A kind-hearted Black Country manufacturer is helping people with sight loss with its biggest charity donation yet.
Alloy Wire International (AWI), which supplies a range of 60 exotic alloys to over 6000 industrial customers globally, has given sight loss charity Guide Dogs £10,000 towards its wide range of services to support people living with a vision impairment.
Part of its ‘Wired for Good’ campaign, the value of the gift has seen the company name its own ‘guide dog’ puppy ‘Allie’, who is currently going through the training she needs before being placed with an individual.
She will be one of 200 current working guide dog partnerships across the Black Country, Shropshire and Staffordshire.
Paul Chatterley, Sales Executive of Alloy Wire International, commented: “We are very passionate about the communities we operate in and, as part of our commitment to helping people and good causes, we decided to choose Guide Dogs as our latest beneficiary.
“Sight is so important and something that we probably take for granted. The £10,000 donation – our largest yet – will help deliver with and without dog services to people with visual impairments in our region.”
He continued: “This is life changing and allows individuals to live their best possible lives and contribute positively to society. Better still, we got to name our own puppy Allie (close to Alloy) and can follow her journey from training to working partnership. We’ll also get to meet the little lady in person.”
Guide Dogs is the ninth beneficiary of the AWI ‘Wired for Good’ Campaign, which has now directed £50,000 to various good causes across the West Midlands.
These have included Fisher House, Sands, the baby loss charity, Mary Stevens Hospice, the Chris Westwood Charity for Children with Physical Disabilities, the Giving Hands Mission, Acorns Children’s Hospice, and male mental health help group ‘Tough Enough to Care’.
Councillor Karl Denning, Castle & Priory Ward at Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, knows only too well the importance of AWI’s latest donation.
“Guide Dogs say they are life changing, I actually still say they are lifesaving. My guide dogs have enhanced my life so much and gave me back faith in my own abilities. I also gained a new best friend.”
Mary Conner, Community Fundraising Relationship Manager at Guide Dogs, concluded:
“We’re incredibly grateful to everyone from Alloy Wire International for its generous donation to Guide Dogs – thank you. As a charity we rely completely on donations and fundraising, so every penny we raise will help make a difference to people living with sight loss”.
For further information, please visit www.alloywire.com or www.guidedogs.org.uk
