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SALTMARSH HOUSE Hayling Herald Community update
RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME
Guide Dog fundraisers hit
brilliant £13,000 milestone
Detached, family run home.
12 single rooms with facilities including ensuite.
24 hour quality care, from highly trained,
award winning staff.
Excellent home cooked food daily, all diets catered for.
Regular Social events, activities and outings organised.
Hairdresser, Chiropodist, re昀氀exologist and
beautician visits.
Spacious lounge and conservatory.
Respite care available.
Swimming pool (outdoor heated) available for use.
Visitors always welcome
Rooms available now.
12 Saltmarsh Lane, Hayling Island
Tel: 023 92462183
karen.morriss-dixon@virgin.net
www.saltmarshhouse.co.uk
By Gemma Webster from Guide Dogs
FUNDRAISERS in Havant and Hayling Island have won recognition for
raising £13,000, which will pay for a
guide dog partnership with someone
with sight loss.
Thanks to these hard-working volunteers, guide dog Pilot is now fully
funded to support someone with sight
loss for her working dog career.
It costs around £55,000 to breed,
train and support a guide dog
throughout their life. The charity
Guide Dogs continues to support the
dogs during their time working as a
guide, so the £13,000 figure covers the
cost of food, vets’ bills and ongoing
training after the dog is partnered with
someone with sight loss.
The Havant and Hayling Island
fundraising group, made up entirely
of volunteers, raised the sum through
local activities like collections and
sponsored events.
Shona Lawson, of Guide Dogs, said:
‘This amazing group of volunteers
have done incredibly well to raise this
sum, which will make a real difference
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for the people we support.
‘Volunteers kindly offer their time,
support and energy to our charity.
Without them, we wouldn’t be able to
continue our work.
‘Our guide dogs are truly life-changing, allowing people with sight loss to
enjoy the same freedom and independence as everyone else.
‘We are so proud of our volunteers
and would like to thank them for everything they do.
‘We also wish to recognise the fantastic support that the group receives
from individuals and businesses within the local community.’
There are around 48,720 people living with sight loss across Hampshire.
While not all of these people are registered blind, their sight loss is significant enough to impact their daily lives.
n The charity is looking for more
volunteers to help out in a number of
roles, from fundraising to helping raise
puppies.
To find out about volunteering for
Guide Dogs, visit guidedogs.org.uk/
Guide dog Pilot, top. Tim and Sarah with Paso
volunteer or call 0800 781 1444