
Liverpool * Liz RussellYarde from Coventry
Joyce Jones & Polly from
Ellesmere Port GRxL,
Claxton from Warrington
* Janette Baines from
Burton-on-Trent
Sandra Massey &
Jean from Chester
L, Ann Green from
Malpas * Andrew
Starr from Devizes
Julie Napier & Winston
from Liverpool GRxL,
Linda Williams from
Liverpool * Sarah
Mitchell from Stratfordupon-Avon
Daniel Seasman &
Kane from Liverpool
L, Lisa Jane Simms
from Atherton, Lynn
Nicholson from Bolton
* Karen Robbens from
Leamington Spa
Sandra Taylor & Bessie
from Liverpool LxGR,
Doreen Taylor from
Manchester * John
Marlene Tennent &
Vann from Newton-leWillows L, Susan Flush
from Wirral * Christine
Smith from Kenilworth
London
Joy Addo & Faith
from Roehampton
LxL, Peter Sillett from
Witham * Dawn Wood
from Kenilworth
Angela Armin & Unis from
Essex STPxL, Susan Wilks
from Slough * Rachel
Cutler from Rugby
Roy Benjamin & Ufton
from Morden GSD,
Rob & Valerie Sibley
from Perth * Rachel
Moxon from Stockton
41
New partnerships
New partnerships
Shaun Burke & Rattie
from Woodford Green
LxGR, Elaine Cole from
Colchester * Erica
Dowse from Coventry
John Mathews & Nessie
from Sidcup L, Jack
Morris from Swanley *
Victoria Milligan from
Henley-in-Arden
David Steward &
Unis from London
STPxL, Paula Guy from
Sittingbourne * Linda
Brush from West Haddon
Derek Coughlan &
Robson from Morden
L, Penny Parker from
Felixstowe * Clare
Turton from Solihull
Thelma Mouque &
Marley from London
GRxL, Julie Ansell
from Knebworth,
Susan Brooker from
Harpenden, Trish
Dawn Uffindell &
Harry from Croydon
L, Victoria Upton from
Basildon, Pat Tuffs
from Dartford, Myriam
Steadman from Welling
Mary Cox & John from
Wallington L, Geraldine
and Peter Blackman
from Chelmsford * Paul
Rackham from Rugby
Hayley Johnson & Foxy
from London GRxL,
Susan Smalley from
Ascot * Sarah Pagan
from Leamington Spa
Sandra Bethell & Olwen
from Sevenoaks L, Jeff
Tremain from Tonbridge
* Janice Briggs from
Leamington Spa
Stephen Butler & Joy from
Broadstairs GRxL, Toni
Bradburn from St Albans
* Rebecca Jackson
from Kidderminster
David Griffith & Nyle
from London GRxL,
Madge Tierney from
Huntingdon * Robert
Jones from Rushden
Arnaldo Jesus & Elliot
from London L, Kay
Lowe from Ely * Rachel
Davis from Kettering
Mark Bailey & Kit from
Gravesend LxGSD,
Suzanne Patrick from
Rochester * Beryl
Nicola Broughton &
Edward from Haywards
Heath STPxL, Sheila
George from Waltham
Cross, Jacqueline Lodge
from London * Linda
Brush from West Haddon
Rosemary Everall & May
from London GRxL, Trisha
Wiggins-Browne from
Huntingdon * Robert
Jones from Rushden
Graham Hoppe & Jock
from West Drayton
LxGR, Rosemary
Thompson from Witham
* Mary Cheesman
from Southam
Maidstone
Agnew from Stevenage,
Vincent Phipps from
Knebworth * Vanessa
Jones from Rugby
Usiomwanta Olanipekun
& Saffie from London
LxGR, Lorna Fryer from
Ashford * Sally Barsby
from Buckingham
Kevin Satizabal &
Pickles from London
LxGR, Vivienne Hill
from Waltham Abbey
* Mary Cheesman
from Southam
* Margaret Buckingham
from Warwick
David Whiting & Kez from
London LxGSD, Barbara
Halliwell from Hitchin,
Lynda Graham from
Harpenden, Jean Nield
from Harpenden * Beryl
Leyla Okekeogbu and
Jasper from London L,
Charlotte and Adele
Marshall-Reynolds from
Swindon, Joan McCann
from Swindon, Tracy
Burns from Newbury
Sutton Coldfield
Alun Elder-Brown &
Bonny from Tunbridge
Wells LxGR, Jacqueline
Everitt from Billericay,
Annette Ashton from
March * Joan Raxter
from Redditch
Kim Kirtley & Hugo from
Ashford LxGR, Susan
Brooker from Harpenden,
Lynda Graham from
Harpenden, Judy
Blencowe from
Hitchin * Joan Raxter
from Redditch
Jonathan Lee & Major
from Tonbridge GRxL,
Jim and Sue Bailey from
Chelmsford * Sandra
Hoffman from Coventry
The photos on these pages are illustrative only; they do not correspond to listed partnerships.
Margaret Murray-Rowe &
Imber from Swanscombe
LxGR, Angela Lawton
from Nottingham * Jane
Innes from Stourbridge
Toel Koyithara & Sheba
from Wigan L, Jason
and Angela Mitchell
from Halifax * Liz RussellYarde from Coventry
Darren Tambin &
Hamish from Coxhoe
LxGR, Mr and Mrs Begg
from Dundee * Hazel
Cross from Evesham
Patricia Poole & Zebedee
from Deal LxGR, Kim
Bassett from Andover,
Elizabeth Macdonald
from Wantage,
Sharon Hagen from
Wantage, Wendy
Terry from Hungerford
* Elizabeth Henry from
Leamington Spa
Christine McVinnie
& Kylie from Wigan
GRxGSD, Sarah
Richardson from
Northallerton * Trudy
Evans from Coventry
Dot Luck & Worthy from
Stockton on Tees GRxL,
Margaret Gibson from
Ballater * Mrs Coughlan
from Lutterworth
Carla Savage & Bracken
from Tonbridge GR,
Janette Caulfield
from Halstead * Janet
Evans from Warwick
Manchester
Joyce Acton & Hannah
from Manchester GRxL,
David John Laverick
from York, J Pearson
from York * Marie Court
from Halesowen
Jim Coulthard &
Eddie from Darwen
GRxL, Barbara Helen
Cox from Warrington
* Adrian Newitt from
Leamington Spa
Joshua Seddon & Jack
from Bolton GRxL,
Kathryn Freeman
from Derbyshire *
Valerie Veness from
Sutton Coldfield
Alan Shannon &
Rolo from Stockport
GRxL, Lynda Dodds
from Chester * Dawn
Collins from Telford
Alison Vas & Blake
from Eccles L, Clive
Ringrose from Newcastle
Upon Tyne * Dawn
Kathleen Watson & Hattie
from Rossendale LxGR,
Margaret Reid from
Stockton-on-Tees * Hazel
Cross from Evesham
Newcastle
David Halliwell &
Zodiac from Wigan
GSDxGR, Fred Barber
from Inverurie * Mr
and Mrs Simpson from
Leamington Spa
Sheila Woodcock &
Glenn from Darlington
GRxL, Alana Ayres
from Newtownards
* Adrian Newitt from
Leamington Spa
Melissa Worster & Yaron
from Wigton GRxL, David
Jamieson from Dumfries
* Mrs Field from Warwick
Nottingham
Gail Ashby & Robin
from Derby L, Gillian
Swift from Sheffield,
Jean Robinson from
Sheffield * Pat Stafford
from Calverton
Claire Cooper & Lilly
from Nottingham GRxL,
Deborah Broadbent
from Thornton Cleveleys
* John Allsopp from
Leamington Spa
Jane Farren & Nell from
Buxton GRxL, C Heap
from Bedale * Dawson
from Kenilworth
Paul Grayson & Kenco
from Ripley GRxGSD,
Julie Jones from
York * Trudy Evans
from Coventry
Tyler Henderson &
Riley from Chesterfield
L, Helen Robson
from Leeds, Jeannie
Stephenson from
Northallerton
* David Yarwood
from Birmingham
Rebecca Kinnis & Fifi
from Doncaster LxL,
Joanna Levey from
Cramlington * Dawn
Wood from Kenilworth
Beverly Kitchin &
Hannah from Sheffield
GRxL, Louise Callaghan
from Chorley, William
Hunter from Leyland
Timothy Musson &
Frankie from Newark
STPxL, Malcolm Moore
from Sidcup * Rachel
Cutler from Rugby
Deanna Fishwick &
Truffles from GrangeOver-Sands L, Graeme
Danskin from Edinburgh
* Sheila Higgins from
Milton Keynes
Fred Hernandez
& Quincey from
Manchester GRxL, Lizz
Johnson from Leeds *
Sue Price from Claverdon
43
New partnerships
New partnerships
David Piggott & Ezra
from Derby GRxL,
Peter Simpson from
Bury * Jason Webb
from Birmingham
Sally Spowage & Winnie
from Nottingham L,
Lorraine Meehan from
Wetherby * Dawn
Bill Stacey & Robbie
from Nottingham L,
Melanie Briggs from
Sheffield * MarieClaire Montgomery
from Leamington Spa
Stephen Wood & Wizard
from Derby GRxGSD,
Theresa Chandler
from Newcastle Upon
Tyne * Julia Evans
from Bromsgrove
Peterborough
Carolyn Allum &
Ally from Ipswich
LxGR, Sara Dixon
from London * Erica
Dowse from Coventry
Clare Simmons &
Alexis from Norwich
GRxL, Judy Blencowe
from Hitchin, Jean
Nield from Harpenden,
Lynda Graham
from Harpenden,
Susan Brooker from
Harpenden * Helen
Bonnett from Leigh
Lisa Smith & Unity from
Great Yarmouth STPxL,
Maxine Bloom from
Billericay * Linda Brush
from West Haddon
Spencer Westhorpe &
Floss from Norwich L,
Emma Evanson from
Chelmsford * Sheila
Coton from Birmingham
Reading
Leesa Crockett & Barley
from High Wycombe
LxGR, Tessa Kirkwood
from Cambridge * Joan
Georgina Chambers &
Luci from Lowestoft L,
Sarah Buckland from
Colchester * Gordon
Macrae from Over
Norton
Wendy Hulford & Pippa
from Redhill GRxL,
Lorraine Kennedy from
Banstead * Eve Smith
from Tanworth In Arden
Malgorzata Galbarczyk
& Bob from Birmingham
GRxL, Peter and Susan
Revitt from Sheffield *
Dawn Collins from Telford
Tina Shallis & Amber
from Chichester LxGR,
Philippa Bushe from
London * Erica Dowse
from Coventry
Danny Gleeson & Dylan
from Wolverhampton
GRxL, Alison Wright from
Warrington * Clare Shortt
from Kidderminster
Isobel Walker & Jodie
from Esher L, Carey
Timms from Swindon,
Joan McCann from
Swindon, Fiona
Lazenby from Swindon
Sutton Coldfield
George Higginson &
Barney from Newcastle
L, Joyce Williams from
Heanor * Dee Moloney
from Leamington Spa
Alison Wallduck & Gini
from Milton Keynes
GRxL, Karen Read from
Ashford * John Marchant
from Milton Keynes
Tarik Zaid & Fagan from
Redhill GRxL, Colin Carn
from Plymouth, Valerie
Lurcock from Newton
Abbot * Sarah Pagan
from Leamington Spa
Shrewsbury
Philip Anderson &
Quinta from Newcastle
L, Brian Holloway from
Congleton * Linda Morris
from Stratford-upon-Avon
Anne Frith & Paul from
Beccles LxGR, Kathy
Minter from Colchester
* Mr and Mrs Davies
from Telford
Marion Mansfield & Gus
from Cambridge GRxL,
Diana Reynolds from
Cambridge * Alison
Ashley from Daventry
Shirley Fitall & Nola
from Epsom GRxL,
Linda Fleming from
Erith * Robert Jones
from Rushden
Piers Nummelin & Willow
from Bury St Edmunds
LxGR, Ruth Savage from
Peterborough * Anna
Adams from Daventry
John Griffiths & George
from Chichester
GRxL, Bob Waldock
from Benfleet * John
Marchant from
Milton Keynes
Leslie Bloomfield &
Millie from Tamworth
LxGR, Julia Rodwell from
Milton Keynes * Tracey
Wilkinson from Telford
Rex Bowers & Isca from
Telford L, Ian Lister from
Hartlepool * Jeanette
Hannon from Oldbury
Pauline Dunn & Guiness
from Stoke-on-Trent
L, Hilary Battersby
from Preston * Ruth
Mercer from Warwick
Richard Lyons &
Yannis from Stoke-onTrent LxGR, Philippa
Skinner from Wirral
Leamington Spa
Nathan Marsh & Gibson
from Wollaston L,
Seema Chauhan from
Nottingham * Ruth
Mercer from Warwick
Alex Stitt & Questa from
Oldbury GRxL, Christine
Rimmer from Oldham *
Sue Price from Claverdon
Lisa Wharton & Orla
from Kingswinford
GRxL, Karen Wardle
from Ashton-UnderLyne * Rebecca Leat
from Towcester
Southampton
Iris Burton-Cave & Upton
from Christchurch LxGR,
Claire Kendall from
Worcester, Daniel Rowe
from Warwick * John
Vivian Harman &
Mortimer from Swindon
GRxL, Lee Blanning
from Pontypool *
Barbara Swain from
Leamington Spa
Sam Hebditch &
Oakley from Wimborne
L, Kathleen Kelly
from Tamworth *
Janice Briggs from
Leamington Spa
Jaime Home & Simpson
from Southampton L,
Michelle Cooke from
Milton Keynes * Jacki
Boyle from Telford
Rex Johnson & Zak
from Wareham GRxL,
Pam Truman from
Solihull * Ruth Philpott
from Malvern
Kevin Kitching &
Ashleigh from Petersfield
GSD, Keith Lyon from
Walsall * Mr and Mrs
Tindall from Coventry
Annette Newell & Sheena
from Eastleigh GRxFCR,
Michael Clifford from
Neath * John Rogers
from Bromsgrove
Peter Reynolds & Tony
from Ryde GRxL, Debbie
Johnson from Hitchin,
Vincent Phipps from
Knebworth, Anne
Lloyd from Welwyn,
Malcolm Howard from
Wheathampstead * Phil
Revill from Southam
GRxL, Diane Godfrey
from Holcombe *
Sarah Pagan from
Leamington Spa
Welwyn Garden City
Kevin Cook & Danny
from Southend On Sea
L, Guy William Cresswell
from Clwyd, Lynda
Dodds from Chester
* Ellen Summerton
from Leamington Spa
Sea LxGSD, Lynne
Dakin from Woodford
Green, Julia Wright
from Romford * Beryl
Joan Roberts & Zara
from North Walsham
GRxL, Judy Cockburn
from Chelmsford * Ruth
Ann Simmons & Betty
from Southampton L,
Cheryl Williams from
Higham Ferrers * Gordon
Macrae from Over Norton
Jan Goniszewski
& Jeaves from
Rickmansworth GRxL,
Elizabeth Greenaway
from Wickford * Caroline
Lyons from Nuneaton
Josephine Spears
& Fizz from Swindon
Claire Maxwell & Kim
from Southend-on-
Folly * 03.09.13 * L * Bitch
* Mrs J Jennison from
Warwick * Mrs V Brown
from Northallerton
Layla * 30.07.13 * GR *
Bitch * Mrs EA Morris
from Tamworth * Mr J
Wright from Bridport
Pip * 30.07.13 * GR *
Bitch * Mrs R Cardo from
Kingswinford * Mrs MP
Prow from Newton Abbot
Inky * 15.08.13 * L * Bitch
* Ms J Macqueen from
Fenny Compton * Mrs
R Beddoes from Perth
Lisa * 07.06.13 * GR *
Bitch * Mrs EA Morris
from Tamworth * Miss G
Saunders from Dartford
Todd * 12.06.13 * L *
Stud * Mr & Mrs Wood
from Leicester * Mr G
Horton from Dundee
Jodi * 12.06.13 * L *
Bitch * Ms D Collins
from Telford * Mrs M
Evered from Bromley
Maisie * 30.07.13 * GR *
Bitch * Mrs M Court from
Halesowen * Mrs EG
Gilbert from Banchory
Verity * 30.07.13 * L *
Bitch * Outside Bred
* Donated Dog
Joy * 07.06.13 * GR *
Bitch * Mrs R Cardo
from Kingswinford *
Mrs G Holmes from
Princes Risborough
Maple * 12.06.13 * GR
* Bitch * Mrs P Kimmins
from Birmingham * Mr &
Mrs P Willis from Arbroath
Breeding Stock
Abbey * 25.09.13 * GR
* Bitch * Mrs S Burgess
from Buckingham
* Mrs G Blackman
from Chelmsford
Abby * 15.08.13 * GR *
Bitch * Mr & Mrs J Roberts
from Brackley * Mrs A
Nuttall from Redditch
Apple * 12.06.13 * L *
Bitch * Outside Bred *
Doctor F Crichton from
Laurieston, Mr DA Smith
from Bridge Of Don
Casey * 25.09.13 * GR
* Bitch * Mrs S Burgess
from Buckingham
* Mrs M Hubbard
from Bexleyheath,
Mrs J Fortnum from
West Malling
Fizz * 15.08.13 * L * Bitch
* Mrs J Jennison from
Warwick * Mrs S Watt
from Maud, Mr & Mrs A
Bibb from Aberdeen
Kath * 06.06.13 * L *
Bitch * Ms D Collins from
Telford * Mr E Blundell
from Clacton-on-Sea
Kurt * 25.09.13 * GSD
* Stud * Mrs J Evans
from Bromsgrove
* Mrs S Buckland
from Colchester
Marie * 07.06.13 * GR *
Bitch * Mrs M Court from
Halesowen * Mr MH
Hoskins from Prenton
Willow * 12.06.13 * L
* Bitch * Ms D Collins
from Telford * Mr D
Rees from Swansea
Yana * 13.09.13 * L *
Bitch * Mrs S Hoffman
from Coventry * Mrs
H Mander-Callaby
from Royston
Maya * 15.08.13 * L
* Bitch * Mr P Revill
from Southam * Mr A
Kemp from Glasgow
45
Letters and caption competition
I’ve had my guide dog
Hattie since 2012 and we’re
off to Buckinghamshire to
start university so we’ve
been visiting a few of Hattie’s
favourite places. I shared
some photos of Hattie on
Facebook for family and
friends but also her puppy
walker family like to know
what she’s up to so I thought
I’d send some to Forward.
Becky Clarke
I wanted to share something
which made my husband
and me very proud of my
guide dog, Kashmir. Last
year we attended the
charity opening night for
Zizzi’s restaurant in Reading.
A young man introduced
himself and said he’d met
Kashmir and me on the
Guide Dogs stall in nearby
Wokingham. He wanted
us to know that, from that
meeting, he and his partner
had decided to sponsor a
puppy and also that he now
works for Guide Dogs. So
Kashmir not only changed
my life but also that of a
lovely young man!
Jenny Pape
Association and one of
the first people to have
a retinal implant. The
implant is in its early stages
and, while it gives Tim
some artificial vision, it
doesn’t restore his sight, so
Violet is still by his side.
Caption competition
Thanks to Dumfries puppy walker Helen Denholm for
sending in this picture (left) of pup Nushka helping
out in the garden. What do you think is going
through Nushka’s mind? Please send your caption
idea on a postcard to Forward, Guide Dogs,
Hillfields, Burghfield Common, Reading RG7 3YG,
or email [email protected]. Remember
to include your name and address. The winner will
receive a £10 Marks and Spencer voucher.
The winner of the last caption competition was Ian Noble with: “I get all my
toys online these days.” Congratulations, Ian – we hope you enjoy your voucher.
Partnerships quiz Thank you for entering our
autumn quiz. The winner was Paula Pinder,
who wins a £10 Marks and Spencer voucher.
Competition rules
The competitions are open to anyone resident in the UK, except
employees of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, their
families and anyone connected with the competition. No
purchase necessary. Proof of posting cannot be accepted as proof
of delivery. No responsibility can be accepted for entries delayed,
damaged or mislaid or wrongly delivered. Illegible entries will
be disqualified. Only one original entry is allowed per envelope.
Name a Puppy
Change a Life
We thought you’d like
to see this picture of
guide dog owner Tim
Reddish OBE and his dog
Violet meeting Princess
Anne. Tim is Chairman
of the British Paralympic
Correct answers: 1 Toto, 2 Boo-Boo, 3 Dick
Dastardly, 4 Batman, 5 Scrappy Doo
The winners will be notified by either post or telephone and the
results will be published in the next issue of the magazine. The
winners must agree to the publication of their names, photographs
and any publicity, if requested. In all matters concerning the
competitions the Editor’s decision is final. No correspondence can
be entered into. Entry implies acceptance of the rules. The closing
date for these competitions is 14 March 2014.
Image courtesy of Designcat photography
Letters
What will you call yours?
Puppy sponsorship packages from
£2,500 – £50,000 (plus VAT)
Our puppy sponsorship packages
make perfect business sense! Not
only can you use the benefits of your
sponsorship to communicate and
engage with your customers,
your employees will love it too!
Contact us on 0118 983 8208
for further details.
What is included?
Package Name Birth
Regular
Name
the pup Certificate Updates
0-12
months
Donate a
Name
£2.5k
Walk
£7.5k
Learn
£10k
Guide*
£50k
Regular Annual Number Number
Updates Updates of
of visits
12-20
Yrs 3 & 4 photos
months
1
0
2
1
3
2
3+
3+
*Additional benefits can be negotiated by your account manager for the Guide sponsorship package.
Registered charity in England and Wales (209617) and in Scotland (SC038979) 6063 12/13
Show the ones you
love that you’re
Your pooch or
your partner?
thinking of them
this Valentine’s
Day with a gift
from Dogalogue.
Who’ll be your Valentine?
Special introductory price
Heart shaped cheese
£18.99 400g
Heart shaped scarf
hanger
Raw hide dog
Valentine’s card
Code: 14900
£3.99
Code: 14300
£6.99
Code: 14700
Our best-selling butterfly
scarf hanger gets the
romantic treatment - in
a gorgeous heart shape,
it will keep all of her
scarves neatly stored.
Make your doggy’s
day with this delicious
raw hide card –
comes complete with
envelope so you can
send it in the post.
This is most certainly not
a cheesy gift, but one
that will make sure you
win your chosen one’s
heart. This heart-shaped
cheddar truckle comes
delivered in a specially
designed box to ensure it
tastes absolutely delicious
when the lucky recipient
opens it.
Please quote D14001101 or indicate you saw this advert
in Forward when ordering
Visit dogalogue.com or call 0845 371 1371
100% of profits go to Guide Dogs.
Visit dogalogue.com to see our range of gifts, stationery,
homewares and pet products and to request a copy of
our new catalogue (due out March 2014).

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