EuroWire November 2024

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AWI takes the lead with donation A UK wire manufacturer is helping people with sight loss with its largest charity donation to date. Alloy Wire International (AWI), which supplies a range of 60 exotic alloys to more than 6,000 industrial customers globally, has given sight loss charity Guide Dogs £10,000 towards its wide range of services to support people living with a vision impairment. “The £10,000 donation – our largest yet – will help deliver with and without dog services to people with visual impairments in our region.” The company chose the name Allie for its similarity to “alloy”. AWI will follow her journey from training to working partnership, and will also have chance to meet her in person.

Guide Dogs is the ninth beneficiary of AWI’s Wired for Good campaign, which has now directed £50,000 to various good causes across the UK’s West Midlands region. These have included Fisher House, Sands baby loss charity, Mary Stevens Hospice, the Chris Westwood Charity for Children with Physical Disabilities, the Giving Hands Mission, Acorns Children’s Hospice and male mental health help group Tough Enough to Care. Councillor Karl Denning, Castle & Priory Ward at Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, knows first-hand the importance of AWI’s latest donation. He commented, “Guide Dogs say they are life changing; I actually still say they are life saving. My guide dogs have enhanced my life so

As part of the AWI’s Wired for Good campaign, the value of the gift has seen the company name its own guide dog puppy, Allie, who is currently going through the training she needs before being placed with an individual. She will be one of 200 current working guide dog partnerships across the Black Country, Shropshire and Staffordshire areas of the UK. Paul Chatterley, sales executive of Alloy Wire International, commented, “We are very passionate about the communities we operate in and, as part of our commitment to helping people and good causes, we decided to choose Guide Dogs as our latest beneficiary. Sight is so important and something that we probably take for granted.

Guide dog puppy Allie

much and gave me back faith in my own abilities. I also gained a new best friend.” Mary Conner, community fundraising relationship manager at Guide Dogs, said, “We’re incredibly grateful to everyone from Alloy Wire International for its generous donation to Guide Dogs – thank you. As a charity we rely completely on donations and fundraising, so every penny we raise will help make a difference to people living with sight loss.” Alloy Wire International www.alloywire.com Guide Dogs www.guidedogs.org.uk

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