What We Do

Support Dogs is a UK charity dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with epilepsy and people with disabilities by training dogs to act as efficient and safe assistants.

Our dogs are trained to assist and support their owners with their specific disability. Each dog is taught tasks tailored to his owner's needs, enabling the disabled person to lead a fuller and more independent life

As registered Assistance Dogs, all Support Dogs have full access into restricted areas and are able to accompany their owner at all times.

The charity trains three main types of Support Dog: Seizure Alert Dogs, Disability Assistance Dogs and Autism Assistance Dogs. All three  programmes run nationally with the main training taking place in our National Training Centre in Sheffield.

Each dog costs in the region of £10,000 to train and support for life and we are committed to our policy of making no charge to the disabled person for the dogs training.

Support Dogs have trained more than 160 partnerships in total and, subject to funding, aims to train a further 20 dogs each year

Charity Profile

Our Mission

To improve the quality of life for people with physical disabilities and epilepsy by training and educating dogs to act as safe and efficient assistants and to provide additional 'facilities' for disabled people as the association from time to time shall deem appropriate

Our Vision

To expand the Charity throughout this millennium in order to continue to offer help to a wider geographical spectrum and to strive to reach even more disabled people

Email: Supportdogs@btconnect.com
Tel:     0114  261  7800

Charity Reg. No. 1088281