After a long wait, I've recently qualified with got new 'eyes' - Sian. She has already made me independent and given me back my confidence. I thought this would be a great way to celebrate having a Guide Dog back in my life and to introduce everyone to Sian. As a thank you to Trinity, my last Guide Dog who had to be retired early due to a bad back, I will be raising money to name another dog in her honour to thank her for keeping me safe.

Almost two million people in the UK are living with sight loss that has a significant impact on their daily lives. Of those, around 180,000 rarely leave their homes alone and lead lonely, isolated lives.

Guide Dogs works for a world where people with sight loss are never left out of life, for a world where being blind or partially sighted is not what defines you. A world with enough support to make the challenges of sight loss no barrier to fulfilling hopes and dreams.