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Partners Gets £9,150 from Lottery |
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Canine
Partners has received a £9,150 lottery grant for their
Volunteer Development Project |
Canine Partners (Registered Charity No. 803680), a charity specialising
in providing highly trained assistance dogs to people with disabilities,
has today, Friday 20th February 2009, received a grant from the
lottery distributor Awards for All. The £9,150 will be used
for the charity’s Volunteer Development Project, to recruit
and train more volunteers locally and regionally to enable Canine
Partners to help more people with disabilities.
Awards for All England is a lottery grants scheme for local community
projects, bringing lottery funding into local neighbourhoods. The
scheme is supported by the Arts Council England, the Big Lottery
Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund and Sport England. Grants range
from £300 to £10,000 for people to take part in art,
sport, heritage and community activities, and projects that promote
education, the environment and health in the local community.
Canine Partners will be using the grant to support volunteer roles
including puppy parents, foster parents, fundraisers, administrators,
speakers and fundraising support groups. Canine Partners Fundraising
& Marketing Manager Isabel Campbell comments, “Volunteer
roles will open up career progression, returning to work or further
education opportunities. We aim to provide a fulfilling experience
to increase volunteers' self-esteem, motivation and well-being.
The project will also improve the facilities we provide for volunteers
and beneficiaries, provide a professional environment and ensure
our volunteers' needs are met as well as our own as an organisation.”
About
Canine Partners
Officially launched in 1990, Canine Partners enables people with
disabilities to enjoy greater independence and a better quality
of life through the help of specially trained dogs.
Training
assistance dogs to transform the lives of people with disabilities
enriches human life in practical ways such as dressing and undressing,
supermarket shopping and vital emergency response procedures. In
addition it provides physiological, psychological and social benefits
that help keep people healthy and happy.
As a registered charity Canine Partners receives no government funding
and is wholly dependant on public donations and legacies.
For further information on fundraising, donations, volunteering
or applying for a Canine Partner, please call 08456 580480 or visit
www.caninepartners.co.uk.
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