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  • Open Your Doors! 28 Oct 2004
    Imagine attempting to enter a shop or restaurant, only to have the door shut in your face. Guide dog owners continue to face difficulties in accessing every day services and facilities the rest of us take for granted.
  • Wanda dog crowned Guide Dog of the Year 01 Sep 2004
    Guide dog Wanda, who has transformed the life of her owner Mhairi Thurston and those of her three small children, has won the Guide Dog of the Year.
  • Guide Dogs launches NHS Services Report 15 Jul 2004
    More than a third of visually impaired people feel that their GP is not fully aware of their needs, a new report issued by The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association has shown.
  • Guide Dogs focuses on Healthy Eyes 01 Jun 2004
    Nearly 90% of people fear losing their sight more than any other sense, yet a third haven’t had their eyes tested in the last two years1, according to new research commissioned by The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.
  • Development of Standards for rehabilitation work 19 May 2004
    Topss England and the Sensory Impairment Task and Finish Group (in collaboration with Guide Dogs) are pleased to announce the development of a suite of National Occupational Standards for rehabilitation workers who support blind and partially sighted individuals to meet their needs, abilities and aspirations for their own independence.
  • Guide Dogs Back NEW Training Book! 07 Apr 2004
    Ringpress Books, a division of Interpet Publishing has linked with The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association to produce Puppy Training The Guide Dogs Way, by Julia Barnes and The Guide Dogs book of Amazing Dog Tails, edited by Neil Ewart.
  • New law brings minicab access 29 Mar 2004
    Guide dog owners will be able to travel in minicabs without fear of being turned away by drivers who refuse to carry their dogs when a new law [Private Hire Vehicles (Carriage of Guide Dogs etc) Act] comes into force on March 31.
  • Guide Dogs launches A-Z Guide to Obstacles 09 Mar 2004
    Advertising boards and hedges, scaffolding and wheelie bins; these all feature in the A-Z Guide to Street Obstacles. The publication was launched at Westminster by The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association as part of its campaign ‘Safer Streets for Blind and Partially Sighted People’, on Tuesday, 09 March.
  • Specsavers aims to raise pounds for pups 02 Mar 2004
    Specsavers Opticians, the UK’s largest optical retailer, has selected The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association as its new national charity.
  • New Guide Dogs’ eye care website scoops its first award 25 Feb 2004
    Healthy Eyes, a new website launched by The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association at www.healthyeyes.org.uk, has scooped an award at the 2003 Charity & Public Service Publishing Awards.
  • Guide Dogs appoints new Chief Executive 01 Feb 2004
    The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association today announced the appointment of Bridget Warr as its new Chief Executive with effect from April 2004. She succeeds Geraldine Peacock CBE who left the Association last year.
  • Stamp out waste 12 May 2004
    Each year over 60 million inkjet printer cartridges are thrown away and over 15 million mobile phones are left unwanted in drawers and cupboards - this represents millions of pounds of possible funds for Guide Dogs. Just 10 donated inkjet cartridges could pay for a guide dog for a day and 10,000 mobile phones would pay for a guide dog for life!

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