Volunteer Driver & Guide for Guide Dog Free Runs
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Volunteering • Organisation role
Contact person
CamSight Volunteer Team
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Visually impaired Service User needs a volunteer to drive her and her Guide Dog to a local park, so the Guide dog can go for a free run.
Volunteer Driver & Guide for Guide Dog Free Runs
Could you help make a real difference to a local person living with sight loss and their guide dog?
We are looking for a friendly and reliable volunteer to support a visually impaired woman and her guide dog by driving them to a local park on a regular basis. This gives the guide dog the opportunity to enjoy some valuable off-harness "free run" time, an important part of a guide dog's wellbeing and development.
During the visit, you would also provide some sighted guidance support while the guide dog is off harness and enjoying its free run.
What would you be doing?
- Driving the service user and guide dog to and from a local park
- Providing sighted guidance support while at the park
- Offering friendly companionship and reassurance
- Helping the guide dog enjoy safe and enriching free-run exercise
What skills do you need?
- A full driving license and access to a suitable vehicle
- Confidence around dogs, particularly guide dogs
- Good communication skills
- Reliability and a friendly, patient approach
Training and support No previous experience of guiding someone with sight loss is needed. Full sighted guide training and ongoing support will be provided.
This is a rewarding opportunity to support both a visually impaired person and their guide dog, helping them maintain independence, confidence, and wellbeing.
If you'd like to find out more, we'd love to hear from you.
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About CamSight
CamSight is a Cambridgeshire charity that supports local people of all ages living with low vision and blindness to live the lives they choose. We work to enhance independence, improve well-being, and improve inclusion.
Our vision
A world of equality, in which people of all ages who are blind or have low vision achieve the possibilities they choose in life.
Our values
At CamSight, we strive for a world of equality, in which people of all ages who have low vision and blindness achieve the possibilities they choose in life.
In this mission, we aim to uphold the following values in all that we do:
o Person-centred
Our beneficiaries are at the heart of everything we do. We see individuals as whole people, not defined by one element of their lives. Our work is holistic in approach. All are welcome at CamSight.
o Empowering
We enable everyone to be able to reach their full potential. We provide the tools, information, and advice to allow people to live the lives they choose. We do not prescribe or dictate terms; we empower decision and action. We invest in our staff and volunteers to meet their aspirations and those of CamSight.
o Friendly
We are caring and empathetic to all we work with. We are a friendly voice at the end of a telephone call or a friendly face to chat with over a cup of tea. We are responsive in our communication and in our work. We create a positive, professional environment in which to work.
o Collaborative
We work well together and with others. We are flexible and adaptable in our approach, looking to build our partnerships and networks for the benefit of our beneficiaries.
o Accountable
We are accountable to each other and to our beneficiaries. We monitor and report our impact, our finances, our progress, and our plans in an open and honest way. We build trust through transparency. We welcome feedback and we work to improve.