Sussex is home to approximately 1.4 million people in an area of nearly 1 million acres (3,700sqkm). The local police services are tasked to find, care for and return to a place of safety anyone that is reported missing who is identified as vulnerable or at risk. Search Dogs Sussex support Sussex Police in fulfilling this obligation by providing emergency on-call nationally qualified search dog teams throughout Sussex and the UK to support the emergency services when looking for vulnerable missing people. They do this 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Search Dogs Sussex will tell us more about what they do, the type of people they search for and how they do it. The team was founded in 2003 and is made up entirely of volunteers who (together with their dogs) undergo constant training and must meet rigorous standards in order to obtain operational status. Most of their dog handlers and support staff fit this in around full-time jobs.

Please support both Search Dogs Sussex and Age UK East Grinstead & District who will split the proceeds from ticket sales equally. Age UK East Grinstead work with, and for local older people to make a real and positive difference to their wellbeing and quality of life.