Face to face fundraising is an essential and highly effective part of our fundraising programme to find new supporters, committed to giving regularly, by signing up to our Sponsor a Puppy and Lucky Lottery campaigns. These provide regular donations and steady income through direct debit payments, enabling us to plan for the future.
This style of fundraising gives potential donors the opportunity to talk directly to a representative of Guide Dogs, giving them access to information about how we operate and how their money will be used to help people who are blind or partially sighted.
Face to face fundraising is used by many charities and is a proven, highly successful source of long term income. Since we began using this style of fundraising in 2001, we have recruited hundreds of thousands of new supporters through our door to door, street and private venue fundraising teams.
All of our fundraisers wear:
If you are unsure as to whether someone claiming to represent Guide Dogs is an authorised fundraiser you can contact our Supporter Experience Team on 0345 143 0233 from Monday to Friday between 9am-1pm and 2-5pm. If calling outside of these hours you can also check “where we're visiting” below, to see if we are fundraising in your area. For general enquires regarding face to face fundraising, please call 0800 953 0113.
Door-to-door fundraising is where our fundraisers call at homes across the UK, knocking on doors to speak with people about our work and asking them to support us by signing up to Sponsor a Puppy or by playing our Lucky Lottery.
Our door teams work regionally across the UK.
Private site fundraising is where our teams visit a variety of locations such as train stations, shopping centres, supermarkets, large public events such as local shows and festivals. These teams set up a Guide Dogs stand from which they engage with members of the public to provide them with information about Guide Dogs and to sign up supporters to Sponsor a Puppy and Lucky Lottery.
Our teams of fundraisers are highly trained and enthusiastic individuals. They are dedicated to raising money and building awareness of our commitment to helping people who are blind or partially sighted to live actively and independently.
We have an in-house team of fundraisers and also work with external agencies to provide additional fundraising. We are committed to ensuring that all our fundraisers, whether In House or one of our agency partners, offer a positive experience to the public when interacting with them, and are friendly, professional and helpful.
We are members of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising (CIoF), Fundraising Regulator, and the Fundraising Standards Board. All of our fundraisers follow the code of conduct set out by the Fundraising Regulator . We also conduct mystery shops and audits on our face to face activity and carry out quality calling to make sure that all of our fundraisers meet the high standards that we expect from them every day.
Guide Dogs has a team of in-house fundraisers and also chooses to work with trusted partner agencies to help deliver professional ethical fundraising on our behalf. All fundraisers working on these teams are coached by Guide Dogs to ensure they are informed about our campaigns and provide an excellent quality of service in line with our own standards.
Charity Link are a fundraising specialist who have been operating for over 25 years. They have over 150 fundraising staff working in conjunction with a few chosen charities. Charity Link are our key partner for fundraising services at national events and within private sites and door to door. They have been working with us since 2000 and in that time have helped sign up hundreds of thousands of supporters to Sponsor a Puppy and Lucky Lottery.
Wesser, established in 1968, is one of Europe’s leading fundraising organisations, with offices in five countries. Since expanding to the UK in 1997, Wesser fundraisers have recruited over 500,000 donors on behalf of multiple UK charities. They offer a dedicated and professional door-to-door fundraising service to support and promote our Sponsor a Puppy campaign.
Despite our best efforts to keep this information updated, we sometimes change locations due to unforeseen circumstances. If your postcode is not listed below, and you’re concerned about authenticity following a visit from a Guide Dogs fundraiser, please contact our Supporter Experience team on 0345 143 0233. You can also check the fundraiser is wearing an in-date ID badge. The fundraiser will never enter your home.
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