About Support Dogs
Support Dogs is a national charity dedicated to saving and improving the lives of children and adults with various challenging medical conditions. We provide, train and support specialist assistance dogs to achieve this.
We specialise in three specific programmes
Autism assistance dogs
For autistic children, our dogs are trained to provide safety and to facilitate a more independent and socially inclusive life for both the autistic child and their family.
Epilepsy seizure alert dogs
For people with epilepsy. Our dogs are trained to provide a 100% reliable, potentially life saving alert up to 1 hour before an epileptic seizure. This enables the client to find safety and be in control over their seizure, allowing a much more independent life.
Disability assistance dogs
For people with physical disabilities. The client’s own pet dog is trained to perform tasks which are specifically tailored to their individual needs, providing them with greater independence and safety.
Established in 1992, Support Dogs works across England, Scotland and Wales and provides all it services entirely free of charge to those in need of them. However, the charity relies solely on voluntary donations and receives no government funding.
Your Impact
Key 2025 impact figures
- We provided over 800,000 hours of support to individuals and families affected by autism, epilepsy
and disability across the whole of the UK.
- We are truly a national charity, providing support to families and individuals across 45 different
counties across England, Scotland and Wales.
- We provided telephone and email advice, guidance and support to over 4,000 people.
- We worked with 160 families and individuals from starting them on their support dog training
journey to providing care, support and future planning as a support dog reaches the end of their
working life.
- We ran multiple education and learning sessions every week, reaching over 5,000 children and
students in schools across the UK to increase understanding of disability, invisible disability and the role of assistance dogs.
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Support Dogs
Support Dogs provide life saving and life changing support those affected by autism, epilepsy & disability. We train and provide …
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