£5,000 funding towards the sponsorship of a hearing dog.

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People was launched at the 1982 Crufts Dog Show and since then the charity has continued to train dogs to alert deaf people to specific sounds, whether in the home, workplace or public buildings.  So far they have placed over 1200 hearing dogs throughout England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands.

A hearing dog changes a deaf person’s life on many levels. Deafness can be a very isolating and lonely disability; a hearing dog can offer a practical alternative to technical equipment – particularly for those deaf people who find such equipment restricting – with the added benefit of giving the recipient increased independence, greater confidence, companionship and a feeling of security.

The dogs themselves can be pedigrees or mongrels, and large or small, but they are all easily recognisable by their distinctive burgundy jacket and lead slips, which also helps to identify the recipient’s otherwise ‘invisible’ disability.      

Around seventy-five per cent of hearing dogs are selected from rescue centres, offering safe and loving homes to otherwise unwanted dogs.

The funding from the KCCT will sponsor a hearing dog from selection to the end of his working life.

Scarlet, pictured here is the most recent hearing dog to be sponsored by the Trust.

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