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For International Volunteer Day 2024, Guide Dogs staff share messages of thanks to their volunteers.

A group of guide dog puppies from across Yorkshire have been exploring Alice’s Christmas Wonderland as part of a ‘school trip’ to Castle Howard in North Yorkshire ahead of the festive season.

Choosing a name for your new puppy is a fun and personal experience and recent research for our Sponsor a Puppy scheme has found inspiration can come from anywhere – whether that's food, music, film or sport! Read our top name predictions for next year and tips to help when it comes to choosing the perfect name for your puppy.

Neve, who has nystagmus, shares her lifelong passion for dance and how watching Chris McCausland on Strictly Come Dancing makes her believe anything is possible.

Guide dog Bill has been stealing the limelight at exclusive red-carpet events to raise awareness about the rising cost of dog ownership. The two-year-old golden retriever has been popping up in places where you’d least expect him to highlight the ‘unexpected bills’ and financial pressures that dog owners are facing amid the rising cost of living.

Guide Dogs is collaborating once again with British designer Laura Fisher for a special Christmas range! Laura has been working with us since 2022 to create some charming and unique items especially for Guide Dogs.

Our new poll ahead of Bonfire Night suggests that more than a quarter of working guide dogs have a significant negative reaction to fireworks.

Today (5 November) we are celebrating International Volunteer Managers Day 2024, a day dedicated to recognising the work volunteer managers do to support and mobilise the world’s volunteers.