Documentary Unit: Ability Dogs Response

Today i received a phone call from Carol Court, Founder of Ability Dogs for Young People. The conversation was really positive and she has said that her charity would love to be involved in the documentary which is great. She discussed with me some filming opportunities on the phone and i noted these down and told her i would email her with an outline of our intentions for filming after discussing with the team.

Some of the ideas that she put forward to me were:

Christina & Georgie in training

On the week of the 7th of April, the Charities first sponsor dog - Georgie will be going to live with Christina, a young girl who suffers from Cerebral Palsy. We could film this and learn more about Christina and Georgie.

Puppy Training classes - The Charities Puppies are trained once a week on a Wednesday and we would have full access to filming opportunities here. We could also film some of the puppies performing their newly learnt tricks such as taking washing out of the machine.

There are 2 young guys who will receive their dogs in November she will speak to them about potential interviews. We could also film the dogs that will be going to them.

After talking with the Danny & Chris, the only issue is making sure we are able to travel to the Isle of Wight on a budget. I will be looking into this in more detail but we are all committed to this idea should all the filming opportunities be granted as it is looking at being a great story for our documentary so are willing to spend some money on travel & accommodation.

Stay safe,

Helen Welsh