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Forward
The official Guide Dogs magazine
Autumn 2012
Focus on
the future...
How Andrew followed his
photography dream
The Andrex® Puppy
celebrates its 40th
birthday
Guide Dogs Week:
‘Walk my Way’ Also inside: Olympic and Paralympic update •
Guide Dog of the Year Awards winners
Street clutter!
Tell us about
your high
street...
Remember a life
Change a life
Support our Guiding Stars in
memory of your loved one
In return for your kind donation,
we’ll hang a personalised star in
memory of your loved one on one
of our special Christmas trees.
To request a star, or for more
information, call the Gifts in
Memory team on 0845 603 1477.
Registered charity in England and Wales (209617) and in Scotland (SC038979)
Contents
Regulars
5 Welcome
6 News
•Guide Dog of the Year
Awards
•New ‘Safe and Sound’
campaign
14 A day in the life of…
Frank Salt, transport consultee
15 View from the top
Celebrating your achievements
22 What’s on?
18
Features
23 Your letters
38Competitions
12 10 Going for gold
Pups Betty and Kelly
pick up new tricks
10 Past and present
Memories of travelling in
London in the 1960’s
11 Go Walkies
A walk with a sporting
theme in Doncaster
18 6 16 Guide Dogs Week
Take inspiration from some
of the events that will be
underway this October
People and dogs
18 Olympic update
The Olympic and
Paralympic Games from
Guide Dogs’ perspective
24 In Good Company
25 Thank you to our supporters
28 We’ll never forget
31 New partnerships
12Andrex®
How Kimberly-Clark is
celebrating its famous pup’s
landmark 40th birthday
23
19 Life through a lens
Photographer Andrew
Follows’ antipodean
adventure
Please recycle this
magazine
Forward Magazine | Autumn 2012
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Do you want to help Guide
Dogs raise vital funds
in your community? Become part of a team that’s dedicated
to improving the lives of blind and partially
sighted people.
We are currently recruiting for:
Branch organisers
Collection box coordinators
Treasurers
Speakers
Secretaries
Schools and youth ambassadors
Drivers
Schools liaison coordinators
0845 371 7771
volunteer@guidedogs.org.uk
guidedogs.org.uk/volunteering
Welcome
Editor’s
welcome
This is a bumper edition of
Forward and is packed with
even more news than normal.
With Guide Dogs Week round
the corner and the Paralympics
just having drawn to a close,
there’s hardly been a moment
to draw breath.
Everyone here is very excited
about the new Andrex®
campaign and it’s great that
the brand has launched a
campaign with Guide Dogs at
its very core, which will see us on
TV, online and on the shelves of
shops all round the country.
July saw our annual awards, the
Specsavers Guide Dog of the
Year Awards, which gave Chief
Editor: Elaine Cobb
Editorial Line: 0118 983 8364
Contributors: Lucy Miron,
Fiona MacAulay, Annabel
Williams, Elaine Cobb,
James Kell
Designed by: Guide Dogs
www.guidedogs.org.uk
Contributions: Send items to
Forward at the Head Office
address or email forward@
guidedogs.org.uk. Unfortunately,
due to the sheer volume of
Executive Richard Leaman a
prompt to consider how the
awards reflect the changing
nature of Guide Dogs as a
charity and he has taken the
opportunity to share his thoughts.
I was fascinated when I heard
about Andrew Follows, a guide
dog owner from Australia who
exhibited his photography at
this summer’s Edinburgh Festival,
and I hope you’ll be interested
to find out about his work and
how his trip went.
Finally, with Guide Dogs looking
forward to its next 80 years, we’re
looking at how we communicate
and so I hope you’ll share your
views and opinions in our readers’
ideas we receive, we cannot
acknowledge every item. We
reserve the right to edit or refuse.
Forward is available in Braille,
large print, audio CD and
online as audio and text files.
It is also available as a PDF from
our website and in a range of
languages – for this and mailing
enquiries call 0118 983 8138.
Founding Editor: The late
Captain Nikolai Liakhoff
MBE FRZS
survey which is attached on
the carrier sheet and in all the
alternative formats.
I hope that, like me, you’re
gearing up for Guide Dogs Week
and maybe I’ll see you out and
about during the week!
Elaine Cobb
Editor
Registered Head Office:
The Guide Dogs for the Blind
Association, Hillfields, Burghfield
Common, Reading RG7 3YG
Tel: 0118 983 5555
Fax: 0118 983 5433
www.guidedogs.org.uk
Email: info@guidedogs.org.uk
© 2010 Registered charity in
England and Wales (209617)
and in Scotland (SC038979)
Cover: Andrew Follows
and Eamon.
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News
Guide Dog of the Year 2012
John Tovey and Dez from near Bristol were named as overall
Guide Dog of the Year winners in London in July. For the first time
ever, we gave seven awards to celebrate the success of guide
dogs and their owners, plus all the volunteers and fundraisers
who make our amazing partnerships possible.
Watch a video of the event and find out more about the award
winners at guidedogs.org.uk/gdoy2012 and see the full list of
award winners on page 15.
Safe and sound? Our own Olympic hero
Electric and hybrid vehicles are
becoming more common on
our streets and they’re very quiet
– a cause of concern for blind
and partially sighted people
thinking of crossing the road.
We’re campaigning for car
makers to build in audible
sounds to improve road safety
and are taking this message to
politicians at the Conservative,
Labour and Liberal Democrat
conferences in September and
October as part of our new
‘Safe and Sound’ campaign.
Ask your MP to visit us by filling in
our online form: guidedogs.org.
uk/emailMP/safeandsound.
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The only guide dog owner to work
as a volunteer at the Olympic
Park this summer described his
experience as “incredible”. Terry
White was responsible for helping
athletes at the Olympic Park
and the Excel Centre, where
fencing events were held. Terry
from Walthamstow, who was
accompanied by guide dog
Kent, is an experienced fencer
himself and said: “Kent gets a lot
of attention from the athletes.
We’re having an incredible time.”
Read more about the Olympic
and Paralympic Games and
Guide Dogs on page 18.
News
A classical
combination
Andrea Bocelli, one of the
world’s most famous classical
singers, has invited Guide Dogs
to carry out a collection at his
UK concerts in November.
Brood bitch holder and fan
Sandra Hoffman has met him
many times and said: “Andrea
lost his sight as a child and as
I am a Guide Dogs supporter
I could see a connection.
It’s been my dream for us to
fundraise at his concerts.” Fans
can buy tickets for Andrea’s UK
dates in Birmingham, Liverpool
and London from kililive.com.
A lasting legacy
Guide Dogs’ Fundraising team
recently won acclaim when
it received an award for Best
Use of Legacy Fundraising
from national body the
Institute of Fundraising.
Our Director of Fundraising
and Income Generation,
Jayne George, said: “Two out
of three guide dogs wouldn’t
exist without gifts in Wills and
we hope the success of this
campaign will help us
transform the
lives of blind
and partially
sighted
people for
years to
come.”
The row to Rio
Guide Dogs is an Associate of the GB Rowing team, which is
already looking ahead four years to the Rio Games. We’d like to
hear from anyone who might be interested in trying out for visually
impaired rowing at elite level at an open day later in the year.
Please contact forward@guidedogs.org.uk.
New ‘Fundraise for Us’ site launched
In August, we launched a new online fundraising
pack called ‘Fundraise for Us’ in place of our Get
Together pack. Claire Hendrick of our Fundraising
Innovation team, who developed the site,
said: “It’s the complete package, including
all the materials and information
you’ll need to set up and promote your events, plus
an ideas generator!” Check it out at guidedogs.org.uk/
fundraiseforus.
Who’s your Guiding Star?
Our annual Christmas campaign in memory of loved ones is due
to launch in November. In return for your kind donation, we will
hang your personalised star in memory of a loved one on one of
our Christmas trees. Keep an eye out for a star in the post or call
0845 602 1477 to find out more.
Christmas stocking
With Christmas approaching, we’ve just launched the 2012 Dogalogue, in which
you can find gifts, cards, calendars and wrapping paper to suit all tastes.
This year we have a range of Guide Dogs branded clothing and carefully
selected gifts for family members and canines alike. Call 0118 983 8374 for a
copy or shop online at dogalogue.com.
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News
Sponsor a Puppy TV ad
Guide Dogs hit the airwaves
this summer with a new Sponsor
a Pup TV ad, which features
pup Betsy (pictured) and tells
the story of a guide dog pup’s
potential and how one guide
dog, Quince, saved the life of his
owner Dave Kent.
Visit sponsorapuppy.com to see
the ad, which aired in August
and September.
When I’m eighty-four
Setting out on a new path
The first bricks in the new Path of Remembrance at our National
Breeding Centre in Leamington Spa are now being laid. The
path is similar to those we’ve already laid in Forfar, Atherton and
Redbridge. Each inscribed brick commemorates the life of a friend,
loved one or beloved animal.
One of the first bricks was purchased by Alison Naylor with donations
from her mother’s funeral. Alison said: “Mum and Dad used to be
nearby puppy walkers so it holds a special place in our hearts.” Call
our Gifts in Memory team on 0845 603 1477 for more information.
Eighty-four-year-old greatgrandmother and guide dog
owner Joy Stone made her third
and final parachute jump in
aid of Guide Dogs on 30 July.
The adventurous pensioner
was inspired to go the extra
mile high by the support and
companionship from her golden
retriever: “I got Lomax and it
has been wonderful, like having
somebody else in my house.”
A pat on the back
for Eva Rich of
Pembrokeshire
Cardiff Mobility Team Manager
Katie Roberts nominated
Eva and said: “She’s had six
dogs and in the last 50 years
has taken on an increasing
number of voluntary roles
to support Guide Dogs. Her
dynamic efforts have raised
thousands and she organises
her local branch, one of the
most successful in Wales. Eva is
widely respected in Wales as a
role model and is always ready
with heartfelt advice and a
listening ear.”
To top it, Eva won the
2012 Guide Dogs Lifetime
Achievement Award in July.
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News
In other news...
A brush with royalty
Our Cirencester Branch
recently held a collection
at its local Co-op store and
was delighted to meet Zara
Phillips, who popped in
for some shopping. She’s
pictured here with Ann
Nicholls, who said: “It was a
lovely surprise to meet her and she was
ever so nice and made a big fuss of my dog.”
Alison Evans MBE
Sussex guide dog owner Alison
Evans has received an MBE for
services to visually impaired
children and young people.
As the Executive Manager of
charity Blatchington Court Trust,
Alison was nominated by one
of the young people she helped and said: “I feel
the work we do at the Trust is very much a team
effort and not just down to me alone.”
Finance tools
With the help of volunteer
treasurers, we have launched
new finance tools in Microsoft
Excel designed to help branch
treasurers who are visually
impaired with their banking.
Guide dog owner Robert
Blackwood of the Ayrshire and
Glasgow Branch said: “I’m able
to produce paying in slips and receipts quickly
and accurately. I’m happy, the bank is happy
and most importantly, I’m able to continue with
my treasurer role.” Contact Jo Boland on 0118
983 8296 to find out more.
Congenital Amourosis research
Leading ophthalmic researcher, Professor Mike
Cheetham of University College London, will be
carrying out the next generation of research
into the condition Leber’s Congenital Amourosis.
Guide Dogs is funding the study as part of its
aim to make the most of the residual vision and
mobility of those living with eye conditions.
Up, up and away
A guide dog in Exmouth has become a full
member of the town’s Royal Air Force Association
Club. Legend became an owner after qualifying
with his owner, David Gailey, and even has his
own membership card.
Remember a Charity
Week
The annual week when
charities ask supporters
to think about gifts in
Wills is just coming to
a close. From 17 to
23 September, we’ve been out in
force raising awareness and have taken part in
a ‘yellow plaque’ scheme, which has seen us
awarded plaques to showcase life-changing
projects made possible by gifts in Wills. Visit
guidedogs.org.uk/RAC to find out more.
Talking buses
Guide Dogs presented Transport Minister Norman
Baker MP with a giant talking birthday card
when he turned 55 in July. The card served as a
reminder to support our Talking Buses campaign,
which you can read more about at guidedogs.
org.uk/talkingbuses.
New tricks
Bob Darney has become the oldest person ever
to train with a new guide dog. The 96-year-old
qualified with Nell, a black Labrador curly coated
retriever cross, in May.
Duke of Edinburgh
Three lucky students at the Royal National
College for the Blind in Hereford recently met
the Duke of Edinburgh during his visit to the city
with the Queen as part of Her Majesty’s Jubilee
tour of the UK. The Duke asked Ben Rendle, Vicky
Manley and Colin Smith about their guide dogs
and about blind cricket.
RIP Sadie
We were sorry to hear of the passing of Sadie,
retired guide dog of David Blunkett MP, who said:
“Sadie had been with me through thick and
thin.” Read David’s full eulogy to Sadie on our
website at guidedogs.org.uk/sadie.
Christmas Lucky Lottery
Sign up by 5 December for our Lucky Lottery
Super Draw on 28 December with a top prize
of £3,000 or play our weekly draw and win up
to £1,000. Find out more at guidedogs.org.uk/
luckylottery or on 0800 688 8406.
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Name a puppy series
Betty and Kelly go for gold...
Pups Betty and Kelly (named by Dorothy Wells)
are growing up very quickly! Last time we heard
that both girls had mastered the art of using public
transport. Now that the pups are 11 months old,
we caught up with them to hear about their
summer training.
Betty continues to flourish, as her puppy walkers
Gill and Richard Martin explained: “Betty is doing
very well and enjoys going back and forth to
London. We have taken her to a few local festivals
this summer and she dealt with every element like
a true professional.”
Kelly has also been enjoying some summer
culture as her puppy walker Delores Spurgeon
told us: “Kelly is a star; she has been to carnivals
and even encountered a Chinese dragon at
a parade. Puppy Walking Supervisors have
been so impressed by her progress that she is
being considered for a career as a brood bitch,
meaning that in the months that follow we will
find out if Kelly could potentially mother the next
generation of guide dogs.”
To find out how to name a puppy, call 0118 983 0190, email
nameapuppy@guidedogs.org.uk or visit guidedogs.org.uk/
nameapuppy
Past and present
Reader Janet McConochie shared her memories after reading
that guide dogs are now able to travel on escalators in the
London Underground.
“Early in 1952 I started my first job in Southampton Row, just off
the top of Chancery Lane. I used to change trains at Holborn
and see a young lady with a guide dog, about 24, who
used the underground from Waterloo to Holborn. The staff at
Waterloo would meet her, stop the escalator going down underground, and she and her guide dog
used to walk down to catch the underground to Holborn.
“Sometimes I saw her on my return journey after work making her way up the stopped escalator up to
ground level at Waterloo. She worked as a receptionist and telephonist on the north side of the Holborn
Road. I once had to visit her office to deliver something and found her plugging in long leads of the
switchboard into the various holes, as we did in those early days.”
Guide Dogs has been transforming lives for over 80 years. To find out how you can help us create more lifechanging partnerships contact the Gifts in Wills team at 0845 603 1477 or email giftsinwills@guidedogs.org.uk.
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Your Go Walkies
Going Walkies with the Rovers... A walk at a Doncaster
Olympic training venue
Richard Bailey of Doncaster Rovers was
inspired to go for gold by the Olympic and
Paralympic Games this summer when he
organised a track and field themed Go
Walkies at the Rovers’ stadium.
Walkers had to keep the pace up to complete
the walk before a friendly match against Barnsley
that afternoon.
Jo Berry, our Community Fundraiser for South
Yorkshire, enlisted volunteers from Doncaster to
help and said: “We were lucky to get Doncaster’s
Keepmoat Stadium Lakeside Walk as our venue.
The stadium is home to Doncaster Rovers and was
a training venue for Olympic athletes this summer.
“Starting at the main stadium reception, the walk
took us round the lakes that surround the stadium.
In the spirit of the 2012 London Olympics, we took
the walkers and the dogs onto the running track,
where some of our walkers did laps of the track
blindfolded as part of our ‘Walk a mile in my shoes’
and ‘Walk my way’ themes.
“With 10 doggy participants and around 40
walkers, we raised over £250 from the event for
the Rovers’ first ever Name a Puppy fund.”
Dogs of Britain, Go
Walkies needs you!
Is your dog a champion just waiting for their
time to shine? Then why not Go Walkies for
Guide Dogs – they’ll even get a medal!
One lucky walker will also win a six-month
supply of Eukanuba dog food at every
Go Walkies event. Find and
register for your nearest event at
gowalkies.org.uk or call
0845 600 6787. The prize
draw terms and conditions
are on the website.
No dog of your own?
You can still take part
by sponsoring guide
dog puppy Nuba –
the official Go Walkies
mascot! Simply visit
virginmoneygiving.
com/gowalkies.
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Andrex®
Life begins
at 40 12
Andrex®
National treasure the Andrex® Puppy is
celebrating its landmark birthday with
Guide Dogs.
You may have spotted that big birthday
celebrations are underway for one of the nation’s
best known and cutest pups. The Andrex® Puppy
is 40 years old this September and to celebrate,
Guide Dogs is very excited that Andrex® has
partnered with us to train at least 40 puppies to
become fully fledged guide dogs.
This is just part of a high profile campaign which
started in early September. It sees the famous pup
peeking out of supermarket shelves, on television,
web and print ads and on Facebook. Andrex®
consumers will be able to save up Puppy Points®
to donate to Guide Dogs and buy a limited
edition commemorative soft toy Andrex® Puppy of
their very own.
They’ll also see supermarkets decked out in Puppy
themed splendour and it will be difficult not to
spot the Puppy’s paw prints all over the internet,
where our trainers and puppy walkers will be
sharing details about individual puppies’ training
routines and web visitors will get the chance to
learn more about Guide Dogs’ work.
Unique Guide Dogs
Puppy Points
Keep an eye out for Guide Dogs Puppy
Points codes on celebratory Andrex® packs
in supermarkets and grocery shops from
September to December. The points on
the packs can be used to make a
donation to Guide Dogs through
Andrexpuppypoints.co.uk
Track guide dog pups in training
•Visit Andrexpuppypoints.co.uk or
facebook.com/TheAndrexPuppy
•Donate Puppy Points to Guide Dogs
•Learn about pup’s personalities and traits
•Find out what they’ve been up to
•Get your own training hints and tips
Andrex®, owned by company Kimberly-Clark,
wanted to do something special to mark 40 years
of their brand icon. The firm’s Jon White said:
“The Puppy’s landmark 40th birthday gave us
the perfect opportunity to do something special
in partnership with our consumers and shoppers
to help others less fortunate to make their lives
substantially better.
very excited to be working with Andrex® on this
fantastic campaign. For us, being able to work
with one of the UK’s largest brands in order to raise
awareness of the crucial work we do to help blind
and partially sighted people get out and about is
a great opportunity. We hope that more people
will engage with Guide Dogs and be inspired
about the work we do.”
“In preparation for this special event, we asked
consumers who we should partner with and
what we should do. They unanimously voted to
support Guide Dogs and loved the idea of a
commemorative soft toy Andrex® Puppy.”
The link between the two organisations is obvious,
with puppy appeal being a strong pull for both
brands, a fact that hasn’t passed KimberlyClark by as Jon White commented: “With our
strong heritage in successful charity partnerships,
the natural synergy with Guide Dogs and our
admiration for the charity’s amazing work to
help blind and partially sighted people, this is the
perfect way to celebrate. We’re hoping to get the
nation behind us to train at least 40 puppies into
guide dogs and really make a difference.”
With 50 pence from the sale of each toy pup
going directly to Guide Dogs, the campaign is
a huge boost to Guide Dogs financially but it
doesn’t stop there.
With a national advertising and web campaign, it
represents much more than a generous donation,
as explained by Jayne George, our Director of
Fundraising and Income Generation: “We’re
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A day in the life of...
Frank Salt
Member of Greater Manchester’s Disability
Design Reference Group
A love of trains and “anything on rails”, a keen interest in the local
community and involvement with access issues as a guide dog
owner, led Frank Salt to join Transport for Manchester’s Disability
Design Reference Group four years ago.
“The tram system in Manchester is being expanded
and every month I attend meetings with a crosssection of people with disabilities where we go
through the plans with the engineers. They want to
ensure the system is accessible to everyone and it
makes such a difference being involved from the
beginning. It’s been a steep learning curve for the
engineers – for example, they hadn’t appreciated
that someone with a guide dog needs a width of
at least three feet to pass through safely.
“More frequently we also do site visits and these
can take several hours. We go to one of the new
stops, which are all pretty much still building sites,
put on our high visibility jackets and attend a
safety briefing. A special tram arrives and takes
us to each of the new stops, where we get out
and check the platforms for access – stairs, lifts,
handrails, etc. With trams, passengers cross the
actual tracks, so it’s important that the crossings
are absolutely right.
“At one stop, the tactile pavement that blind
people use to identify where to stand to access
the tram when the doors open was in the wrong
place. I stepped back right into the edge of the
shelter. They moved that pretty quickly!
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“I can’t wait for the tram system
to get to Manchester City’s
Etihad Stadium” “We give a verbal report of any problems straight
away and then send a written report after the visit.
“I can’t wait for the tram system to get to
Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium – my guide dog
Lewis and I will be able to jump on a tram and go
straight to the match!”
View from the top
Chief Executive Richard Leaman shares his views...
The Specsavers Guide
Dog of the Year Awards
I was extremely excited to host the Specsavers
Guide Dog of the Year Awards in July because, for
the first time ever, the awards celebrated not just
our inspirational guide dogs but also guide dog
owners, fundraisers, volunteers and young people,
among others. It was an incredible evening and a
fantastic celebration of everybody who makes up
the Guide Dogs family.
This year’s event was a big step from the inaugural
Guide Dog of the Year ceremony in 2003, when
three guide dogs and their owners gathered to
receive one of three awards, with one being
crowned as overall Guide Dog of the Year.
This new format is a reflection of wider changes
we’re making at Guide Dogs, recognising not just
our dogs, but all the people who are working to
get more blind and partially sighted people out
and about.
It’s worth repeating that there are 180,000 blind
and partially sighted people who rarely leave
home alone, and we are determined to help
all of these people enjoy the same freedom of
movement as everyone else. The guide dog
service is at the heart of what we do, but it is not
for everyone. We are developing and delivering
more services to help blind and partially sighted
people to get out and about on their own terms.
Winners of the 2012
Specsavers Guide Dog of the
Year Awards
Guide Dog of the Year Award and Life
Changing Award – John Tovey and Dez
Beyond the Call of Duty Award – Lena
Welch and Texan
Outstanding Work Award – Tom McInulty
and Brunel
Mark Pollock Award for Inspirational Guide
Dog Owners – Scott Cunningham MBE
Fundraiser of the Year Award – Sue Ratcliffe
Volunteer of the Year Award – Doreen Sim
Outstanding Teamwork Award – Norma and
Derek Stent
Young Person’s Achievement Award –
Kelly Cronin
Lifetime Achievement Award – Eva Rich
Our sighted guiding pilot, My Guide, aims to do
just that. My Guide trains volunteers to use basic
sighted guiding techniques in order to help people
with sight loss get out of their homes and back into
the community. We also offer services for young
people, such as Buddy Dogs, and are looking at
how we can do even more to improve the life
chances of thousands of young people.
It is with this in mind that my thoughts have turned
to next year’s awards. As we grow, so too will our
annual awards, reflecting our growing purpose.
The next edition of Forward will arrive in early 2013
and will mark the opening of nominations for our
2013 awards. I hope that you will consider making
a nomination.
The finalists for the Mark Pollock Award for
Inspirational Guide Dog Owners
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Guide Dogs Week
Walk my Way Step into our world and raise money for
Guide Dogs
Blind and partially sighted people tackle new challenges every day. For Guide
Dogs Week 2012, we’re inviting you to step into our world. Whether it’s taking a
blindfold walk, having dinner in the dark, or singing karaoke with your eyes
shut, try doing something our way. We think it will open your eyes.
There are hundreds of ways to take part and raise money during Guide
Dogs Week; you don’t have to be blindfolded. You could:
•Organise a Go Walkies event in your town, your street, or with a
bunch of your two-legged and four-legged friends.
•Take part in one of the Walk a Mile events happening across the
UK and get yourself sponsored to walk a mile blindfolded. It’ll be a
real eye opener.
•Develop your own challenge and get sponsored by your friends
and family.
Visit guidedogs.org.uk/guidedogsweek for inspiration or to find out
about the events we’ve listed opposite and many more that you’ve
also told us about.
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Guide Dogs Week
Three Peaks Challenge
A group from Leeds will be doing the Yorkshire
Three Peaks challenge to celebrate with guide
dog owner Maya Makri and her dog Jemma. The
challenge must be done in under 12 hours which
is going to be tough! The team’s Lily Prestwood
said: “We are aiming to raise £1000 and get lots of
media attention of course!”
Walk a mile in my paws
Action camera suppliers ‘Dog Cam’ have lent
us one of their action cameras to mount onto
a working dog harness so we can ‘walk a mile’
from a dog’s perspective. They have also offered
to help us edit the footage and promote it on
YouTube. Keep an eye out for the footage during
Guide Dogs Week!
Walk a Royal Mile
Guide Dogs Scotland will take to the streets on
6 October by walking Edinburgh’s Royal Mile,
starting at Edinburgh Castle and finishing near
the Scottish Parliament, Holyrood. The procession
of staff, volunteers and guide dog owners will
include blindfold walks, sighted guiding and
street collections.
Sensory Salisbury
Salisbury Branch, led by Debbie Furnell and
Jenny Evison, has organised a Sensory Awareness
Day on 13 October in Salisbury. The event will
be supported by Neal’s Yard Remedies who’ll
provide aromatherapy; Reeve The Baker offering
a taste challenge with mini doughnuts; and sound
challenges from volunteers. It will also have a
‘Walk a Mile’ blindfold route.
to 3pm, when teams of two will try five tasks on
a route through the centre. You can also enjoy
stalls, games for all the family and a café, as well
as viewing some pups and trying out our sensory
tunnel.” Call 0845 3727 432.
Open day
On 6 October, Guide Dogs’ Central Office,
Hillfields in Reading, is opening its gates for a day
of fun and education, including demonstrations,
a dog show, Go Walkies, hog roast, games and
entertainment. Find out more at guidedogs.org.uk
or at 0845 983 5555.
Walking the Humber
A ‘walk in the dark’ event is taking place on the
famous Humber Bridge in East Yorkshire on 14
October, starting at 11am. Pairs of people will
‘walk a mile in my shoes’ with each of the pair
experiencing part of the walk blindfolded and as
sighted guide. Register by calling 0845 372 7414.
Teenagers take to Level One
Teenaged sighted guides, Charlotte, Kathryn,
Sophie and Matt from Sittingbourne in Kent,
recently completed their My Guide Level One
training. They are now taking sighted guiding
back to their schools during Guide Dogs Week for
events featuring ‘meet the dog and pup sessions’,
blindfold walks, challenges and games.
Driving us crazy
Action girl and TV and radio presenter Natalie
Pinkham will be showing the F1 drivers how it’s
done by going on a blind drive during Guide Dogs
Week. Natalie is currently a Formula One pit lane
reporter for Sky Sports F1, having held the same
post for BBC Radio 5 Live in 2011, and is known
from ITV’s Dancing on Ice.
NBC Open Day
Liz Hinckley, Visitor Centre Coordinator at Guide
Dogs National Breeding Centre is organising an
open day featuring blindfold challenges. She said:
“If you’re nearby, come and try your luck with our
blindfold challenge on 13 October from 10am
Go to guidedogs.org.uk/
guidedogsweek to find
out more.
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Special feature
Olympic and Paralympic Games
How Guide Dogs was inspired
Many members of the Guide Dogs family were closely involved in
all aspects of this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games. They
participated as competitors, torch bearers, volunteers, staff and
passionate supporters.
Competitors
Games visitors
Torch bearers
The Paralympic Games ran from
29 August to 9 September and
20 sports were represented.
Visually impaired people
competed in athletics, road
and track cycling, equestrian,
goalball, football, judo, rowing,
sailing and swimming.
Up to 1,500 Games Mobility
Volunteers received our basic
sighted guide training to assist
blind and partially sighted
spectators at Games venues.
The training is part of Guide
Dogs’ My Guide scheme, a
pilot service launched to help
thousands more blind and
partially sighted people
become more mobile.
Dozens of our supporters and
service users were nominated
to carry the Olympic torch
because of their work for guide
dogs, including Wendy Shaw
of Reading, Mary Leigh of
Stockport and David Chaffey
from Blaenavon, who said: “I
was surprised and overwhelmed
to be offered the role as an
Olympic Torchbearer.”
Following the Games, we are
encouraging these volunteers
to join a My Guide pilot scheme,
where they will be given more
training and then partnered
with a visually impaired person
for three to six months.
Guide dog owners Theresa
Robberts, Diane Marks and
Sarah Clare carried the
Paralympic flame near Lords
Cricket Ground in London. The
three were joined by two other
members of the ladies blind
cricket team.
Guide dog owner competitors
included cyclist Lora Turnham,
goalball players Simon Goodall,
Jessica Luke and Amy Ottaway,
and footballers Keryn Seal, Roy
Turnham and David Clarke,
who is the captain of the blind
football squad.
David said: “Getting a place in
the squad was the realisation of
a lifetime dream and a unique
chance to compete at the
pinnacle of my sport on home
soil in front of our own fans.” As
Forward went to print, we were
waiting to hear about Team GB’s
results, which were shaping up to
be the best ever...
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If you are blind or partially
sighted, visited the Games as
a spectator and met a Games
Mobility Volunteer, please
complete our five minute
online survey at:
surveymonkey.com/s/
guidedogs2012.
Let us know what you think
about Games Mobility
Volunteers at surveymonkey.
com/s/guidedogs2012
Andrew Follows
Life through a lens Andrew’s antipodean adventure Blind photography seems to be a contradiction in terms,
yet it has brought Australian guide dog owner Andrew
Follows half way round the world and to his own exhibition
at this year’s Edinburgh 2012 Art Festival...
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Special feature
Andrew has retinitis pigmentosa, which means
he now has no sight in one eye and tunnel vision
in the other. “Photography is a challenge,” he
explains, “but the camera gives me a key to the
world around me.” With the advent of digital
photography, Andrew can access the world in
a way sighted people take for granted. “I set
out knowing what I’m going to do, everything is
planned beforehand, but I can’t see the images
I’ve taken until I look on the computer. It’s really
exciting because on the big screen I can see all
the colours and textures, and I get blown away
by what I’ve captured. Somehow I manage to
capture things that other people don’t see.”
“Photography is a challenge,
but the camera gives me a
key to the world around me.”
Art Festival and introduced me to fellow blind
photographer Rosita McKenzie, who is well known
in the area. It took a year to bring together but
the result has been phenomenal.”
Rosita McKenzie has had no vision at all since
she was 12 but this has not affected her passion
for photography. For the exhibition, she mirrored
Andrew’s themes by taking photographs of the
forest fires in the Scottish Highlands in early 2011
and of the night skies of the Northern Hemisphere.
“My aim is to work with and encourage as many
visually impaired photographers from around the
world as possible,” explains Rosita. “The work they
produce, and of course that includes Andrew, is of
a very high quality.”
With each artist’s work deliberately hung on
opposite sides of the gallery space, visitors were
invited not only to compare Andrew and Rosita’s
For the past four years, Andrew has been
different approaches to the same subject, but also
documenting the effects of the devastating bush
their differing photographic processes. For Rosita,
fires in the Victorian Highlands, Australia. He was
photography provides ‘a voice’ that challenges
working as the coordinator for bush fire relief at the traditional photographic practices and dispels the
time, and had friends who lost property due to the myth that totally blind people like herself cannot
fires. These photographs, plus others of Australian
possess vision and artistic imagination. For Andrew,
night skies, became the subject of his recent
photography is a tool that enables him to see
joint exhibition, called ‘Through the looking glass,
glimpses of his fading visual world. For both of
dimly’, in Edinburgh.
them, it is also about mastering the physical and
mental challenges of taking a photograph.
Andrew explains how he ended up exhibiting
in Scotland: “I had wanted to exhibit in London
The exhibition, held over two weeks in August, had
but couldn’t get my foot in the door. Through
over 200 visitors and also offered two workshops
a mutual contact I met Kate Martin, who is
run by Andrew and Rosita, one for visually impaired
a freelance curator based in Edinburgh. She
people, the other for sighted people. Kate Martin
suggested we exhibit during the Edinburgh
says: “Both workshops were absolutely fantastic
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Andrew Follows
Eamon has given Andrew
the confidence to get
out and go but it is his
photography that defines
Andrew.
and a real eye opener. No one really knew what to
expect but the participants loved them. It certainly
gave those with sight a new perspective on
creativity as well as new skills all round.”
Andrew’s top tips for those with an
interest in blind photography:
Travelling thousands of miles to exhibit his
photographs has given Andrew the opportunity
to explore parts of the UK and document his
journey. Particular highlights for him have been
the Scottish Highlands, York Minster and the
industrial architecture in Bradford. He will be
exhibiting photos from this trip when he returns to
Melbourne, Australia.
Just keep taking pictures – you might
capture a gem.
It’s not just a camera that he always has with him,
however, but also one very special companion,
his guide dog Eamon. “If it weren’t for guide dogs
Victoria and Eamon, I wouldn’t be doing this, I’d
be back at home doing nothing, making excuses
not to go out.” Eamon is Andrew’s first guide dog
and they are clearly devoted to each other;
Andrew describes Eamon as “my soulmate”.
Use technology to help you take pictures
and manipulate the images.
It took several months to organise Eamon’s
international travel but Andrew says: “I wouldn’t
have done the trip without him. The travel was
a big challenge for both of us but Eamon was
fantastic. I walked him round the cabin every two
hours on the long flights and the cabin staff were
brilliant with him.”
Andrew and Eamon had to cope with different
road and pavement layouts from those they are
used to in Australia. To help them get around
more easily, Guide Dog Mobility Instructor Gavin
Neate, from Guide Dogs’ local Mobility Team
If you have a passion for it, go for it!
Practice practice practice.
Have fun.
Talk to other people about it and use ‘YouTube’
to find out about and learn from other blind
photographers.
in Edinburgh, spent some time with them when
they first arrived. Gavin explains: “Going to an
unfamiliar area with different kerbs, crossings and
extra crowds during the festival, was probably
quite a shock for them. They both had to really
concentrate but Andrew was very relaxed
and Eamon is clearly a quality guide dog who
adapted well.”
Eamon has given Andrew the confidence to get
out and go but it is his photography that defines
Andrew. He says: “I’m a photographer first and a
blind person second.”
To see more of Andrew’s work, visit
blinkiephotography.com.au.
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What’s on
Your guide to
upcoming events
There will be hundreds of ‘Walk my Way’ themed events across
the UK for our annual awareness and fundraising week.
Some of these will be Go Walkies events – organise your own
or join a walk at a fantastic venue such as the Beaulieu Motor
Museum, Rickmansworth Aquadrome, Battlefield 1403 in
Shropshire, Stackpole Court in Pembrokeshire and Mote Park in
Kent. Visit gowalkies.org.uk, email gowalkies@guidedogs.org.uk
or call 0845 600 6787 for details of Go Walkies during the week.
We’ve highlighted just a few other fundraising and awarenessraising events planned for Guide Dogs Week on pages 16
and 17. Get inspiration for your own ‘Walk my Way’ event at
guidedogs.org.uk/guidedogsweek.
Looking
forward…
28 October: Bupa Great
South Run, Portsmouth
guidedogs.org.uk/
greatsouth.
6 and 7 November: Sight
Village, Kensington Town
Hall, London.
10 and 11 November:
Discover Dogs, Earl’s Court,
London.
March 2013: Bath Half
Marathon – Guide Dogs
has guaranteed places.
Visit guidedogs.org.uk/bath
to find out more.
April 2013: Sign up for the
Virgin London Marathon –
probably the world’s best!
guidedogs.org.uk/london.
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Visionary Conference
This year’s annual Visionary Conference will be on 2 – 4 October
at York University. The conference is billed as the must-attend
event for those working for a sight loss charity in the UK. Visit
visionary.org.uk to find out more.
BBC Good Food Show: 28 November to 2 December For the first time ever, Guide Dogs will be at the BBC Good
Food Show at the NEC in Birmingham. We’ll be showcasing our
sensory tunnel and visitors will have the opportunity to blind taste
Thornton’s chocolates and get involved with other food related
activities. Show visitors who leave their shopping at the shop and
drop (a cloakroom for shopping) will be asked to give a donation
for Guide Dogs. bbcgoodfoodshow.com
QAC Sight Village, London: 6 and 7 November
We will be demonstrating our work at the London exhibition of
technology, equipment and support services for people who are
blind or partially sighted – qac.ac.uk/sightvillage.
Discover Dogs: 10 and 11 November Dog lovers can meet guide dogs and watch our demonstration at
the Kennel Club’s autumn exhibition at Earl’s Court, where 26,000
visitors and 3,000 dogs will attend – discoverdogs.org.uk.
Letters
Your letters
Have you got any questions or comments for Forward? If so, write
to forward@guidedogs.org.uk or to Forward, Hillfields, Burghfield
Common, Reading, RG7 3YG.
VAT on food for guide dogs
Guide dog owner Chris Sinclair from East Kilbride
called to ask whether there’s any news on the
campaign to stop VAT being charged on food for
guide dogs. Chris initiated the campaign when he
wrote to his local Minister for Scottish Parliament,
Linda Fabiani.
Reply from the editor: Thanks for asking, Chris,
and I’ve heard that we’re still lobbying the
Government on this important topic. We’ll
have an update next year and will print the
news when we can.
A brace up the Ben
A busy flood for Megan
You printed an article about Team Travis Trek
stating that Travis was the first guide dog to guide
his owner to the summit of Ben Nevis. While not
wishing to take anything away from Travis, this is
not quite correct as my guide dog Lairg guided
me up Ben Nevis on 6 June 2011 about two weeks
before Travis. I only mention this because of my
guide dog Lairg and what he achieved that day.
Yours sincerely, Michael Hardwick and Lairg
Here is a photo of chocolate Lab pup Megan
being taken for a boat trip to do her ‘busy’ during
some recent flooding. She travelled about 200
metres to dry ground (to the beach promenade
no less). The kayak owner was just passing when I
stopped him.
Yours, Jean Benston, puppy walker
Reply from the editor: Thanks for sending us the
lovely photo and it looks like you had chilly
conditions to contend with.
A question on veterinary care
Guide dog owner Mr B Stalley of Woking wrote
to us to ask about side effects experienced by
dogs from prescription medication after reading a
recent media report.
Reply from the editor: Guide Dogs takes the
care of our dogs seriously and works closely with
veterinary professionals who advise on treatment.
If you have any questions about dog health,
contact your vet.
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In good company
A few examples of our corporate partners
Specsavers
We first worked with
Specsavers in 2005 as their
charity of the year, raising
more than £175,000 via
store fundraisers, eye test
donations and the launch of
boyband, All Eyes, and the
release of a charity single,
exclusively for Guide Dogs.
The family run opticians
reinstated the successful
partnership in 2009, when
Specsavers was celebrating
its 25-year anniversary,
pledging to raise £250,000
to fund 25 pups. Since then,
staff members at Specsavers
stores all over Britain and
Northern Ireland have been
doing their utmost to support
Guide Dogs, both in-store
and in their own time.
Make every penny count with
BT’s MyDonate
Guide Dogs has teamed up with BT’s new MyDonate fundraising
website, which is available at btplc.com/mydonate.
The site is Guide Dogs’ exclusive online fundraising partner for Guide
Dogs Week 2012 and it’s the first time we’ve gone into a partnership
like this.
Most other fundraising websites charge a small fee, commission
or charge for collecting Gift Aid but BT funds the service out of its
company profits, meaning that unlike other fundraising websites,
charities receive every penny raised on MyDonate. Being backed by
BT, it’s very secure too.
Gareth Holmes, Guide Dogs’ Corporate Partnership Manager, who
arranged the deal, said: “Unlike other fundraising websites, charities
receive every penny raised on MyDonate, it’s just as easy to set up a
page and gather donations from friends and family and it’s secure
too. Not only this, but ‘Walk my Way’ fundraisers using the site can
receive an extra five per cent if they use MyDonate.”
Find out how to set up your page and start fundraising at btplc.com/
mydonate/findoutmore.
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Just a few examples of their
fundraising are: in-store events
with guests from Guide Dogs,
selling toy pups, quiz nights,
sports and challenge events
and selling ‘Specs MOTs’.
Specsavers also sponsored
this year’s Guide Dog of the
Year Awards and was a huge
help in making the awards a
resounding success.
Morpeth guide dog owner,
Patricia Rescignio told us how
much she appreciated the
staff in her local Specsavers
store: “They’ve been
outstanding in their support
with collections in their shop,
counter top boxes, and guess
the name of the puppy, even
a room for our equipment.
They have been wonderful.”
Keep an eye out in your
local Specsavers store during
Guide Dogs Week from 6 to
14 October.
Special thanks
Special thanks
Surf safari in Northern Ireland
Some of Northern Ireland’s more adventurous
guide dog owners donned a wetsuit and took
part in a sponsored surf-up at Benone beach
on the north coast in July. We think this is the first
time that guide dog owners have taken to the
surf in Northern Ireland. Guide dog owner Brian
McDonagh from Derry was one of those who
braved the waves and said: “It was such an
exhilarating experience to get out in the waves.”
40 years on foot
Closer to home, the Havant Branch is celebrating
the 40th anniversary of its ‘Walk for Guide Dogs’
with Bosmere Junior School on 7 October at
10.30am, starting at the Coastguard Station at
Hayling Island.
The branch takes the same walk every year. Since
1972, they have raised £62,894 from the walk and
the school has named pups such as Tim, Spike
and Irene over the years. Find out more from Ted
Brigham at edward.brigham@ntlworld.com or 023
92 797 177.
Kenilworth’s Inner Wheel
Surf’s up at Benone beach
The ladies group raised an impressive £2,585 as a
result of a talk from guide dog owner and former
Guide Dogs Trustee David Mitchell, followed up by
a tour of the National Breeding Centre. As a result
of their fundraising, the ladies are planning to name
a pup either ‘Sixer’ or ‘Wheeler’ after their Inner
Wheel group.
Cycling around the world
In spring 2011, Forward featured couple Ryan
Davis and Rebecca Holliday, who were in the
middle of an epic cycling tour to New Zealand.
They eventually arrived in March after travelling a
gruelling 15,000 miles and raising £11,000 for Guide
Dogs and the Amos Trust.
Ryan and Bex in Australia
Commenting on their feat, Rebecca said:
“Probably the hardest thing for us was day one
pedalling away from friends and family and into
the unknown.” Read all about their adventure at
worldcyclingtour.wordpress.com.
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Thanks to our supporters
Thanks to our
supporters
Thank you – I so often say these words to our volunteers and supporters that I find myself
hoping that they never sound empty – you make all of our life-changing work possible.
To make a difference to an organisation takes generosity and commitment. Thankfully
our supporters and volunteers have an abundance of these qualities and it is for your
generosity and commitment to helping us make a difference to the lives of blind and
partially sighted people that I am truly grateful.
Director of Fundraising and Income Generation
Colin and Grace Dresser from Stamford in
Lincolnshire are to retire from puppy walking having
cared for 38 guide dog puppies since 1968. The
couple achieved Guide Dogs’ bronze, silver and
gold awards for 300 months or more of puppy
walking, and the pair are also founder members of
the Stamford and District fundraising group.
St Margaret’s
Church
Jane Brown
Guide dog owner Jane Brown from Hebden
Bridge, West Yorkshire, raised £1,244.50 by
walking up five Wainwrights (hills more than
1,000 feet tall) in five days in the Lake District
with friends. Jane said: “It was nice that so
many friends decided to come and walk with
us. Sometimes they had to get bossy with me
to spur me on but hey, it worked!”
Saffron Walden
The congregation of
St Margaret’s Church
in Reydon, Suffolk,
gave the Lowestoft
Fundraising Group
nearly £1,000 after selecting Guide Dogs as
one of two charities of the year. Reverend Rich
Henderson said: “It’s a joy to hand over the
cheques to such deserving causes.”
Plymouth Half Marathon runner, Jamie Harrison,
raised £726.50 and finished the race in 1:53:57.
Jamie chose Guide Dogs as his grandfather, Brian
Harrison, is the owner of guide dog Webster.
Saffron Walden Fundraising Group in Essex has
raised £3,700 in its first year, and its members
include Paul Atkins and his guide dog, Nessie. Paul
and Nessie carried the Paralympic Torch before
last month’s Paralympic Games after Paul was
nominated to be a Torchbearer by Support 4
Sight, where he works. The charity said that Paul’s
attitude embraces the true Paralympic spirit of
working in and for a team.
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Thanks to our supporters
Market Drayton and
Whitchurch Group
enjoyed a tramp’s
supper, which raised
£356. It was a lively
evening with good
food and drink, light
entertainment and a
competition for the most likely tramp, judged
by the local town crier. The Group’s chairman
was presented with a cheque for £500 from the
Mayor’s Charity Fund.
Colwyn Bay
Rugby Club
Sainsbury’s Warwick Branch
Branches of Sainsbury’s supermarket in
Warwick, Worcester, Loughborough and Deal
have all made Guide Dogs their charity of the
year. Collection boxes are already in place
at the Warwick and Worcester branches, and
arrangements will be made for mobile phone
and printer ink cartridge recycling.
The Coventry and Birmingham Mobility Teams
will run My Guide training sessions at the
supermarkets in their areas, so all staff can
confidently assist blind and partially sighted
shoppers. At the Deal branch, staff hope to
raise the £5,000 target to name a puppy.
Members of Colwyn
Bay Rugby Club in
North Wales presented
Conwy Fundraising
Group with a cheque
for £1,000.
Rugby club chairman Brian Roberts presented
the donation to group organiser Sheila Bown,
branch member Paul Bown, and local guide
dog owner Rowena Breese with her guide
dog, Ellie.
1st Ditchling Cubs
For the second time in four years, the boys of First Ditchling Cubs in East
Sussex undertook a sponsored walk up Ditchling Beacon for Guide Dogs,
raising £777.20. The cubs presented their donation to local guide dog
owner, Jackie Page, and her guide dog, Suzy.
Westhoughton Carnival
Westhoughton Carnival’s carnival queens
collected £550 at the event in Greater
Manchester. The girls enjoyed a tour around the
Atherton Dog Training School as a thank you and
presented their donation to Audrey McIlroy and
guide dog puppy, Teal.
Getting married? Why not order
wedding favours from our Belfast
Mobility Team? The team has
already raised more than £1,000
this way. The favours come in the
form of a Guide Dogs-themed pin badge
and hand-crafted calligraphy name cards.
Call 0845 3727 402 or email alison.bennett@
guidedogs.org.uk.
Tony and Ruth
Warrington
Congratulations to the
couple from Caldy,
Merseyside, who have
retired from puppy
walking after an
amazing 40 pups.
Share your fundraising story with the Forward
team! Send details of who, how, where,
when and how much money was raised,
with a daytime contact number, to forward@
guidedogs.org.uk or by post to Forward, The
Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, Hillfields,
Burghfield Common, Berkshire, RG7 3YG. Don’t
forget to send us your best photos!
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Canine obituaries
We’ll never
forget
If you would like to pay tribute to a guide dog
you have known, please send your tribute (up to
a maximum of 25 words) to forward@guidedogs.
org.uk or to Forward at Hillfields, Burghfield
Common, Reading, RG7 3YG.
If you are a guide dog owner, current or retired,
and you want to talk to a trained listener, who is
also a guide dog owner, about the experience
of losing your dog, call the STEP line on 0845 372
7474 between 4pm – 9pm on weekdays and
9am – 9pm at weekends.
Amara 11.3.02 – 13.3.12
Beloved guide dog to
Lisa Kennet (Dainton).
Put to sleep due to
short illness. We were
together right until the
end. Missed so much
by so many.
Amber 4.2.02 – 18.7.12
Not just a guide dog
to Jonathan but a
family friend. Retired
to Margaret and
Guy, to whom she so
endeared herself, and
is now sadly missed.
Anabel 12.4.96 –
15.11.11
Beloved guide to Katie
Thole, retired to Pat
and Ray Bawden. Our
dearly loved Ana, our
angel is watching over
two lost souls.
Baloo 13.11.98 – 19.4.12
Wonderful companion,
Amara
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Amber
friend to V and G
Stokes. Retired after
fireworks thrown when
walking with a potential
guide dog owner. Sadly
missed forever, faithful
to the end.
Barney 5.10.99 –
11.5.12
Former guide dog to
Paul Johnson: Sleep
well my chocolate boy.
Brewster 21.5.01 – 18.5.12
Farewell to our loving,
faithful and trusted
family member
Brewster. Maria, AnneMarie, Callum, Peter
and Derek Hackett.
Cresta 23.5.00 – 8.6.12
Guide to Caroline
Ferguson, puppy
walked by Mrs Wood.
Beautiful inside and out,
mum and dad will miss
you so very much.
Anabel
Dale (the Colonel)
21.12.98 – 13.6.12
Much loved by all
privileged to meet him,
a priceless companion
and guide to Reg White
for the past ten years,
never to be forgotten.
Ebony 25.6.97 – 27.6.12
Born to us and returned
to us to become a
devoted mum to 39
pups. You gave us so
much for 15 wonderful
years. Sleep tight.
Faldo 23.12.98 – 27.6.12
Hello Faldo my precious
old lad, your time has
run and it’s so sad, but
memories are bound
for us all to share, you
never died, you’ll
always be there.
Fred 27.1.97 – 24.3.12
Guide and best friend
to Tom Critchlow.
Retired to Noreen and
John Cotton. Everyone
who met Fred loved
him. We miss him so
very much.
Gyp 26.8.97 – 4.5.12
I hope there is a beach
in heaven because our
Best Boy lives there now.
Guide to Joe Webster,
retired to the Albutt
family and partner in
crime with Millie.
Brewster
Cresta
Hanna 27.10.95 –
21.7.10 and Gabby
8.1.98 – 20.7.12
Both retired and rehomed with Margaret
and Peter Graham.
Both loved by everyone
and are so sadly
missed. Sleep and rest
well my lovely girls.
Hogan 24.4.00 – 14.7.12
Rest peacefully my
friend Hogie Bear, sadly
missed by all the family.
Illis 29.8.97 – 6.7.12
Illis retired to Mrs
Marsden of Worsley,
then to the Whyatt
family of Bury. The
perfect gentleman,
right to the end. Well
done Illis.
Ingram 30.5.98 – 13.7.12
A legend in Swanage,
devoted dog to
Margaret Hill, sadly
missed by Mum and
sister Christine, adapted
to all my needs, love
you forever.
Imogen (Immy)
6.3.1999 – 1.5.2012
Our beautiful, placid,
playful girl, gone, but
always in our hearts,
the day we adopted
you, it was happiest
day! You made our
family complete.
Ebony
Faldo
We’ll never forget
Fred
Gyp
Jane 1.12.99 – 21. 7.12
Originally named
Jean, rehomed to
the Lancasters. She
was a real ‘princess’
and brought us much
happiness. She will live
in our hearts forever.
Keaton 15.2.97 – 21.6.12
A kind, gentle, loving,
fun loving boy who
will leave a big empty
space in my life. He
was guide to George
Platechy and retired to
Mary Fuller.
Luke 3.9.97 – 19.4.12
We will miss you, our big
boy. All our love Mum
and Dad. Xx
Major 1.3.02 – 30.3.12
Guide to David
Nicholson, then
Charlotte Bennie.
Retired to his puppy
walker, Helen Low
and family. A true
gentleman! Much
loved, much missed,
Floory Tail.
Minnie 6.9.01 – 17.11.11
Guide, friend,
companion and
playmate to Libby, Chris,
family and all her friends.
Loved and missed so
very much. Thanks to
Jane, Phil and Eve.
Keaton
Luke
Hanna
Illis
Morgan 2.8.02 – 18.6.12
Our handsome boy,
love and miss you
forever. All our love
Pam, Bill and current
guide dog Felicity.
Nora 23.12.03 – 27.3.12
Nora was more than
just a guide dog, she
gave me freedom and
protection. She was
loving and gentle and
part of my family.
Norman 25.6.12
Guide to Phil and Alice
Bennet for nine-anda-half years. Thanks
to Valerie Long, Lynne
Lodge and rehomers
Christine and Ian Crewe.
Imogen
Ingram
beautiful girl, so loving
and conscientious, she
will be sadly missed. We
would like to thank Honor
and John Gorse for giving
her a loving and caring
retirement home.
Quiz 1.12.00 – 6.7.12
Second guide to Ann
Nicholls, trained by Phil
Brocklehurst. A gentle,
sensitive, loyal dog,
excellent in all aspects
of her work. My clever
little Muffin.
Robbie
Thank you for years of
love and happiness. M
Hyslop.
Ruth 6.99 – 5.12
Orla 20.11.97 – 5.5.12
Faithful guiding partner
Trusted guide to Derise,
to John Claricoat
puppy walked by Mrs
and recently beloved
Clare. Thank you Orla.
companion in
You saw me through the retirement to June and
hardest times. So loved
David. She brought
and missed. Run free
many hours of love and
my darling girl.
joy to our lives.
Quella 6.8.96 – 2.4.12
Wonderful mum to 18
pups. A gentle, loyal
friend and companion
to Jane Knifton. Loved
by many, will never be
forgotten.
Questa 28.2.97 – 5.1.12
Retired guide dog to
Steven Hicks. She was a
Major
Minnie
Sabin 20.6.04 – 31.7.12
Thank you Sabin for
all you did for me. We
miss you so much, you
brought freedom, fun
and lots of joy.
Sally 3.4.99 – 8.5.12
Puppy walked by Chris
Ramsden, guide to
Mary Grimwood and
Quella
Quiz
Jane Jean
retired to the King
family. You brought joy
into our lives. Have fun
in doggie heaven.
Simba 30.3.01 – 11.6.12
Guide to Geoff Hodges
and much loved by
wife Sheila. Retired to
Margaret Campell.
Greatly loved and
missed by Jan and Del
Badham. Run free now
my beautiful boy.
Simon 11.11.99 – 24.7.12
Simon will always
be in our hearts. He
was a gentle, loyal
companion and we
spent many happy
hours together. We will
never forget him.
Taska 12.3.05 – 29.7.11
Rehomed in training,
returned to his puppy
walker Margaret
McCreadie. Loved and
missed so much by
Margaret, David, and
dogs Murphy and Travis.
Teasel 20.2.03 – 11.5.12
Guide dog to William
Neil, retired to her puppy
walkers Malc and Sue
Holmes. A special friend
much loved and missed
by all.
Robbie
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Canine obituaries
Sabin
Sally
Tuppence 27.4.98 –
11. 6.12
First guide dog to
Janet Mitchell. Faithful
companion and great
character and missed
by all who knew her.
Velma 22.10.00 – 25.6.12
Guide and friend to
Tammy Sykes, puppy
walked by Pauline
Delaney, retired to
Gerry Morin. We went
Simba
Taska
everywhere together,
Vel. You are very
sorely missed.
Vanda 3.9.99 – 23.2.12
Guide to Elizabeth
Chisholm, puppy
walked by Margaret
and Ricky, retired to
Maureen and George.
Special lady, wonderful
guide, loved by all.
Sweet dreams, Vanda.
Odine
June 1997 – March 2012
Odine was the devoted, loving and faithful guide
dog to the late Betty Blundell. The pair enjoyed a
seven year partnership together but sadly when
Betty developed bowel and liver cancer in 2005,
she was forced to make the difficult decision to
give up her guide dog.
Retirement for Odine came earlier than for most
guide dogs but Betty was safe in the knowledge
that her beloved guide was going to a safe
home with her friends Katrina and Stuart.
Betty’s husband Ron explained: “Betty and
Odine were a brilliant match from day one.
Betty worked at Green Flag Car Rescue on the
switchboard at the time and the whole office
was delighted to have Odine on board. They
made her feel right at home by having a bed
and toys scattered all over the place.
“Odine wasn’t shy of a bit of limelight either
and once appeared on television for Radio
Leeds as they promoted their “Pound for a Pup”
campaign in aid of Guide Dogs. She really did
have the patience of a saint and would happily
help with fundraising at any given opportunity.
“Betty and Odine were such a great partnership.
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Teasel
Velma
Vinny 12.5.00 – 23.5.12
Puppy walked by Bev
Workman, guide to Mrs
Moat, retired to Anne
Hennessy. Mentored
many puppies,
especially Woody and
Nessie. Much loved and
sorely missed.
Zea 30.4.08 - 10.3.12
Guide to Enid Maxwell.
Sadly missed but never
forgotten.
Vinny
Zena 04.8.97 – 12.3.12
Guide to the late Gill
Townend. Retired to
Lindsay and Christine
Ferris. Six years of
unbridled joy. Much
loved gentle precious
angel, reunited with Gill
in heaven.
Zena
Odine was quite
simply a breath
of life for Betty
and was always
the life and soul
of the party when
her harness came
off, she would eat
anything!
“Odine was the
most wonderful
dog, so friendly
and a brilliant
ambassador for
Guide Dogs. Without her Betty wouldn’t have
had the life she had. The kids and I can only
thank her for everything she did.”
Make a tribute online
If you would like your dog’s name to
appear in our ‘Paws for Thought’ Online
Memorial Book, please contact the Gifts
in Memory team on 0845 603 1477, email
giftsinmemory@guidedogs.org.uk or visit
giftsinmemory.org.uk.
Our dogs may be honoured with a
complimentary listing of their
name to commemorate them.
New partnerships
Congratulations to our
new partnerships
We’ve updated our new partnerships listing to
reflect the new Mobility Teams for this edition
and you’ll find new partnerships listed in the
order of owner, dog, town, breed, puppy walker
and brood bitch holder. Here’s wishing a warm
congratulations to all our new qualifiers.
Belfast
Joseph Deery & Fabian
from Belfast GRxFCR,
G Simpson from Forfar
• Carol Evans from
Stourbridge
Patricia Evans & Hester
from Lack LxGR,
Catherine Garland
from Tillicoultry •
Joy Dickinson from
Abingdon
Colm Glover & Jay
from Belfast GRxGSD,
Catriona Addy from
Linlithgow • Julia Evans
from Bromsgrove
Brian Henning & Barony
from Bangor GRxL, Ailsa
Peck from Peebles •
Jacki Boyle from Telford
Birmingham
Catherine Susan Aston &
Jacob from Birmingham
GRxL, Mary Leckie from
Glasgow • Mr & Mrs
Gowling from Coventry
Mary Bowen & Shelly
from Kidderminster
Key:
x – Crossbreed
CCR – Curly Coat
Retriever
GRxL, Sophie Preston
from Milton Keynes •
Jacki Boyle from Telford
Simon Dowling & Frazzle
from Birmingham GRxL,
Mr & Mrs Breckenridge
from Solihull • Jane
Cromack from Stratfordupon-Avon
Peter Mason & Elsa from
Pershore LxGR, Hilary
Reed from Westbury • J
Roberts from Brackley
Vivienne Timbrell
& Jemma from
Cheltenham GRxL
Cardiff
Lesley Hingley &
Cabot from Swansea
L, Reginald Webb
from Paignton, Valerie
Lurcock from Newton
Abbot, R Scott from
Newton Abbot •
Suzanne Boggan from
Leamington Spa
Dilys Grant & Minnie
from Pembrokeshire
GRxL, Tracey Hope from
COL – Collie
FCR – Flat Coat
Retriever
GR – Golden Retriever
Meet Rae
and Zaide
Rae MacDonald from
Glasgow qualified with
her first guide dog,
Labrador retriever
cross Zaide, in January
after deciding to
apply for a guide dog
the previous March.
“I heard a speaker in March last year and
when she talked about the sort of person who
applies for a guide dog, I thought: ‘that’s me’.
I’d become a creature of habit and went to
the same places all the time.
“I have diabetic retinopathy, which means
my eyesight fluctuates and I don’t know what
I’ll see on any day. This means Zaide and I
have to take each day as it comes as every
day is different.”
Rae works for sight loss charity Visibility: “I’m
a Community Development Worker, which
involves coordinating events and facilitating
meetings. This means I need to get out and
about and Zaide is brilliant. He loves to go
to new places and meet people, which I do
for work and in my spare time. I was just in
Manchester meeting friends last weekend
and it would have been hard without Zaide.
He’s brilliant, a great big gentle sop.
Zaide was puppy walked by Lesley Newberry.
GSD – German
Shepherd Dog
IWS – Irish Water Spaniel
L – Labrador
SPIN – Spinone
STP – Standard Poodle
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New Partnerships
Birmingham • William
Kelso from Alcester
Marleen Hall & Daniel
from Tredegar GRxL,
Gargi Rawat from
Coventry, Susan Curry
from Birmingham •
Adele Sullivan from
Banbury
John Hawkes & Ailsa
from Ceredigion
L, Sue Robinson
from Worcester •
Sue Robinson from
Worcester
Douglas Morgan &
Hanson from Blackwood
LxGR, Hazel Allen from
Birmingham • RC Soley
from Redditch
Daniel Taylor & Smeaton
from Cardiff LxGR, Janet
Steyn from Plymouth
• Elizabeth Morris from
Tamworth
Coventry
Josephine Bricknell &
Kate from Nuneaton
GRxL, Timothy Tasker
from Rugby • Christina
Bloxham from Worcester
Susan Burton & Witney
from Coventry GRxL,
Jenny Hopkins from
Clevedon • Anne-Marie
Sparks from Southam
Margaret Almey &
Jimmy from Leicester
LxGR, Elaine Hooton
from Hinckley •
Sharon Pogson from
Bromsgrove
GRxL, John Marchant
from Milton Keynes, Kat
Ramos from Warwick
• John Marchant from
Milton Keynes
Brian Cooper & Mojo
from Coalville GRxL,
Canon Phil Metcalf
from Gloucester • Cath
Pedreschi from Evesham
Eleanor Clark & Yoko
from Kirkcaldy L, Debbie
Horne from Selkirk • Mr
& Mrs Bedding from
Southam
Phillip Cusker & Bonny
from Daventry GRxL,
Julie Ridge from
Abingdon • Paula Ross
from Southam
Mike Duxbury &
Jamie from Towcester
GRxGSD, W Whiller from
Plymouth • Julia Evans
from Bromsgrove
John Higgs & Edward
from Leicester GR,
Joanne Turnbull from
Nuneaton
Sarah Leadbetter & Kiki
from Leicester LxGR,
Anthony Stobart from
Solihull • Sylvia Burgess
from Buckingham
Tom Maley & Zola from
Loughborough LxGR,
Jane Gunton from
Rugby • Carol McAteer
from Stourbridge
Andrew Siddons &
Kiera from Leicester
Edinburgh
Angie Dalgarno &
Adam from Aberdeen L,
Anna Stephenson and
Mr Glen Chapman from
Dunfermline • Sandra
Hoffman from Coventry
Steven Fettes & Prince
from Aberdeen LxGR,
Shelagh Davidson
from Burntisland •
Lynne Marie May from
Northampton
Kathleen Williams &
Layla from Turriff GR,
Margaret Kidd from
Glasgow • Amanda
Baulch from Rugby
Kim Clancy Hodges &
Roscoe from Edinburgh L
Craig Blackbird &
Commando from
Houghton-le-Spring
GRxL, Lisa Hilditch from
Blairgowrie • Michelle
Murphy from Leicester
Sheila Brennan & Neil
from Newcastle-uponTyne L, Heather Reid
from Perth • Mr & Mrs
Davies from Telford
Debbie Clark & Cherry
from Dunfermline GR,
Elizabeth Gilbert from
Banchory, Mr & Mrs
Munro from Stonehaven
• Joy Dickinson from
Abingdon
Bruce Cruickshank &
Quaver from Cullen
LxGR, David Alexander
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Smith from Bridge Of
Don • Elizabeth Morris
from Tamworth
Michael Hatton & Jason
from Denny LxGR, Mr &
Mrs Begg from Dundee
• Tracey Wilkinson from
Telford
Janette Hayworth &
Yolanda from Aberdeen
GRxL, Bea Gray from
Carluke, Valerie
Thomson from Irvine,
Aileen Kerr from Troon
• Robert Walpole from
Cirencester
David Russell Hynd
& Faldo from Alloa
GSD, Alan Smith from
Longniddry • Amanda
Turner from Shrewsbury
John Alistair Lyle & Bart
from Crieff GRxL, Mr &
Mrs Taylor from Forfar •
John Smith from Sutton
Coldfield
Monica McGill &
Waffle from Linlithgow
GRxL, Margaret Purdy
from Belfast, Ricky
Flanagan from Belfast
• Natasha Brady from
Northampton
James McQueen &
Olive from Glasgow
GRxL, Kathryn O’Neill
from County Antrim •
Eve Smith from Tanworth
In Arden
Doctor Derek Naysmith
& Vesper from
Edinburgh GSD, Jess
Black from Dunfermline
• Christine Williams from
Halesowen
Exeter
Chris Atkins & Heidi
from Wellington GRxL,
Elizabeth Walker from
Yarm • Debra Williams
from Melton Mowbray
Congratulations
George Beadle & Mika
from Penzance GRxL,
Graeme Morton from
Broadway • William
Kelso from Alcester
Robert Boon & Wag from
Torquay L, Jane Scott
from Hinckley • Gordon
Macrae from Over
Norton
Barry Butt & Niall from
Exeter GRxL, P Mason
from Paignton, Christine
Short from Paignton •
David & Dawn Herbert
from Leamington Spa
Diane Cram & Farah
from Exeter GSD, Susan
Burge from WestonSuper-Mare, Sheena
Kemp from Coventry,
Angela Cutter from
Solihull • Amanda Turner
from Shrewsbury
David Gailey & Legend
from Exmouth L, George
McCaffery from
Corsham • Mr & Mrs
Straker from Stratfordupon-Avon
Mark Hunter & Rowan
from St Austell LxGR,
Margaret Lee from
Tewkesbury • Katherine
Baker from Mitcheldean
Alexander William
Kennard & Benson from
Bristol GRxL, B Jones
from Bridgwater • Linda
Sheehan from Sutton
Coldfield
Mandy Palmer &
Harmony from Bristol
GRxL, Patricia Revell
from Solihull • Debra
Williams from Melton
Mowbray
Claire Rogers & Muffet
from Newquay GRxL,
Lee Blanning from
Torfaen • Sandra
Sweetland from
Stratford-upon-Avon
Katherine Vickery
& Vikki from Yeovil
L, Graham & Mary
Moorcroft from Derby
• Brian Green from
Birmingham
Thelma Wakely &
Scooby from Barnstaple
GRxL, Norah Clarke
from Porthcawl •
Suzanne Jarvis from
Wolverhampton
Sally Waters & Julia from
Bristol GRxGSD, Severine
Godson from Banbury
• Julia Evans from
Bromsgrove
Martin Wright & Bertie
from Exmouth GR, Vivien
Marie Blenkinsop from
Harrogate
Rodney [Rod] Wright
& Zip from Bideford
L, Janet Boswell from
Llantwit Major • Y Dillon
from Warwick
Glasgow
Joyce Burnie & Oscar
from Glasgow L,
Amanda Henderson
from Bonnyrigg, Alastair
& Isobel Robson from
Dunfermline • Jeanette
Hannon from Oldbury
Jimmy Coats & Kevin
from Renfrewshire
GRxL, Nicola Hurst from
Dalgety Bay, Raymond
Charles Borley from
Perth • John Marchant
from Milton Keynes
Eric Crawford & Neena
from Inverness GRxL, Jim
Gallagher from Belfast,
Sandra Bourassa from
Antrim, Maura Elliott
from Belfast, Lena Reid
from Newtownabbey
Scott Cunningham &
Milo from Larkhall L,
Grant & Ailsa Armstrong
from Perth • Gordon
Macrae from Over
Norton
Arnie from Hull GRxFCR,
A Brown from South
Shields • Julia Evans
from Bromsgrove
James Macdougall
& Cujo from Glasgow
L, Doreen Stone from
Glasgow, Cathy & Bill
Steel from Kilmarnock
• Karen Robbens from
Leamington Spa
Gail Dean & Denzel
from Selby GRxL,
Alice and James Tosh
from Aberdeen • Mr
& Mrs Lockley from
Leamington Spa
Sinead McFarlane & Ike
from Tain, Ross-Shire
L, Ashley Gray from
Tranent, Felicity Stanley
from Falkirk, Mr & Mrs
Bumpass from Newporton-Tay • Sarah Mitchell
from Stratford-uponAvon
Janina Maria McIntosh
& Ivy from Newtyle L,
Hazel Rennie Hope from
Inverurie • Rachel Cutler
from Rugby
Aileen Mitchell & Kris
from Stevenston GRxL,
Kathleen Mary Coull
from Montrose • Linda
Morris from Stratfordupon-Avon
Gilbert Neil & Harry
from Kilmarnock LxGR,
Dennis Nicol from
Aberdeen, Mr & Mrs
Corse from Laurencekirk
• Gwen Cheyney from
Southam
William Renfrew &
Freddie from Paisley
LxGR, Diane & Mark
Turberfield from
Montrose • Rachel
Leason from Banbury
Elizabeth Turner & Ingrid
from Croy, Inverness L,
Patricia Ann Willox from
Peterhead • Rachel
Cutler from Rugby
Hull
Robert Burnham &
Mary Grainger & Lynne
from York L, Stewart
Barratt from Derby •
Shirley Birkbeck from
Susan Hodson & Tiffy
from Louth GRxL,
Sheila Etchells from
Macclesfield • John
Marchant from Milton
Keynes
Graham Philip Longly &
Wilber from York LxGR,
Shirley Ann Charlesworth
from Nottingham •
Tracey Wilkinson from
Telford
Suzanne Rawlings &
Carlton from Skegness
L, Elaine Kemp from
Blackburn
Claire Underwood &
Fitz from Spalding GRxL,
Wendy Jackson from
Bury, Lynda Hamblet
from Bolton • Jane
Cromack from Stratfordupon-Avon
Derek Wardle & Kibo
from Bridlington GRxL,
Lynne Hampson from
Fleetwood • John
Marchant from Milton
Keynes
Leeds
Pamela Curley &
Pepper from Thirsk LxGR,
Linda Meredith from
Littleborough • Gerald
Lewis from Leamington
Spa
Hayley Day & Abbie
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New partnerships
from Harrogate
GRxGSD, B Mattinson
from Pickering • Anne
Cadwallader from
Southam
Ann Haley Brown & Folly
from Keighley GRxFCR,
Mr & Mrs Bell from
Leyburn • Carol Evans
from Stourbridge
Anna Messruther
& Austin from
Scarborough GRxGSD,
Jean Endersby from
Leeds, Amanda
Anderson from Skipton •
Anne Cadwallader from
Southam
Darren Scott & Sherri
from Whitby LxGR, David
John Laverick from York
• Gwen Cheyney from
Southam
Samantha Smith & Lorna
from Sheffield GSD,
Rita Farnsworth from
Keighley, Jan Harker
from Newcastle-uponTyne • Trudy Evans from
Coventry
Tammy Sykes & Jumble
from Leeds L, Ann Price
from Chester, P Hill from
Bolton • Sheila Higgins
from Milton Keynes
Liverpool
Bernard Meehan &
Byron from St Helens
GR, Joan Jones from
Altrincham • Amanda
Baulch from Rugby
Daniel Atkin & Rea
from Northwich LxGR,
Christine Crocket from
Oxenhope • Katherine
Baker from Mitcheldean
Samantha Bate-Johnson
& Rosie from Southport
GRxL, Vincent Joseph
Thorpe from Wakefield
• Helen Easty from
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Kettering
Leslie Clarke & Rubie
from Bromborough
LxGR, Susan Wilks from
Prescot • Rita Tongue
from Shipston-on-Stour
Marsha Corper &
Quinney from Wirral
GR, Julie Jones from
York • Janet Evans from
Warwick
Dawn Gerrard & Kerry
from Runcorn GRxL,
Ellen Keane from Wigan
• Sandra Sweetland
from Stratford-uponAvon
Andrew Graham &
Ozzie from Wallasey L,
Bruce Thomas Lunt from
Macclesfield • Jeanette
Hannon from Oldbury
June Jarvis & Phoenix
from Chester L, Elizabeth
Ellis Churchill from Leeds
• Mr & Mrs Bedding from
Southam
Jayne Massey &
Witney from Liverpool
GRxL, Lynda Keeley
from Chorley •
Natasha Brady from
Northampton
Jim Moran & Carlton
from Liverpool L, Mr &
Mrs Pate from Chester
• Karen Robbens from
Leamington Spa
London
Malcolm Matthews
& Parky from London
L, Sue Fletcher from
Sheffield • Andrew Starr
from Daventry
Maureen Sandeford &
Otto from Orpington
L, Liesl Hadley from
Chelmsford • Jeanette
Hannon from Oldbury
Louise Skinner & Teddy
from Bromley GRxL,
Sarah Butler from
Leighton Buzzard,
Margaret Smith from
Arlesey • Sheila Coton
from Birmingham
Stephen Steppens &
Owen from London
L, Mark Trezise from
Dorking • Jeanette
Hannon from Oldbury
Janet Adams & Kingston
from Enfield L, Ellen
Young from Basingstoke
• David Yarwood from
Birmingham
Annette Emerson &
Marley from Ruislip L,
Charles Robert Holland
from Doncaster • Sarah
Mitchell from Stratfordupon-Avon
Gardia Howell &
Pebble from Ilford LxGR,
Margaret Jones from
Witham • Gerald Lewis
from Leamington Spa
Brian Johnson &
Bonham from London
GSD, Elaine Cole from
Colchester • Angela
Stocks from Leicester
Alex Turner & Westley
from Hornchurch
GRxL, Fran Taylor
from Tonbridge,
Jeanne Harrall from
Swanley • Marie-Claire
Montgomery from
Leamington Spa
Claire Vickers & Ice
from Edgware L,
Claire Gomersall from
Swindon, Wendy Terry
from Hungerford, Ann
Bradford from Fleet
• Rachel Cutler from
Rugby
Andrew Summers &
Jasper from Dagenham
L, Frank Rogan from
Crook • Barbara
Wilkinson from Pershore
Maidstone
Ian Allaway & Freya
from Farnham GSD,
Susan Wilks from Slough
• Carla Nieuwenhuizen
from Banbury
Sheila Burley & Zara
from Whitstable GRxL,
Susan Potter from
Peterborough • Clare
Turton from Solihull
Giles Carrington
& Smokey from
Eastbourne GRxL, C
Greenwood from
Doncaster • Kelly
Withers from Walsall
Robert Keen & Zeppelin
from Hastings LxGR,
Elaine Cole from
Colchester • S Priestman
from Rushden
Beth Walton & Breeze
from Tenterden GR,
Nickie Jeffery from Tring
• Alison Morton from
Leamington Spa
Manchester
William Allott & Laddie
from Burnley GRxL,
Kathleen Allison from
Preston • Natasha
Brady from Emberton
Peter Slater & Mercer
from Manchester GSD,
Debbie Williamson from
Glasgow • Donna Morris
from Telford
Christine Coucill &
Autumn from Bolton
GRxL, Brenda Abson
from Rotherham •
Rachel Davis from
Kettering
Derek Cunliffe & Zodiac
from Wigan GRxL, Sheila
Towler from Todmorden
• Clare Turton from
Solihull
Congratulations
Michelle Fryer & Sally
from Accrington GRxL,
Lesley Heal from Crewe
• Jacki Boyle from
Telford
Colin James Glover &
Iggy from Poulton-leFylde GSD, Jill Clyde
from Sheffield • Tracey
Martin from Stourbridge
Pam Hackett & Maple
from Altrincham LxGR,
Jean Barber from
Thornton-Cleveleys •
Paula McLean from
Warwick
Joan Mee & Russell from
Leigh LxGR, Alison Lees
from Alderley Edge •
Katherine Baker from
Mitcheldean
Karen Monks & Sky
from Bolton GRxL, Diane
Johnson from Wirral
• Kelly Withers from
Walsall
Newcastle
David Allen & Winnie
from Consett GRxL, Liz
Jones from Aboyne •
Natasha Brady from
Northampton
Ashley Carruthers & Elvis
from Workington GRxL,
Rachael Cumming from
Brechin • Catherine
Gray from Brackley
Beth Dawes & Anne
from Wallsend GRxGSD,
Bryan & Heather Knight
from Carnoustie • Anne
Cadwallader from
Southam
Paul Matheson &
Nala from Newcastle
LxGR, Patricia Clarke
from Inverurie •
Sharon Pogson from
Bromsgrove
Albert Veitch & Logan
from Newcastle-uponTyne LxGR, Carol &
David Greer from
Kirkcaldy • Erica Dowse
from Coventry
Nottingham
Sarah Johnson & Ester
from Derby GRxFCR,
David & Patricia
Selwood from Sheffield
• Mr & Mrs Rogers from
Bromsgrove
Darren Furness &
Jenkins from Sheffield
GRxL, Derrick Harding
from Wirral • Christina
Bloxham from Worcester
Jean Reid & Ishka from
Chesterfield GRxL, Anne
Julie Macleod from
Douglas • Lyn Shaw
from Redditch
Kevin Robinson &
Danny from Sheffield L,
Guy William Cresswell
from Clwyd, Lynda
Dodds from Chester •
Ellen Summerton from
Leamington Spa
Simon Wheatcroft &
Ascot from Doncaster L,
Janice Wild from Bolton
• Mary Lawrence from
Kidderminster
Cherie White & Caddy
from Barnsley GRxL,
Marian Boyden from
Richmond • JL Wassell
from Warwick
Peterborough
Harry Vaughn & Kasper
from Huntingdon GR,
Sheila Marven from St
Albans • Janette Baines
from Burton-on-Trent
Linda Ann Norbury &
Jake from Manchester
GRxL, Mr & Mrs Maull
from Wirral, Janet
McCalmont from
Runcorn • Mr & Mrs
Gowling from Coventry
Paul Oultram & Vinnie
from Manchester LxGR,
Louise McLoughlin from
Mere • S Sager from
Leamington Spa
June Sanderson &
Zest from Douglas L,
Denise Elaine Robinson
from Timperley,
Julia Waxman from
Altrincham • Y Dillon
from Warwick
Michelle Tomlinson &
Millie from Blackpool L,
Norma Karen Harrison
from Malton • Sarah
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New partnerships
Peter Bayman &
Tyson from Beccles L,
Richard Bailey from
Southampton • Sarah
Pauline Brown & Jasper
from Cambridge
GRxL, Myrtle Pacey
from Bridport •
Natasha Brady from
Northampton
Dorothy Burke & Maggie
from Sheringham GRxL,
Sue Odell from Reading
• William Kelso from
Alcester
Annabel Clifton &
Page from Norwich
LxGR, Carol Haynes
from Worthing • Gwen
Cheyney from Southam
Colin Daniels & Finch
from Aylsham GSD,
Fran Dawson from
Cambridge • Carla
Nieuwenhuizen from
Banbury
Lisa Dickman & Bobby
from Peterborough
GRxL, Lisa Rooney
from Andover, Sheila
Wright from Andover •
Sandra Sweetland from
Stratford-upon-Avon
Grayham ForsytheFields & Hugo from
Norwich GSD, Mr & Mrs
Begg from Dundee
• Donna Morris from
Telford
Amy Ottaway & Abba
from Norwich GRxGSD,
Sue Langdon from
Longfield • Anne
Cadwallader from
Southam
Marcus Rawlings
& Janson from
Peterborough L, Jackie
Gardner from Potters
Bar • Dianne Merker
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from Malvern
Tony Scales & Tommy
from Great Yarmouth
L, Sheila Marven from
St Albans • Rosemarie
Naylor from Evesham
George Theobald &
Buster from Norwich
GRxL, Julia Marshall
from Southampton •
Coldfield
Claire Wilson & April
from Cambridge
GRxGSD, Joan
Hattersley from
Leatherhead • Anne
Cadwallader from
Southam
Reading
John Bates & Emily from
Guildford GRxL, Myra
Wilson from Ashford,
Patricia Twite from
Chelmsford • Vanessa
Jones from Rugby
David Best & Pippa from
Brighton GRxL, Lorraine
Kennedy from Banstead
• Eve Smith from
Tanworth In Arden
Lian Brock & Penny from
Carshalton GRxL, Jackie
Gardner from Potters
Bar • Jacki Boyle from
Telford
Harry Crawford & Ronnie
from Hove L, Sarah
Barnes from Maldon •
Ellen Summerton from
Leamington Spa
Robert Darney & Nell
from Worthing LxCCR,
Brenda Martin from
Bexleyheath • Janet
Court from Birmingham
Janet Dunn & Rum from
Crawley GR, Richard
Gregory from London
• Janette Baines from
Burton-on-Trent
Rita Greenwood &
Doris from Oxted
LxGR, Janice Burn
from Wokingham •
Sharon Pogson from
Bromsgrove
Derek Hackett & Luka
from Staines LxGR,
Patricia Walsh from
Colchester • Erica
Dowse from Coventry
Annette Hornsby &
Pepsi from Oxford GRxL,
Lesley Warren from
Basildon • Janice Briggs
from Leamington Spa
Cheryl Jarvis & Kalie
from Hailsham L, Brenda
Martin from Bexleyheath
• Terri Chambers from
Redditch
Maria Ryan & Tex
from Didcot L, Collette
Deane from Swindon,
Barbara Clark from
Malmesbury, Linda
Bonnar from Cirencester
• Mr & Mrs Phipps from
Lechlade
Keith Turner & Eva
from Brighton GRxL,
Andrea Humphries
from Gillingham, Karl
Jastrzebski from London
• Catherine Gray from
Brackley
Shrewsbury
Dale Brudenall & Ezra
from Wolverhampton
L, Shirley Burns from
Plymouth, Michelle
Bloomfield from
Plymouth, Jean Heaton
from Buckfastleigh
• E Hickman from
Birmingham
Alistair Dunbar & Teresa
from Willenhall LxGR,
Chris Wooldridge from
Droitwich • Nick Hanson
from Coventry
Mark Gaffey & Rodd
from Newcastle Under
Lyme GRxL, Susan
Philpott from Dudley •
JL Wassell from Warwick
Paul Gough & Lilly from
Cheadle GRxL, Susan
Bunney from Pontypridd
• Margaret Buckingham
from Warwick
Claire Johnson & Venice
from Stoke-on-Trent
GRxL, Pauline Ellis from
Kineton • Jacki Boyle
from Telford
Rita Nicholls & Charlie
from Wolverhampton
GRxL, Sally Hough from
Kingswinford • Jeanette
Piggins from Southam
Alan Silvester & Pirate
from Telford GRxL,
Alison Bamford-Elsdon
from Newton Abbot
• Janette Baines from
Burton-on-Trent
Doctor Denham
Wright & Zeus from
Wolverhampton GRxL,
Gillian Ashworth from
Weston-Super-Mare,
Janet Colley from Bristol
• Clare Turton from
Solihull
Southampton
Carol Anne Todd & Flora
from Gosport LxGR, Julie
Trent from Leicester
• Pam Kimmins from
Birmingham
Antony Catt & Weston
from Aldershot L, Colin
Carn from Plymouth
• Ruth Philpott from
Malvern
Gladys Clowes & Wendy
from Farnborough GRxL,
Daphne Barfoot from
Belfast • Anne-Marie
Sparks from Southam
Congratulations
Philip Pearce & Arty from
Sherborne LxGR, Tom
Brooks from Tewkesbury
• Carol McAteer from
Stourbridge
Jo-Anna Speer & Bess
from Dorchester LxGR,
Simon Cowley from
Penarth • DM Field from
Warwick
Danielle Thomas &
Neisha from Portsmouth
L, Andrew Massey from
Solihull • Pat Stafford
from Calverton
Ian Weston & Charlie
from Basingstoke L,
Natalie James from
Dudley, Michelle Cooke
from Milton Keynes •
Karen Robbens from
Leamington Spa
Rachel Tudor & Zoe
from Portsmouth LxGR,
Patricia Bryant from
Bristol • Carol McAteer
from Stourbridge
Ronald Nightingale
& Lennie from
Southampton GRxL,
Peter Lester from Balsall
Common • Mr & Mrs
Hanson from Coventry
Alan Sloman &
Geraldine from
Petersfield GRxL, Hilary
Reed from Westbury •
Cath Pedreschi from
Evesham
Henry Hugo Williams
& Marston from
Southampton
GRxL, John Hope
from Gloucester •
Natasha Brady from
Northampton
Welwyn Garden City
Derek Batt & Lucas from
Hemel Hempstead
LxGR, Olivia Claire
Elizabeth Bamlett from
Wollaton • Erica Dowse
from Coventry
Lisa Burgess & Kassie
from Southend-on-Sea
GRxL, Victoria Upton
from Basildon • Linda
Morris from Stratfordupon-Avon
Margaret Clarke &
Marston from Stevenage
L, Tracey Williams from
Swindon • Mr & Mrs
Davies from Telford
Jessica Collett & Tara
from Luton GRxL, Tom
Coy from London •
Sheila Coton from
Birmingham
John Cooper & Andy
from Borehamwood
GRxL, Patricia Brown
from Dundee, Moira
Davidson from
Aberdeen • Valerie
Veness from Sutton
Coldfield
Christopher Croft &
Murdoch from Leighton
Buzzard GRxL, Monica
Easton from Reading •
Coldfield
Kaye Embery & Hendrix
from Basildon L, Michele
Green from Billericay
• Sheila Higgins from
Milton Keynes
Tim Seaton & Kelly from
Hatfield GRxL, Gillian
Martin from Luton •
Christina Bloxham from
Worcester
Anthony Sharp & Gibbs
from Ilford L, Brenda
Weaver from Brentwood
Kevin Weaver & Tel from
Leigh On Sea L, John
& Margaret Gibb from
Aberdeen • Margaret
Ann Cotton from
Oswestry
Graham Woodward &
Purdey from Chelmsford
GRxL, Alistair Sams from
Harwich • Jeanette
Piggins from Southam
Breeding Stock
Bess • 20.04.12 • L •
Bitch • Mrs E Roberts
from Stourbridge • Mr
& Mrs W Wilson from
Kinross
Chloe • 20.04.12 •
GRxFCR • Bitch • Mr
& Mrs Rogers from
Bromsgrove • Mrs J
Mundell Perkins from
Oxford
Jaego • 09.05.12 • GSD
• Stud • Outside Bred •
Mr P Bowers from Stokeon-Trent
Jinty • 20.04.12 • GR
• Stud • Mrs J Bartlett
from Rugby • Mr & Mrs
Hopcroft from ThorntonCleveleys
Josey • 20.04.12 • GR
• Bitch • Mrs J Bartlett
from Rugby • Mrs D
Milligan from Clitheroe
Kea • 11.05.12 • GR •
Stud • Mrs J Bartlett from
Rugby • Mr PL Condie
from Edinburgh
Rilla • 25.05.12 • L •
Bitch • Mrs C Blaver
from Northampton
• Mr DM Logan from
Aberdeen
Sellers • 09.05.12 • GR
• Stud • Mr D Thorold
from Telford • Mrs B
Gray from Carluke Mrs
M Cain from Largs
Spangle • 20.04.12
• GRxFCR • Bitch •
Mr & Mrs Rogers from
Bromsgrove • Mrs J
Parker from Warwick
Syd • 11.05.12 • GR •
Stud • Mr D Thorold from
Telford • Miss C King
from Edinburgh
Tasha • 20.04.12 • GRxL
• Bitch • Mrs S Stanley
from Rugby • Mrs LA
Lackenby from Duns
Velvet • 25.05.12 • L •
Bitch • Mrs Y Dillon from
Warwick • Mr T Innes
from Dunfermline
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Competition
Autumn quiz
Put on your thinking caps for our autumn competitions for the chance
to win one of two £10 Marks and Spencer vouchers. This edition’s quiz
theme is famous dogs and the closing date is 16 November.
Congratulations to Glyn Thomas of Newbury who won gold in our summer Paralympic-themed quiz.
1. Name Hagrid’s cowardly boarhound, of
Harry Potter fame.
2. What is the Russian dog Laika famous for?
3. What breed is Barack Obama’s dog, Bo?
4. Name four of the nine Blue Peter dogs.
5. What robotic dog appeared on Dr Who?
Summer quiz answers
1. In what year did the idea for the first Paralympics
start? 1948
2. Which city hosted the Paralympics in 2008? Beijing,
China
3. In which year and country did Great Britain
bring home an amazing 42 gold medals in the
Paralympic Games? Beijing 2008
4. How many different sports do the Paralympic
games consist of? 20
5. What is the newest sport to be added to the
Paralympic programme? Rowing
Caption competition
Thanks to Derek Mattocks for sending this arresting
shot of 13-week-old Drummond with PC Kenda
Bradbury of the British Transport Police at Doncaster
railway station.
To enter, please email us at forward@guidedogs.org.
uk or send your answer on a postcard along with
your name and address to Forward, Guide Dogs,
Hillfields, Burghfield Common, Reading, RG7 3YG.
Summer’s caption competition winner was David Patten of Dorset. There was stiff
competition this time and David won by a nose with: “I’d like to run and play with
other dogs – but I feel boxed in!”
Competition rules
The competitions are open to anyone resident in the UK, except
employees of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, their families and
anyone connected with the competition. No purchase necessary. Proof
of posting cannot be accepted as proof of delivery. No responsibility
can be accepted for entries delayed, damaged or mislaid or wrongly
delivered. Illegible entries will be disqualified. Only one original entry
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is allowed per envelope. The winners will be notified by either post
or telephone and the results will be published in the next issue of the
magazine. The winners must agree to the publication of their names,
photographs and any publicity, if requested. In all matters concerning
the competitions the Editor’s decision is final. No correspondence can be
entered into. Entry implies acceptance of the rules. The closing date for
these competitions is 16 November 2012.
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then we’ve had 100 amazing pups that have been sponsored by our
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Autumn Forward 2012 PDF

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