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News & Blog
Assessing and Matching Dogs
At Forever Hounds Trust, we understand that finding your new canine family member can sometimes feel like a near impossible task! People sometimes comment that rescue organisations place too many restrictions on the type of home each dog is looking for, making it difficult for people to welcome a rescue dog into their home. When …
Our Winter Appeal
The chance of life… New sighthounds are arriving with us every week. The dogs coming into our care are from racing tracks, stray pounds and homes. Some arrive in fairly good health, but others come in a poor condition and in need of veterinary treatment. It is our aim to help as many hounds as …
A Big (Give) Thank You!
THAT’S IT! Our Big Give Christmas Challenge 2023 is over, and….we reached our target thanks to you wonderful people! That means we released ALL of our matching pot, which doubled your kind donations! In total, we raised an AMAZING Β£13,835! This increased to Β£15,070 when gift aid was added! A huge thank you to our …
The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2023
Our campaign “Born to live, not to race” as part of The Big Give Christmas Challenge is now LIVE! Please watch this video see the stark contrast between the lives of racing greyhounds compared to those not involved in the industry. Here at Forever Hounds Trust, we firmly believe that EVERY greyhound should be born …
An Update from Forever Hounds Trust
Back in May we communicated that the charity had to significantly reduce our expenditure to ensure the survival of the charity. As part of the cost reduction programme we made the decision to consolidate our operations to one site, and reduce our overheads, for the viability of the charity. At that time the only option …
Felt Dog Sculpture Winner!
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who entered our draw for the beautiful dog sculpture commission. The draw has been made, and the winner is….. ππ§πΌπ»πΆ π§πΏπΆπ°πΈπ²ππ! π Toni has been informed and is looking forward to having a dog of her choice immortalised in a beautiful piece of artwork. If you weren’t a lucky …
Age is no barrier….part 2!
A few weeks ago, we shared a story of a lovely 102-year-old lady with her greyhound Ella. We had such a lovely response to the post, giving people hope that we had no age restriction on adopters as long as the match was right, and the dog would always be cared for if needed. Imagine …
World Kindness Day
Kindness isnβt something that should only be consciously practiced on this day. A random act of kindness every day can improve your own mood as well as those on the receiving end. Kindness is something we extend to our dogs when we decide to adopt and welcome them into our home. Our patience and thought …
Update from Kaja
Do you remember Cherry? The unfortunate star of our Spring Appeal who was abandoned in a car park with her pups and left to fend for herself? She and her pups were in quite a bad way, but thanks to your kind donations, we were able to nurse them all back to health and find …
Win a wool sculpture of your dog!
This looks like a collage of our supporter’s beautiful dogs, right? WRONG! These are actually the handiwork of talented artist Michelle of Furzie who has very kindly offered us raffle prizes of three commissions of her gorgeous wool sculptures to raise funds for our hounds in need. Do you want to own a gorgeous piece …
Sad farewells to Skye
We were very saddened to hear of the passing of one of our amazing Ambassadogs, Skye. πΎ Skye was an ever-present at our Gloucestershire events, accompanying her volunteer mum, Sarah, at so many events throughout the years. She was the gentlest of souls and a truly wonderful ambassador for the breed. Not only did she …