Inspirational
Basepoint Swindon, held there popular B2B Networking event on the 13th July 2016 with guest speaker Alan Fletcher and his Guide Dog Nutmeg.
Alan was an engineering manager at BMW when he lost his sight in his 50's due to a genetic condition. In May 2006 Alan received his first guide dog called Joy. Until Joy arrived Alan was one of 180,000 visually impaired people in the United Kingdom that couldn’t leave their house alone. Joy gave Alan back mobility, freedom, confidence and independence.
Sadly, at the age of eight and a half years Joy had to be put to sleep but Alan now has a new Guide Dog called Nutmeg. Together they work to not only raise funds to train the next generation of Guide Dogs but also highlighting the truly brilliant work that Guide Dogs do for blind people within our community.
Lyn Chapman, Basepoint Swindon Centre Manager, commented; “Alans talk was truly captivating and inspirational, without doubt Alan presented a picture of the devastating effect going blind had on his life and the impact on his family. It was an emotionally moving presentation and we owe Alan our thanks for taking the time to do this presentation.”