Benefits

We wouldn’t be able to change the lives of people with sight loss without our people. That’s why it’s important for us to provide a variety of benefits that reward our colleagues in a way that suits them and recognise the hard work and contribution that they make.

Looking after your mental, physical and financial wellbeing

Mental wellbeing

• Take a break with our generous annual leave allowance: From the start of your employment, we offer 26 days. After three years of continuous employment, this increases to 28 days plus bank holidays.

• We understand that sometimes it’s okay to not be okay - that’s why we have an Employee Assistance Programme. Our Employee Assistance Programme offers a freephone confidential helpline to provide unlimited access to advice, information and face-to-face counselling support when you need it.

• We have dedicated Wellbeing Buddies in each region within Guide Dogs. They're colleagues and volunteers who are here to listen, confidentially, if you’re having a bad day or need someone to talk to.

• We have Menopause Champions. These are colleagues and volunteers who are here to listen, confidentially, if you’re having a bad day, struggling with peri/menopause symptoms, or need someone to talk to or get access to resources and support.

Physical wellbeing

• Keep moving with our cycle-to-work scheme: The cycle-to-work scheme is a hire scheme, which provides you with the opportunity to select from a wide range of bikes including road, hybrid, electric, mountain, folding, tandem and adaptable bikes.

• Eye care vouchers: We provide free eye tests and a contribution towards the cost of your glasses if you need these specifically for Visual Display Unit (VDU) work from Specsavers.

• Hearing tests: We provide hearing tests for anyone who works in our kennels.

Financial wellbeing

• Shop with a purpose with our discounts and cash-back scheme: You’ll have access to discounts on goods and retail vouchers and cash back on purchases from supermarkets, clothing, electrical goods, travel, eating out, insurance and much more.
• Save for your future with a defined contribution group personal pension plan: We will match your pension contributions plus 2% up to a maximum of 9% employer contribution.
• Life assurance: Benefit of four times your annual salary with an option to increase over four times using our flexible benefits scheme.

Flexible benefits

We understand that no two people are the same which is why, in addition to the above, we offer a range of flexible benefits that can support you in ways that really mean something to you.

We give you an additional 3% of your salary to use as you choose on our wide variety of flexible benefits. This includes gym membership, healthcare cash plan, hospital treatment plan, additional contribution to life assurance benefit, health assessment, BUPA menopause support, BUPA dental insurance, travel insurance, critical illness insurance, spouse life assurance policy and the option to buy and sell annual leave.