Volunteering

Join the Guide Dogs family

A group of volunteers who helped at a tractor racing event.

Join our 10,000-strong volunteer community and help us make a massive difference to the lives of blind and partially sighted people. We need your skills, we need your time – but most of all we need your commitment and enthusiasm for helping others.

You’ll be amazed at what you get back in return. As a Guide Dogs volunteer, you will...

  • Meet a new circle of like-minded friends
  • Get a fascinating insight into what we do
  • Experience varied and exciting roles
  • Learn valuable new skills
  • Make a life-changing difference to the lives of blind and partially sighted people

Find out more

Find out what roles there are near where you live and apply online.

Or learn more about our roles and see how out volunteers transform lives

To learn more about what we do as an organisation Guide Dogs fact file is the place to start.

Volunteering at Guide Dogs Video

There are many ways you can help by volunteering for Guide Dogs. In this video one of our speaker co-ordinators describes his role and why he does it. There are screen reader accessible buttons for simple control of the video.



Fact!

Our volunteers engage in more than 14,248 activities a year in the community.





Apply to be a volunteer

If you think you could help or would like to know more Apply Now!