Hypo Hounds is a charity that trains dogs to detect and alert dangerous changes to their Type 1 Diabetic owners’ blood sugar levels. The charity’s services are focussed on diabetic children, enabling them to gain independence and freedom.

The charity applied for a grant from the Hays Travel Foundation to provide vital, lifesaving services to children with Type 1 Diabetes through specialist training of a Diabetic alert dog. The dogs are able to detect scent that would be apparent when there are dangerous changes to a child’s glucose levels, and to fetch the kit with lifesaving equipment, vital to the lives of children with Type 1 Diabetes.

With the help of the Hays Travel Foundation, four families have been directly impacted through the life saving work of Hypo Hounds. As a result of the grant from the Hays Travel Foundation, there has been an increase in demand for Hypo Hounds’ services and has allowed for awareness to be developed.