The Dog Blog

Labrador specialists, fun fundraisers and two wonderful human beings... that pretty much sums up Gill & Kevin, our Volunteers of the Month!

Emmanuelle is an exceptional volunteer who epitomises what it means to be an advocate for deafened people.

Suz Hext, a Paralympian, Para Swimming World Champion and Para Dressage Triple European Gold Medallist, was achieving amazing things in the athletic spotlight. But behind the scenes she was finding life tough due to her invisible disability - her deafness.

Kind-hearted and community-minded to the core, Sandra & Graham Daynes from Bristol are volunteering luminaries within Hearing Dogs!

Jason and Yvonne were used to navigating a silent world. But when they couldn’t hear a medical device alarm, they realised they needed more support.

Amazing news to bring you as our Hertfordshire Fundraising branch has reached the incredible milestone of raising £1 million for Hearing Dogs!

Linda’s partnership with hearing dog Fidget began in 2015. Nine years on, as Fidget nears retirement, Linda looks back at the wonderful life she has enjoyed with her devoted Labrador.

Since joining as a volunteer, Dawn has been hugely positive, open-minded and accommodating to the changing needs of the charity.

Today is ‘Take your dog to work day’ which for many of our dogs, is every day! Mike shares the incredible difference his hearing dog, Ron, has made to his working life.

Lauren was born profoundly deaf. In 2008, at the age of nine, she became one of just 12 children to be partnered with a hearing dog in a pilot study, partly funded by the BBC Children in Need Appeal.

Matt and Viv Bridgman give a frank, real-life perspective on becoming first-time volunteer puppy trainers #VolunteerVoices

From giving Ash and Ivan the perfect retirement homes to gardening at our southern training centre, and everything else in between, Phil has made a huge impact since he started volunteering at Hearing Dogs nine years ago.