Local Elections 2025: How you can help

On 1 May Local and Mayoral elections will take place in some parts of England. You may be voting for one or more of these in your local area. Find out your local candidates' details using the following link (external webpage): 'Who Can I Vote For?'

Will you contact your local candidates by email or on social media and share Guide Dogs Manifesto?

Email your candidate (email templates)

Use the following link to find some suggested wording to email your councillor candidates, there is a section to add in any personal experience you may have Letter to councillors
Use the following link to find some suggested wording to email your Mayoral candidates, there is a section to add in any personal experience you may have Letter to Mayoral candidates

Contact your candidate on X (suggested posts)

@guidedogscampaigns is calling on local election candidates to pledge to make their local area inclusive for people with sight loss. Are you backing Guide Dogs’ local election manifesto? [TAG LOCAL CANDIDATES] https://bit.ly/guidedogslocal25
@guidedogscampaigns is calling on local election candidates to pledge to make streets accessible for people with sight loss. Are you backing Guide Dogs’ local election manifesto? [TAG LOCAL CANDIDATES] https://bit.ly/guidedogslocal25 #StreetsAhead

Post on Facebook Community Group (suggested text to post)

Note: If you are posting in a local Facebook Community Group, you may want to ask the administrators if it is okay to post about Guide Dogs’ local election manifesto, as some have rules on posts that may be considered political.

The charity Guide Dogs is calling on local election candidates to commit to making [INSERT LOCAL AREA NAME] an inclusive place for people with sight loss. This includes by making sure our streets are designed to be accessible for people with sight loss, working with local businesses to help end access refusals for guide dog owners, and working with local police to stop e-scooters being ridden illegally or anti-socially. Are any of our local election candidates are in this group, and if so will they support Guide Dogs’ local election manifesto? You can find the manifesto here: https://bit.ly/guidedogslocal25