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Spotlight on: The Guide Line Advisor.

After suffering a seizure when she was born, Ronnie has Optic Nerve Hyoplasia, Myopia, Astigmatism, Nystagmus, and Left Divergent Squint, leaving her with no sight in her left eye and 10% vision in her right eye.

Now 10-years old, like all other kids her age Ronnie has great aspirations for the future and wants to be a makeup artist.

We shine a light on some of the amazing Guide Dogs' volunteers who have received awards over Volunteers' Week and The Queen's Jubilee.

Working at Guide Dogs isn’t your everyday office job. This is heads, hearts and hands-on stuff. Each month our Spotlight series shines a light on one of our many life-affirming roles.

“Families don’t want sympathy; they want to feel as if the person they’re talking to has a real understanding of what they’re going through.”

This month, family support officer Abigail Strong shares how it feels to help parents receiving a first diagnosis of their child or teen’s vision impairment, and why she loves helping families to navigate the world of vision impairments.

Will you join us in celebrating Volunteers' Week?

We’ve got a fantastic range of jobs - over 400 roles - at Guide Dogs. So this week, we’re asking Alex Pepper, our first Head of Accessibility, what makes him tick. Clue: it’s got a lot to do with levelling the playing field while giving stepladders to all those who need.

An interview with Emma Mellor, a technical learning specialist for Guide Dogs

Golden Retriever Cooper recently came into the lives of the Darbyshire family from Gateshead, and already they say they can't imagine a life without him.