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It’s International Day of Charity, a day to celebrate the wonderful work charities around the world do. As you all know, we rescue, rehabilitate and rehome greyhounds and lurchers, but do you know what that involves? All of this isn’t cheap as you can well imagine, so we rely on funds from individual supporters, voluntary …

In May, facing pressures raising sufficient income, we made the difficult decision to reduce our operations from two locations down to one. We decided to move dogs away from our Devon Centre and to focus on our rented kennel spaces in Somerset. Since taking that decision we have transferred the hounds that have not yet …

The penultimate leg of our Welsh Volunteers Offa’s Dyke challenge took place last weekend! The team have already covered 158 miles of the trail, and have one last celebratory weekend planned at the end of September to complete the route! Despite their amazing efforts, they are still quite short of their target. PLEASE consider giving …

It’s National Nonprofit Day (NND) – the day to recognise the powerful impact non-profits all over the world have on improving the lives of millions across various communities – for us it’s improving the lives of greyhounds and lurchers that need us. 🐾 Like many charities, we can’t do that without the wonderful generosity of …

It’s International Day of Friendship, and what better day to share this update. George was one of our Spring appeal pups, who was sadly abandoned with his mother Cherry and siblings in a car park; you can read their story here. Now look at him; his days of hardship are well behind him, and since …

Whenever we post pictures of dogs wearing a Cosy Dog harness, we get lots of people asking us where we get them from because they look so…..COSY! The good news is…we sell them! These fleece harnesses are great for dogs that need a strong but soft harness to walk in. Perfect for your dogs that …

We have just launched our Summer Raffle with the following prizes: 1st Prize: £150 2nd Prize: £100 3rd Prize: £75 4th Prize: £50 5th Prize: £25 Our raffle will help us help hounds that need us, hounds like Nigel….. Whilst most greyhounds come to us straight from racing, that is not always the case; Nigel …

Today is Give Something Away Day, so why not give something to Forever Hounds Trust? Things we would love to receive: 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 – a donation is always appreciated, especially now when times are so hard. Without donations we can’t continue our work in rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming greyhounds and lurchers in need. Donate here. 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 …

Wimbledon starts today, and with that, we’d like to introduce you to General, who has just become available for adoption. This bouncy brindle ball boy is really getting into the spirit of the occasion by testing out the tennis balls to ensure they are ready for the next two weeks of play. 🥎 General is …

It’s Father’s Day, and we want to give a special shout-out to all the dad’s out there. BUT, very special to us, are our wonderful foster dad’s, without who we wouldn’t be able to help as many hounds as we do. A dog may need to go into foster for a number of reasons; they …

It is World Blood Donor Day, a day to thank voluntary blood donors and encourage blood donation and new donors, especially by representing how blood donations have saved and changed lives. This is not just within the human population, but within the canine population too. So, on that note, meet some of our supporter’s canine …

It’s Volunteer’s Week – a chance to recognise the fantastic contribution volunteers make to our communities and say thank you. Volunteer’s Week 2023 is a time to celebrate and inspire. Never has there been a time that Forever Hounds Trust, and rescue charities in general, need volunteers more. The cost of rescue is increasing, but …