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Stratford hotel donates £450 to pawesome pooches at Guide Dogs

Staff at a Stratford-upon-Avon hotel have donated hundreds of pounds towards raising and training the next generation of guide dogs thanks to an annual Christmas campaign.

Pawesome pooches from Guide Dogs paid a visit to The Arden Hotel to receive fuss from staff as well as a £450 donation raised from the hotel’s ‘Giving Back’ campaign.

The charity’s breeding centre is based in Bishop’s Tachbrook, just outside of Leamington Spa, which on average has bred up to 1,500 puppies a year since opening its doors in 2011.

Money donated will go towards helping young pups on their journey to become specially-trained dogs for blind or partially-sighted individuals, with the full sum funding a Guide Dog partnership for several months or buying a range of essentials such as new leads and eye checks.

Sai Nathan, General Manager of The Arden Hotel – a 45-bed boutique hotel which is based on Waterside in the historic town centre – said: “It was lovely to welcome some of the pooches at Guide Dogs and their guides to The Arden Hotel.

“It costs Guide Dogs £63.8 million a year to provide their guide dog service and they rely on donations to continue their life-changing work.

“As a hotel, we have a special relationship with Guide Dogs and have supported them since 2015, so we are delighted to dedicate our Giving Back campaign to them and we look forward to continuing our support for years to come.”

The hotel’s Giving Back campaign takes place every Christmas and helps to raise money for local good causes in the area. This year, the hotel pledged to donate £10 for each bedroom sold on a Christmas package.

The hotel has also opened its doors as a donation drop-off point should members of the public want to donate items to the dogs, while donation boxes remain in place over Christmas which will continue to raise money for Guide Dogs.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Matt Joyce .