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Monday 10 March 2003
What your money can buy
Guide dog
Can you spare at least a pound for a pup?
The BBC Radio Leeds Pound for a Pup appeal aims to raise £150,000 over the year.

This money will allow the station, its listeners and web users to buy five guide dogs and cover all the training and living costs.
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It costs around £35,000 to breed, train and support each guide dog.

There are currently almost 5000 guide dog partnerships in the UK.

The working life of a guide dog is about 7 years.


The first four guide dog units in Britain were trained in October 1931.

The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association was founded in 1934

In 1965 Blue Peter followed guide dog Honey through her training.
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There are 200,000 visually impaired people in the UK who could be more independent.

The association wants a world in which all people who are blind or partially sighted enjoy the same rights, opportunities and responsibilities as everyone else.

It provides guide dogs, mobility and rehabilitation services to blind and partially sighted people.

HOW YOU CAN HELP
£1.30
Feeds a puppy for one day
£5
Provides a dog grooming kit
£10
Supports a working guide dog partnership for one day.
£25
Provides two dog beds
£60
Provides a harness, handle, lead collar and bell
£100
Provides four long canes
£250
Feeds a guide dog for one year
£600
Provides training for one visually impaired person to improve their independence and their mobility
£1000
Co–sponsors a guide dog puppy
£2500
Co–sponsors a guide dog
£3650
Supports a working guide dog partnership for one year
£5000
Sponsors a guide dog puppy for one year
£35,500
Sponsors a guide dog for life

Meet the three guide dog puppies that have been bought so far with donations to the Pound for a Pup appeal.

You can donate online to the appeal at www.guidedogs.org.uk/poundforapup/

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