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Plans to close train ticket offices in England will leave visually impaired passengers 'isolated and left behind’ according to a new Guide Dogs survey.

Case study on Patrycja Janecka a Volunteer Attraction Specialist for Guide Dogs

We’ve got a fantastic range of jobs - over 400 roles - at Guide Dogs. So this week, we’re asking Daniella Higson, Rehoming Officer, all about her exciting role and how she can help people with sight loss.

Guide Dogs announced today that Andrew Lennox has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer of the charity. An experienced business leader, Andrew will succeed Tom Wright and assume responsibilities on 20th September.

This week, train companies officially announced plans to close the majority of ticket offices in England. Only a small number in the busiest train stations will remain, with passengers instead encouraged to book their tickets online or pay for them via self-service machines.

All throughout June, our Volunteering Coordinators and local volunteering staff have been busy throwing Local Volunteer Awards across over 20 of our local sites featuring guest speakers, entertainment performances and plenty of snacks and goodies to go along with it.

This year marks an incredible eight decades since the very first issue of Guide Dogs’ flagship magazine, Forward, was published. The celebratory 80th anniversary edition of the magazine is out today, and I don’t want to give too many spoilers about its contents, but it does have some extra pages so we could fit everything in!

A guide dog owner from Derby is appealing for technology companies to save a ‘lifeline’ navigation app, that gives her, and others with sight loss an audio map of their surroundings.