Sighted guide training
Learn how to guide a person with sight loss
Are you interested in learning how to guide someone with sight loss? Our training can teach you how to guide adults safely, with confidence, skill and empathy. Much like learning how to perform first aid, sighted guiding is a useful life skill. It will give you the confidence to know how to act when you meet someone who is blind or partially sighted, and the guiding techniques to help them if they need it.
The benefits of learning how to sighted guide
Whether you meet a customer with sight loss at work, in your volunteer role, or when you’re out and about, taking a few moments to offer guiding assistance can make a huge difference to their day. Our sighted guide training will teach you how to ask the person if they need assistance, and cover the basic guiding techniques to support people getting around obstacles, crossing roads and getting in and out of cars.
This guiding training is to support adults with sight loss, visit our help for children and families pages for support for children.
We’d really value your input
Guide Dogs currently provides sighted guide training to businesses, community groups and members of the public but we want to reach more of these groups. We're aiming to reach more people and focus on training those you interact with in your daily life.
Share your thoughts: Where do you think sighted guiding support would be most helpful when you're out and about? What topics should be included in the training? Take a few minutes to complete our online survey and share your thoughts - we’d love to hear from you!
Need help choosing which sighted guiding training is right for you?
We offer a range of sighted guide training options, please use the questionnaire below to find out which training is right for you.
Why are you interested in learning to sighted guide?
The session I attended was very informative and enjoyable. I took away a greater understanding of how to support someone with a vision impairment or sight loss, be it from a personal or professional perspective.”
Choose from three different sighted guide training sessions...
Live, online training specifically for those who want to help a friend or family member with a vision impairment.
Live, online training with one of our experts, for anyone aged 18 and over wanting to learn how to guide an adult with sight loss.
Tailored, in-person or virtual sighted guide training for workplaces, community groups, universities and charities that provide services to the public.
To help you get started, we've put together the top 10 tips for sighted guiding in a short, engaging video.
Frequently asked questions
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