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Virgin Trains provides First Class service for guide and assistance dogs

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.

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Assistance Dog Owners take discrimination message to Downing Street

Five guide and assistance dogs, with their owners, have been to Downing Street (Wednesday, 06 February), campaigning against the discrimination they face from service providers; despite the Disability Discrimination Act.

Canine Partners, Dogs for the Disabled, Guide Dogs, Hearing Dogs and Support Dogs are working together as Assistance Dogs UK (ADUK) to promote rights of access to restaurants, shops and other services for assistance dog users.

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Five charities have announced plans to designate 2008 Year of the Assistance Dog, campaigning for the rights of guide dog and other assistance dog users.

Canine Partners, Dogs for the Disabled, Guide Dogs, Hearing Dogs and Support Dogs will work together as Assistance Dogs UK (AD UK) to promote rights of access to services for assistance dog users.

Assistance dog users will nominate retailers, leisure facilities, public premises, parks and transport operators for Dog Star awards, giving service providers an incentive to make their premises assistance dog friendly.

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Assistance Dogs are First Class: It’s official!

A set of Royal Mail stamps, due to go on sale this week (5^th February) and paying tribute to working dogs, will feature two dogs representing the Assistance Dog movement.