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Charity
Activity
Staffordshire
Braille company teams up with Guide Dogs for puppy love
STAFFORDSHIRE
firm, Braille Transcription UK Ltd has teamed up with
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association to sponsor a guide
dog puppy.
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Celebrating
the partnership, a cute guide dog puppy was introduced
to the company’s team at Sight Village, (an exhibition
promoting technology and specialist services for the
visually impaired), Birmingham, on Thursday 14 July
2004. |
Producing
alternative reading material for a variety of businesses
throughout the UK, Braille Transcription UK will be encouraging
its customers to support its fundraising effort by donating
used stamps, old mobile phones and inkjet cartridges.
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Managing
director Philip Anderson explains: “Braille allows
visually impaired people to read, whilst guide dogs
transform their mobility and independence. Together,
Braille Transcription UK Ltd and Guide Dogs make a perfect
partnership for the blind and partially sighted population.”
Jayne Neal, corporate relationships manager with Guide
Dogs said: "We are absolutely thrilled that Braille
Transcription UK Ltd has chosen us as their charity.
The £5,000 they aim to raise will support a puppy
through its vital early stages of training." |
Braille
Transcription’s sponsored pup will spend much of the
first year with a puppy walking volunteer, where it will
be taught basic obedience and get used to a home environment,
noise and the bustle of towns. The animal will be prepared
for its working life ahead, which includes travelling on
public transport including trains, buses and taxis.
Guide Dogs supplies basic equipment and covers all puppy
walking feeding expenses. To become a puppy walker, volunteers
will need to have access to a car. They will have to be
home for most of the day, and free to take their puppy into
many varied environments – sometimes busy and difficult.
Their yard or garden will also need to be securely fenced
so that the puppy remains safely within its confines.
Guide
Dogs costs as follows:-
- £1.30
- Feeds a guide dog for a day
- £5
- Provides a dog grooming kit
- £25
- Provides two dog beds
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£60
- Provides a harness, handle, lead collar and bell
- £250
- Feeds a guide dog for a year
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£600
- Provides training for one visually impaired person to
improve their independence and mobility
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£1,000
- Co-sponsors a guide dog puppy
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£2,500
- Co-sponsors a guide dog
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£3,750
- Supports a working guide dog partnership for one year
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£5,000
- Sponsors a puppy during his vital training over 18 months
- £15,000
- Sponsors a course of 5 dogs being matched with their
new owners
- £35,000
- Sponsors an entire guide dog partnership
- £245,000
- Sponsors a visually impaired person having a guide dog
for life
Further
information about Braille Transcription UK Ltd is available
by phoning 0800 00 86938 or e-mailing enquiries@brailletranscriptionuk.co.uk
For
details on how to become a puppy walker, contact Jayne Neal
on
01926 333419 or e-mail jayne.neal@guidedogs.org.uk
For
further media information, please contact Chris Dyson or
Alison Wade in Guide Dogs’ Communications Department
on 0118 983 8281 or 8380 |
