London Guide Dogs Training School - Redbridge

London Guide Dogs Training School - Redbridge The London Training School - Redbridge was officially opened by HRH Princess Alexandra on the 7th May 1986 - we train guide dogs up to 200 per year.

Guide Dogs’ research found that there are around 180,000 people living in the UK with sight loss that never leave home alone, this is why Guide Dogs’ ‘Building extraordinary partnerships’ strategy aims to help people with sight loss become more mobile no matter their circumstances. Today the organisation has offices and sites across the UK, including; twenty Mobility Teams, four Guide Dog Training Schools, a National Breeding Centre and a Central Office, which is in Reading. The charity relies on an army of over 10,000 volunteers to enable it to carry out its life changing work, and it has 1,000 dedicated professional staff. Although Guide Dogs may be best known for its world class guide dogs service, it recognises that a guide dog is not the right mobility aid for everyone, due to personal choice, individual mobility levels or lifestyle. Therefore, to enable Guide Dogs to achieve its strategy and assist people with sight loss in continuing their personal mobility journey - from diagnosis to regaining their confidence and independent mobility, it’s developing a range of mobility and rehabilitation services such as white cane training, My Guide and Buddy Dogs.

Following on from last week’s news, this is our last post from this page as we move over to  Dogs South East so we can c...
31/10/2022

Following on from last week’s news, this is our last post from this page as we move over to Dogs South East so we can create a cohesive page for all of your news and updates throughout the region.
Please do continue to follow our journey from our new home, where we will continue to post about the wonderful pups of Redbridge and beyond!
(Photo shows the front half of a black puppy lying on a black background. He has his head up and is looking at the camera. His front legs are stretched out and standing between them is a gold coloured frame with the message 'We have moved to "Guide Dogs South East").

Koby.German Shepherd Guide Dog puppy Koby ready for a training session with the Hertfordshire puppy raisers group last w...
30/10/2022

Koby.
German Shepherd Guide Dog puppy Koby ready for a training session with the Hertfordshire puppy raisers group last week. Lovely ears there Koby.
(Photo shows the head and shoulders of a black and tan shepherd standing in the boot of a car. He is looking over to the right of the camera with his lovely shepherd ears standing upright. The boot dog guard can be seen behind him).

Margie.Puppy Development Advisor Claire with Labrador x Golden Retriever GDP Margie.(Photo shows someone sitting on a gr...
28/10/2022

Margie.
Puppy Development Advisor Claire with Labrador x Golden Retriever GDP Margie.
(Photo shows someone sitting on a green train seat with their right arm around a small yellow dog who is sitting on the floor. She is turning her head around to look at the camera. Her lead and yellow flash can be seen. Her right ear is being slightly bent by the arm around her).

Rani.Eight month old black Labrador x Golden Retriever Rani helping out at a collection over the weekend with puppy rais...
27/10/2022

Rani.
Eight month old black Labrador x Golden Retriever Rani helping out at a collection over the weekend with puppy raiser Sally.
(Photo shows the head and shoulders of a black dog sitting on a pavement. She is looking at the camera with her head tilted to the right. Her lead is going off to the left).

Unie.Beautiful Guide Dog puppy Unie, just look at those ears.(Photo shows the front half of a yellow dog lying with her ...
26/10/2022

Unie.
Beautiful Guide Dog puppy Unie, just look at those ears.
(Photo shows the front half of a yellow dog lying with her chin on the floor next to the brown booted foot of her puppy raiser. She is looking up at the camera with her dark eyes and the end of her lovely long ears are resting on the floor!).

Kresta.Our last ever star of "Tongue Out Tuesday" on the Redbridge page is the beautiful Kresta. Don't worry we...
25/10/2022

Kresta.
Our last ever star of "Tongue Out Tuesday" on the Redbridge page is the beautiful Kresta. Don't worry we hope to continue 'TOT' when we move to the "Guide Dogs South East" page.
(Photo shows the front half of a yellow dog lying on the floor of a train by the green seats. She has her head up and her long pink tongue is hanging out of the front of her mouth. She is looking at the camera. The legs of someone wearing blue jeans and walking shoes and socks are behind her).

Lemar, Jerome and DemiThree "Tongue Out Tuesday" stars, GD Lemar (yellow Labrador x Golden Retriever), WGD Jerome (Germa...
25/10/2022

Lemar, Jerome and Demi
Three "Tongue Out Tuesday" stars, GD Lemar (yellow Labrador x Golden Retriever), WGD Jerome (German Shepherd) and GDP Demi (black Labrador) with Jade (GDO to Lemar). All three dogs were or are being puppy raised by PR Glynis.
Thank you to Glynis for the photo.
(Photo shows 3 dogs in a room with a woman wearing a blue t-shirt sitting on a brown seat. She has her left hand on a black and tan shepherd who is standing up looking at the camera with his tongue hanging out of his mouth. There is a yellow dog lying at her feet looking over to the right with his tongue hanging out at a black dog sitting looking up at the camera with her tongue hanging out).

We have some bittersweet news for many of you, as this week will be the final week for the London Training School Redbri...
24/10/2022

We have some bittersweet news for many of you, as this week will be the final week for the London Training School Redbridge page.
Although this page won’t be active anymore, we will continue to post just from a new home, moving over to Guide Dogs South East. This will help us to combine news and information from the region with the wonderful dog content we all love.
Many of you are already followers of the page, however if you are not, we urge you to take a look and please follow us on there.
Thank you to all of you that have contributed to the page, it shows the love and affection there is for all the dogs in the Guide Dog family. This was evident particularly during lockdown when your photos of dogs in various flowers, with tongues out and visiting interesting places helped get us through.
Please give us a follow on Guide Dogs South East, and do continue to share your stories and photos!

The official page for Guide Dogs South East, covering our Regional Centre, Redbridge, and community teams in London, Maidstone, Welwyn and Reading.

Guide Dogs is a registered charity (209617) providing services for people with sight loss across the UK.

Jack.Black Labrador x Golden Retriever Jack waiting for a train.(Photo shows the front half of a black dog lying on his ...
21/10/2022

Jack.
Black Labrador x Golden Retriever Jack waiting for a train.
(Photo shows the front half of a black dog lying on his side on a platform near to the raised tactile dots indicating the closeness of the platform edge. His lead is being held by his puppy raiser out of shot. He is looking over to the right of the camera).

Rory.Golden Retriever Guide Dog puppy Rory on a train trip yesterday with the Hertfordshire puppy raising group.(Photo s...
20/10/2022

Rory.
Golden Retriever Guide Dog puppy Rory on a train trip yesterday with the Hertfordshire puppy raising group.
(Photo shows the front half of a darkish yellow fluffy dog. He is lying on his front under a train seat with his dark eyes looking upwards).

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Findlay House, Manor Road
Woodford Green
IG88ER

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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