Thursday 6th March
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Report written by Joannah Middleton
At last, the Guide Dog posters are getting an airing!
This task has been on the back-burner for a while, but today marked the beginning of spreading the word about the incredible work of Guide Dogs and raising awareness of their volunteering opportunities.
While visiting various organisations with public noticeboards to display the Guide Dog posters, I also took the opportunity to put up a few posters for GoodGym.
This led to some great conversations at the Cape Road Health surgery about lifestyle medicine. The lovely health practitioner, Jo, kindly offered to display the posters at several other locations as well.
The staff at the Sainsbury’s on Coten End were also very interested, so we're hopeful this will help boost our numbers. With more people joining, we’ll be able to do even more good in the community!
Guide Dogs Breeding Dog Volunteers provide a full-time, loving home for one of our guide dog mums and we urgently need to recruit more volunteers to help us raise the next generation of life-changing guide dogs for people with sight loss. This vital volunteer role is perfect for dog-lovers who are looking for a permanent addition to their family. They're specially selected for their ideal temperament and characteristics and have the very best guide dog genes. She will arrive with volunteers socialised and house trained. Most of the time she will be a wonderful, pet dog, then roughly once a year, volunteers also get to enjoy the company of a litter of guide dog puppies for around 7 weeks. We cover all the costs for our guide dog mums, including her food, vet bills and any equipment or bedding she needs. This opportunity is unique to the Midlands as our Breeding Dog Volunteers need to live within an hour's drive of our National Centre, just outside Leamington Spa.
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GoodGymers help will enable us to raise awareness of this wonderful role and encourage more, much needed applications from people who would like to volunteer with Guide Dogs and our amazing guide dog mums.