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Three canine heroes change Ann’s life

As Support Dogs celebrates its 30th anniversary, long-term client Ann, who has epilepsy, looks back over some memorable moments with her three life-saving seizure alert dogs – and at what life was like before her first support dog.
Support dog of the future Alex makes two families proud

Puppy Alex is keeping the memory alive of a young man called Alex who died after an epileptic seizure.
Lockdown silver lining for Diana and her support dog Lennie

Diana and her Labrador Retriever Lennie qualified as a disability assistance partnership despite starting their training in unpromising circumstances.
Support dog Mater gives Freya a sporting chance

Support dog Mater has given Freya, who has muscular dystrophy, the confidence to realise her dreams as a top UK wheelchair athlete.

Autism assistance

Our autism assistance dog programme works to increase safety and the ability to have more socially inclusive life for children aged between 3 and 10 years of age with autism and their families.
Disability assistance

Our disability assistance dogs are trained to support their owners by carrying out tasks tailored to their needs such as dressing and undressing, loading and unloading the washing machine, and raising the alarm. They also enable clients to lead more sociable, independent lives.
Epilepsy seizure alert

Our seizure alert dogs are trained to provide a 100% reliable warning up to 50 minutes prior to an oncoming epileptic seizure, enabling clients to get to a place of safety, and enabling them to live more independently.
What we do

Support Dogs is a charity training autism assistance dog, epilepsy seizure alert dogs and disability assistance dogs for those affected by a wide range of physical conditions including MS, Cerebral Palsy and fibromyalgia.
Job vacancies

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Foster Caring - Bed and Breakfast

As Support Dogs doesn't use kennel facilities for its dogs-in-training, we are always looking for evening and weekend and stay-at-home foster carers to provide a loving home for our canine trainees.
Volunteering with our dogs
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Could you be a puppy socialiser?

Could you do something amazing in 2022? We are looking for volunteer puppy socialisers to join our team to provide a loving home and help us prepare our puppies over their first year in training.
Recycle your old stamps

Recycle your stamps to raise vital funds for our work