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About us
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association consists of stakeholders, including our customers, volunteers, donors, employees and trustees. We work as a team to deliver mobility and access services that meet the needs and aspirations of blind and partially-sighted people in the United Kingdom.
Guide Dogs was founded in 1931, and is a charity that receives no government funding for the guide dogs service. The guide dog service is entirely dependent on voluntary donations. The guide dog service costs the guide dog owner a nominal fee of just 50 pence to ensure equality for all in the UK. We are a world leader in breeding and training guide dogs and are a co-founder of the International Guide Dog Federation.
The charity employs 1000 professional staff in the UK supported by 10,000 volunteers, including puppy walkers, brood-stock holders, dog boarders and thousands of local fundraisers.
Guide Dogs worldwide
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association is one of the founder members of the International Federation of Guide Dog Schools for the Blind. The Federation promotes international good practice in the breeding and training of dogs and education of their owners in current and newly formed schools.
Careers
Guide Dogs has four Dog Training Schools, a Breeding Centre, and 28 District Teams located across the country, where all of our technical staff are employed, including, Dog Care & Welfare Staff (DCWS), Guide Dog Trainer (GDT) Guide Dog Mobility Instructor (GDMI) and Rehabilitation Worker (RW) positions.
