Clarity Environmental has announced a partnership with UK charity, Canine Partners, helping to transform the life of someone living with a physical disability.

Canine Partners provides assistance dogs to those with physical disabilities, such as Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy or spinal injuries. The charity selects and trains puppies to help with everyday tasks that are difficult, painful or impossible, such as opening and closing doors, unloading the washing machine, pressing buttons and fetching help in an emergency.

Environmental compliance provider Clarity Environmental has committed to donating £20,000 over the next four years to sponsor a puppy from selection at eight weeks old, right through to its retirement.

Named by the team, Claro was born on 31 July 2018 and is currently under the watchful eye of a Canine Partner trainer in Somerset. Between 14 and 18 months old Claro will move to a training centre to learn advanced tasks where he will be carefully matched with an adult who has a disability.

Clarity Environmental has made a pledge to donate at least one per cent of profits each quarter to charitable causes or awareness campaigns and has so far donated over £30,000 in 2018 to a range of charities.

Commenting on the charity partnership, Clarity Managing Director David Honcoop said: “We are so pleased to be supporting Canine Partners. I fully understand the joy and companionship a dog can bring a household, and for someone living with a disability, a dog can provide even more than friendship, giving life-changing help with everyday tasks.

“We are on a mission to help improve lives, protect nature and make the environment around us a better place to live. By supporting Canine Partners we hope to use the success of our business to change one person’s life for the better.”

Canine Partners Chief Executive Nicola Martin, added: “We are delighted that Clarity has chosen to support Canine Partners over the next four years and help us train and partner one of our amazing dogs with someone whose life will be transformed by the support of an assistance dog. We rely on support from organisations like Clarity to help us fulfil our mission and it was wonderful to meet some of the team and show them around one of our purpose-built training centres. We look forward to sharing photos and updates of Claro and developing our partnership with Clarity over the coming years.”

You can find out more information about Clarity Environmental on the company’s website.