Campaigns

We hope that our ophthalmic research and eye health programmes will result in a progressively lower incidence of blindness in the years to come. For now, however, visual impairment is still a fact of life for many thousands of people and we are campaigning alongside them for rights that most sighted people take for granted.

Image of shared surface streets and a guide dog owner walking down one.

Image of shared surface streets and a long cane user walking down one.

Campaign Updates

If you would like to subscribe to the campaign email updates from Guide Dogs, which contains the latest news about our campaigning work and how you can get involved and support us, please email campaigns@guidedogs.org.uk

Talking Buses

Guide Dogs' Talking Buses campaign is calling for the introduction of audio-visual announcements on all buses in the UK.

Shared surface streets

Guide Dogs 'Say NO to Shared Streets' campaign aims to stop the implementation of shared surface streets which pose serious risks to blind and partially sighted people and other vulnerable pedestrians in town and city centres.

Inclusive Streets

Inclusive streets: Street design principles that are inclusive of blind and partially sighted peoples needs.

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Guide Dogs is a working name of The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, a registered charity in England and Wales (209617) and Scotland (SCO38979)