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Five guide and assistance dogs, with their owners, went to Downing Street
(Wednesday, 06 February), to campaign against the discrimination they face
from service providers; despite the Disability Discrimination Act.
During the visit, Phil Hope MP was presented with Dog Star Awards on behalf
of Downing Street and the Cabinet Office, in recognition of the
accessibility for guide and assistance dog users.
Mr Hope is pictured receiving the awards from
profoundly deaf Tracy Lewis (with hearing dog, Budgie) from Westbury,
Wiltshire.
Phil Hope MP said: "I'm very pleased to
accept the Assistance Dogs UK award on behalf on the Cabinet Office and 10
Downing Street. The Government wants to achieve full equality for disabled
people by 2025 but to do this we need to hear the views of people who are
affected. I thank Assistance Dogs UK for giving voice to the people they
represent and will certainly discuss what I have learned today with
ministerial colleagues."
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Virgin Trains |
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Launching Year of the Assistance Dog at Crufts, five guide and
assistance dog owners – with their dogs – arrived in style, courtesy of
Virgin Trains, on Thursday, 06 March.
After alighting at Birmingham International station, the five passengers
– with canine companions – presented a Dog Star award to Bob Powell,
Virgin Trains’ on board services manager.
To see the full
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