The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association oversees the country's largest breeding programme and trains around a quarter of the world's guide dogs..

Over coffee with John Welsman, Kate Fairweather hears about the astonishing range of work done by the UK charity and some of its newer initiatives. 

John is part of the charity's Canine Affairs team, which strategises about the future of guide dog ownership and works with government and service providers on behalf of Guide Dogs. He talks about some of the charity’s newer initiatives and explains the breadth of the its work for visual impaired people in the UK.

The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association oversees the country's largest breeding programme and trains around a quarter of the world's guide dogs..
Over coffee with John Welsman, Kate Fairweather hears about the astonishing range of work done by the UK charity and some of its newer initiatives.&nbsp;
John is part of the charity's Canine Affairs team, which strategises about the future of guide dog ownership and works with government and service providers on behalf of Guide Dogs. He talks about some of the charity&rsquo;s newer initiatives and explains the breadth of the its work for visual impaired people in the UK.

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