Event
Guide Dogs Awareness Session
Event:
Guide Dogs Awareness Session
Where and when:
Wednesday 30 April 2025, time and location to be confirmed
About this session:
This session will help attendees gain a greater understanding of guide dogs, where they come from, what they need on the journey to adulthood and how they are prepared for life as a service dog.
Run by one of our Caritas volunteer accessibility advocates, Clair, this session will encourage participants to think about the different stages and people involved from breeding a litter of puppies to hopefully ending up with qualified guide dogs.
Clair is a volunteer puppy raiser for Guide Dogs (for the Blind) and is currently raising her sixth puppy, Kayla, who will hopefully be able to join Clair for this session.
The content will be focused on Clair’s experiences as a guide dogs puppy raiser and will include useful awareness tips she has regarding how to respond when you (unexpectedly) encounter service dogs in training.
After today’s session you will know what factors will help or hinder a puppy’s training that you can influence as a member of the public and how you can be an advocate for not only trainee guide dogs and their handler but also qualified guide dogs and their VIP (Visually Impaired/ blind human Partner). You will have also have opportunities to ask questions without judgement.
Book your place or get in touch
Book a place now using this form.
This session is open to anyone, but if you have any accessibility needs you would like to let us know beforehand, please do email accessibility@caritassalford.org.uk
For more information on the accessibility service and contact information to get in touch with Minna with any queries about this or other sessions, please visit the service page on our website.
At Caritas, we believe that everyone should have opportunity to participate in all activities. This includes people who use our services, employees and volunteers.
Together we will work alongside individuals to find inclusive ways of working that suit them best. We seek to welcome, integrate, and support the participation of all people by making our projects accessible. If you face barriers because of your physical, mental and emotional, learning, sensory and/or communications needs, please let us know.
