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23/07/2012
Grant To Train Dogs To Load Washing Machines
Dogs that can load the washing machine will be one benefit of a lottery money grant.
The new charity Assistance Dogs Northern Ireland is one of 89 groups across Northern Ireland awarded grants from the Big Lottery Fund's Awards for All programme.
The organisation will get £9,727 to buy pups, have them fostered for 18 months, and then train them to help improve the quality of life for the people they support.
Elizabeth Black of the charity explained that the grant would help it get its first dogs.
She said: "I am a wheelchair user and have my own assistance dog, Barnaby, who is a King Charles Spaniel and he is a huge support to me.
"But there is very little support for assistance dogs for people with disabilities or children with autism in Northern Ireland.
"A dog can be trained to do things like loading and unloading a washing machine, switching lights on and off, picking up something that has fallen or lifting the post – things that Barnaby does for me. This increases the independence and mobility of a person with a disability.
"Assistance dogs are also a great benefit to children with autism as they can protect them and also be a source of comfort, helping to calm them and make them feel safe."
Frank Hewitt of the Big Lottery Fund said that "small pots of funding" could have a "big impact" on communities.
Application forms and guidance notes are available to download at www.awardsforall.org.uk.
Photographs: Elizabeth Black of Assistance Dogs Northern Ireland with her dog Barnaby.
(NE)
The new charity Assistance Dogs Northern Ireland is one of 89 groups across Northern Ireland awarded grants from the Big Lottery Fund's Awards for All programme.
The organisation will get £9,727 to buy pups, have them fostered for 18 months, and then train them to help improve the quality of life for the people they support.
Elizabeth Black of the charity explained that the grant would help it get its first dogs.
She said: "I am a wheelchair user and have my own assistance dog, Barnaby, who is a King Charles Spaniel and he is a huge support to me.
"But there is very little support for assistance dogs for people with disabilities or children with autism in Northern Ireland.
"A dog can be trained to do things like loading and unloading a washing machine, switching lights on and off, picking up something that has fallen or lifting the post – things that Barnaby does for me. This increases the independence and mobility of a person with a disability.
"Assistance dogs are also a great benefit to children with autism as they can protect them and also be a source of comfort, helping to calm them and make them feel safe."
Frank Hewitt of the Big Lottery Fund said that "small pots of funding" could have a "big impact" on communities.
Application forms and guidance notes are available to download at www.awardsforall.org.uk.
Photographs: Elizabeth Black of Assistance Dogs Northern Ireland with her dog Barnaby.
(NE)
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