Our Mission is to provide the highest quality of services in partnership with our clients while planning for the future and valuing clients, volunteers and each other. We receive over 85% of our income through voluntary donations and fundraising through a network of volunteers across the country. It will cost over €4 million to run our organisation this year.Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind is proud to be a member of VISPA (Vision Impaired Service Providers Alliance), which includes Fighting Blindness, Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind, NCBI (National Council for the Blind of Ireland) and ChildVision the National Education Centre for Blind Children (formerly St. Joseph's Centre for the Visually Impaired).Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind is also a member of the International Guide Dog Federation and Assistance Dogs Europe.Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind is committed to best practice governance systems and procedures.Our Board of Directors has adopted the Code of Practice for Good Governance of Community, Voluntary and Charitable Organisations in Ireland. For more information on this Governance Code check out www.governancecode.ie.We are signed up to The Statement of Guiding Principles for Fundraising which sets out best practice for dealing with donors, volunteers and fundraising activity. Our annual accounts are prepared in line with the SORP (The Statement of Recommended Practice) which is the gold standard for the charitable sector.