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01/06/2026

🦮On Sunday May 31st, we were invited to the community market, at Tesco, in Sunderland.

🦮We were given a wonderful donation, from Tesco community champions sale of clearance goods of 🦮🦮🦮*£245.95*🦮🦮🦮

With other sales, we made a total of
🐾£345.13🐾 on the day.

🦮Thank you once again, to Tesco community champions, for supporting us.

Picture shows, community champion Suesie, standing beside one of our fab volunteers, who is holding the lead of White Golden Retriever Rosie, our Ambassador dog.

15/04/2026

🦮Last night we were once again privileged, to be able to fundraise at South Shields football club, before their match against Macclesfield FC.
We raised 🐾🐾£267.17 🐾🐾
⚽ A big "thank you" to all the fans, from both clubs and of course South Shields FC for inviting us.
🐾Thank you also, to our fabulous volunteers and of course our dogs/pups.
The photograph shows, 10 of our fabulous volunteers, in a line, alongside, Carl Mowatt Operations & Hospitality Director, also, Francesca Callebaut, General Manager of SSFC.
Our dogs pictured, are Working GD Belle, a Yellow, Golden Retriever x Lab,
Ambassador dog Rosie, a White Golden Retriever and Puppy in training, Molly, a light Yellow Lab x Retriever.

12/04/2026

🦮We had a wonderful 2 days, at Asda Leechmere, in Grangetown, Sunderland.
A big thank you to George, the Community Champion, for allowing us to fundraise there. This store is a first for us and we hope to return in the near future 😀
We raised a great amount of ....
🐾🐾 £992.88 🐾🐾
Thank you, also goes to our fab volunteers and of course our pups/dogs. Tara, Belle, Rosie, Star and Molly🐾
There are 3 pictures.
Picture one, is of 2 of our volunteers, standing beside George, the Community Champion.
One of our volunteers is holding a collection bucket. The other volunteer, is holding the lead of Ambassador dog, Rosie, a White Golden Retriever.
Picture two, is of Guide dog pup in training, Molly, a light Yellow, Lab/Retriever cross. She is sat in front of our merchandise table. Standing behind the table is one of our volunteers.
Picture three, is of 3 of our volunteers, standing next to each other.
Two of the volunteers, are holding collection buckets and one volunteer, is holding lead of his Guide dog, Tara, a Black Labrador 🐾

07/04/2026

🦮Please join us if you can🦮
Some of our pups/dogs will be there too 🐾

17/03/2026

Our fundraising group, will be at
Sunderland Climbing Wall, this Saturday, March 21st 2026, from
12.30pm to 2.30pm.
Please come along and support this worthy cause 😀
🦮Our Dogs/pups, will be there too🐾

01/03/2026

🦮Our group had 2 days fundraising, at Asda, in South Shields.
We raised 🐾 £1273.65 🐾 😀
Thank you to everyone, who supported us and to Asda, once again, for allowing us to fundraise.
Thank you, also, to our wonderful volunteers and our fab pups/dogs 🐾
**There are 2 pictures, of our volunteers standing, either behind, or in front of our merchandise table, which has lots of items for sale.
Also are 2 of our gorgeous dogs.
Guide dog pup Molly, a very pale Yellow, Lab/Retriever and Ambassador dog Rosie, a White Golden Retriever.

22/02/2026

🐾Yesterday, ( Feb 21st) we went along, to support Kathryn Forte with her fundraising event for Guide Dogs. 🐾Kathryn is doing the London Landmark Run in April.
🐾Kathryn raised £234.50 for her fundraising & we made £50, from the merchandise, we took along
🐾June, one of our lovely group, gave a talk about her sight loss journey and how she acquired her gorgeous guide dog, Lab/Retriever, Belle.
🐾Kathryn's mam, Sue, who used to be a puppy raiser, is now a speaker and fundraiser for Guide dogs, talked about what puppy raisers do and told some funny stories, from pups she'd had over the years.
The pictures, of June and Sue, standing and doing their talks.
June has, her Guide dog Belle, next to her and Sue has Ambassador dog Laurence, next to her.
Also, pics of Guide dog, Tara,
Ambassador dog, Rosie and Guide dog pup, Molly 🐾
🍀Good Luck Kathryn, from all of us.

10/02/2026

Today, was the very first fundraising event of the year for us.
We were at Tesco, in South Shields and raised the wonderful amount of....
🐾 ***** £601.28 *****🐾
Thank you to everyone, who supported us 😀 Especially as the weather has been horrible all day.
Not forgetting our fantastic volunteers and our pups/dogs too 🦮
Picture, is of two of our volunteers.
One lady, is sitting on a chair, holding a collection bucket. The other lady is standing, holding the white lead of Yellow Lab/Retriever pup, Molly, who is sitting in between both ladies. She is wearing her Guide dog puppy in training jacket.
Next to them is the merchandise table, with lots of Guide dog items for sale.

29/01/2026

🦮We are proud to announce our end of year figures of....
🐾🦮🐾****£39,965.56****🐾🦮🐾

Our group has only been together, just over 2 years 🥰

Thank you, to all our group members, for your support. You really have been amazing 😀
Not forgetting, our pups/dogs too 🐾

Thank you also, to everyone who has supported us, we appreciate, each and every one of you 💕

🦮Our first fundraising event for 2026, will be on February 10th at Tesco's in South Shields 🐾

Picture is of 3 of our dogs.
Black Lab Tara, White Golden Retriever, Rosie and Light Yellow Lab/Retriever, Molly.
All 3 are sitting, facing the camera.
Behind them, is a gazebo, with Santa's grotto inside, with Santa, sitting in a sleigh, with 2 reindeer pulling it.
Guide Dogs North East
Guide Dogs UK
Volunteers at Guide Dogs (UK)

02/12/2025

Last Friday and Saturday, we fundraised, at Asda, in Boldon
We raised a grand total of
🐾🐾 £1,798.28 🐾🐾
A huge thank you, to everyone, who supported us 🥰
Thank you also, to all of our fab volunteers and our 4 legged life changers! Once again you have all done amazing 😀🐾
There are 2 pictures. Both, showing our merchandise table, with lots of goodies for sale.
Standing in front of the table in picture one, are 2 of our volunteers , with Black Lab, Jack, a working guide dog, who is sitting looking up at his owner.
The second picture, shows 2 of our volunteers at the side of our merchandise table, one is sitting on a chair and another standing up, with Ambassador dog Rosie, a White golden retriever 🐾
Guide Dogs North East Guide Dogs UK Volunteers at Guide Dogs (UK)

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