Who is Guide Dogs Australia?
Guide Dogs Australia is a brand that represents Australia's state and territory-based Guide Dog organisations.
About Guide Dogs
Guide Dogs delivers essential services to children, teenagers, adults and older Australians who have low vision or blindness. All our services are provided at no cost to our clients!
Guide Dogs Australia receives minimal government funding and therefore relies on the generous support of the community to fund programs and services such as: Guide Dogs, Orientation and mobility services, Assistance Dogs, Daily Living Services, Adaptive Technology, Client Support and Client Advocacy.
Our Belief
We believe that vision loss will not and should not limit a person's independence. We provide assistance to anyone with low vision or blindness, no matter what age or level of vision, and we work to ensure that they are are active and involved members of the community.
DID YOU KNOW?
It costs in excess of $50,000 to breed, raise and train a Guide Dog.
Every hour of every day, an Australian family learns that their loved one will have severe or permanent sight loss.
Nine of these Australians will eventually go blind.
About PAWGUST
Since the first PAWGUST challenge in 2018, the PAWGUST community has raised more than $6.7 million dollars for Guide Dogs.
Funds raised throughout PAWGUST go towards funding our wide range of services that help people with low vision or blindness to enhance their mobility and independence.
HERE IS WHAT OUR PAWGUST COMMUNITY HAS ACHIEVED SINCE 2018:
$6.7M
raised for Guide Dogs
134
Guide Dogs funded
50,000+
participants
THANK YOU!
We would like to take a moment to say a huge, tail wagging thank you to every person and pooch who has participated in PAWGUST in previous years and to those who are going to be part of PAWGUST this year.
Together, we are achieving great things.
