Thanks so much for visiting my Justgiving page! Next year, I am lacing up my trainers to run The London Marathon for Guide Dogs charity. 26.2 miles!

I have a severe sensory impairment (hearing) and I will one day need an assistance dog. Sensory impairments are invisible, so people often don’t understand. It can mean the outside world is exhausting, scary and hard to navigate. The level of concentration and vigilance required to live life cannot be underestimated.

A guide dog has a life changing impact on a visually impaired persons life; acting as their eyes and giving independence, keeping them safe, alerting others to difficulties and bringing smiles and happiness. Those last ‘soft’ benefits are actually vital as loneliness and isolation are common experiences for people living with sensory disabilities.

These beautiful dogs need a lot of training to become someone’s eyes and that comes with a cost. This is where your donations make such a difference!

Training a guide dog £10k

A life changing guide dog partnership from birth to retirement £55k

Every donation adds up, so whatever you can give is hugely helpful!

Guide dog recipient Josh:

‘With Ringo I can do anything. He’s given me love, confidence, safety. He means the world to me.’

Thank you!

Lucy xx

Charity notes:

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.