Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce announces Hypo Hounds as their 2024-25 Charity of the Year

Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce has chosen to support Hypo Hounds as their Chosen Charity of the Year. As Kent’s leading business support organisation, the Chamber will help raise much needed awareness and support through its members across the County.

There are 29,000 children in the UK living with Type 1 Diabetes. It is still within the top 5 causes of paediatric death in the UK and is not related to lifestyle choices, there is no known cause and no cure. Hypo Hounds supports families with children living with the condition and trains specialist assistance dogs to alert to the fluctuating changes in the child’s blood sugar levels preventing the child from collapsing, or even worse!

Their Assistance Dogs provide a vital lifeline of independence for these children and their families, clinically, mentally and emotionally.

Jane Pearman , Chief Executive for Hypo Hounds, said: “We do that by training specialist assistance dogs to improve lives.

We are the only UK charity dedicated to providing this area of expertise for children with access to continuous glucose monitoring systems and our dogs work alongside technology to provide a holistic approach to Diabetic care”

“We have our National Training Centre based in Maidstone, Kent where our amazing training team conduct the training of these amazing dogs and where we offer other services such as counselling, respite care and support for parents, siblings and care givers”

“We receive no government funding and we are completely reliant on donations from our supporters to fund all of this work, which is why we are so grateful to have been chosen as charity of the year by Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce.”

“As a member of the Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce ourselves we would like to say a big Thank You to everyone involved. We are so excited to be working with you all and bringing our puppies along to meet you all in the year ahead.”

Tudor Price, Chief Executive of Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce, said: “We’re delighted to be supporting this incredibly worthy cause as our Chamber Charity of the Year. The work undertaken by Hypo Hounds makes such a difference to those young people not able to help themselves as they get to grips with this challenging condition. We look forward to supporting them in the coming months and helping them to reach more young people in need.”

Visit hypohounds.co.uk for more information.