In this very special episode of TalkABILITY  Robert and Kieran celebrate and pay tribute to Guide Dogs UK for their 90th Anniversary. 

To highlight history and the work of the organisation, we discuss it's origins and interview a panel of Guide Dogs owners from across the UK to gain an insight into their experiences. 

We are joined by Andrea Hope (Guide Dogs N. Ireland fundraiser and campaigner), Sian Healey (Artist and Guide Dogs Cymru fundraiser), Jon Attenborough (Guide Dogs Scotland Campaigns Board Member and keen disability activist) and George Upfield (Former Guide Dogs Breeding Centre tour guide and Guide Dogs Operations Support Co-ordinator for Reading, England). 

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Listen to Jon's full story in our very first episode of TalkABILITY here:  https://open.spotify.com/episode/3M7ywJFsxkcGJEZ9jq9HPc 

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The history of Guide Dogs UK all started with two pioneers of their time, Rosamund Bond and Muriel Crooke, this innovating duo were trailblazers enabling the UK to join the European phenomenon of training dogs to guide the blind.

They began the first training program with only four furry friends; Flash, Folly, Judy and Meta, who were trained in a lockup in The Wirral in 1931.

If you would like to find out more about the organisation's fascinating history you can do so here: https://www.guidedogs.org.uk/about-us/what-we-do/the-history-of-guide-dogs/