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We shine a light on some of the amazing Guide Dogs' volunteers who have received awards over Volunteers' Week and The Queen's Jubilee.

Working at Guide Dogs isn’t your everyday office job. This is heads, hearts and hands-on stuff. Each month our Spotlight series shines a light on one of our many life-affirming roles.

“Families don’t want sympathy; they want to feel as if the person they’re talking to has a real understanding of what they’re going through.”

This month, family support officer Abigail Strong shares how it feels to help parents receiving a first diagnosis of their child or teen’s vision impairment, and why she loves helping families to navigate the world of vision impairments.

Will you join us in celebrating Volunteers' Week?

Service user Dave Kent says he was left feeling “publicly humiliated” after a recent access refusal in a Marks and Spencer shop.

We’ve got a fantastic range of jobs - over 400 roles - at Guide Dogs. So this week, we’re asking Alex Pepper, our first Head of Accessibility, what makes him tick. Clue: it’s got a lot to do with levelling the playing field while giving stepladders to all those who need.

An interview with Emma Mellor, a technical learning specialist for Guide Dogs

Golden Retriever Cooper recently came into the lives of the Darbyshire family from Gateshead, and already they say they can't imagine a life without him.

Celebrities have been revealing their childhood dream jobs and pictures of themselves when they were young in support of Guide Dogs’ ‘Every Dream Counts’ campaign.