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Dear [INSERT CANDIDATES NAME],

I’m writing to you as the candidate for [INSERT WARD NAME or LOCAL AREA NAME] to ask you to help people with sight loss live independently by supporting Guide Dogs’ local election manifesto. You can find the manifesto using the following link ‘Guide Dogs manifesto 2025’.

There are an estimated 1.8 million people with sight loss living in England, including 1.5 million people over 65 and 25,000 children.

From inaccessible streets to guide dog owners being refused access to local businesses, people with sight loss face numerous barriers to living independently and accessing their local community. Many of these challenges are not faced by people with sight loss alone, but also by other disabled people and older residents.

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Guide Dogs’ local election manifesto sets out some key steps you and [INSERT LOCAL COUNCIL] can take to help remove these barriers and make [AREA NAME] accessible for people with sight loss, including:

· Ensuring streets and active travel schemes are designed to be accessible for people with sight loss

Please let me know if you support Guide Dogs’ local election manifesto and, if you are elected, will work to make [INSERT AREA NAME] an inclusive and accessible place to live for people with sight loss.

Yours sincerely,

[YOUR NAME]

[YOUR ADDRESS]