Governing document DOGS FOR SIGHT
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 17 Mar 2020
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: (1) PROMOTING THE INDEPENDENT MOBILITY OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH GUIDE DOGS, KNOWN AS ÔSEEING DOGSÖ; (2) BREEDING, PURCHASING OR OTHERWISE LAWFULLY ACQUIRING DOGS OF A NATURE AND PHYSIQUE APPROPRIATE FOR TRAINING AS SEEING DOGS; (3) ADVANCING THE MOBILITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS WHO SEEK THE SERVICES OF THE CIO BY PROVIDING THEM WITH SEEING DOGS, AND PROVIDING INSTRUCTION IN RELATION TO THE USE, CARE AND CONTROL OF SEEING DOGS; (4) PROVIDING THE LONG CANE TO DISABLED PERSONS, AND INSTRUCTION IN RELATION TO THEIR USAGE, IF A BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSON CANNOT BE PROVIDED WITH A SEEING DOG, DUE TO THEIR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL STATE; (5) FACILITATING THE PRODUCTION AND CIRCULATION OF INFORMATION ON SEEING DOGS, BLIND MOBILITY OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION IN FURTHERANCE OF THE INDEPENDENT MOBILITY OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PERSONS.