Last weekend saw the Great Greyhound gathering take place at Nottingham Racecourse. The GGG is organised by the Retired Greyhound Trust and it attracts people who are interested in greyhounds from all over the country.
We are very pleased to know that two of our greyhound Blog authors managed to attend the event.
Fiona has already written a greyhound blog about her day. Take a look and see how she got on.
Sue has kindly emailed in the following photos for us to show you from the event.
Sue with Pepper and Pickle at the Great Greyhound Gathering in Nottingham 2012.
It seems a fun time was had by all. RGT Liverpool branch had an entry in the fancy dress competition that was particularly unusual and eyecatching.
RGT Liverpool’s fantastic fancy dress entry at the Great Greyhound Gathering 2012 of “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” greyhound style of course!
Homed Greyhounds:
Ainslie and Patrick have been adopted.
Reserved Greyhounds:
Jess and Jimi are reserved.
New Greyhound Arrivals:
Ellie and Jonnie are our most recent arrivals. Their details and photographs to follow soon.
Greyhound Blogs:
Fiona has a new Greyhound Blog on site.
Monty did really well and won third place in the Best Black Greyhound Dog competition at the Great Greyhound Gathering 2012 at Nottingham.
Paul has also written a new Greyhound Blog. This will appear on site very soon.
Pet Blood Bank:
The Pet Blood Bank session held on Sunday September 16th at our kennels went very well. Well done and thank you to both the donors and owners of the dogs who came along to donate. A full session and one which is about to save many canine lives throughout the country.
Thank you also to those of you who purchased Penny and Adrian’s home made goodies on the day. All funds raised are greatly appreciated and they go 100% toward supporting the greyhounds in our care.
New Photo Gallery:
In order to remember the greyhounds that we have known, but whom are no longer with us we have set up a new photo gallery titled “In Memory“. (Please note that greyhounds who have passed away (that we know about) and who do not appear in this gallery can be found in our Archive Greyhound Lifeline Photo Galleries.
Stock Needed:
Even though it seems summer has passed us by we are still in desperate need of all sorts of saleable items to stock our various fundraising stalls that continue throughout the year.
We need small items suitable as tombola prizes (e.g., stationery, smellies, small toys), larger items are also desperately needed to sell on car boot stalls, bric a brac stalls or even ebay.
What do we want? Anything (except for clothing, food items, audio tapes and video tapes) that is in good condition, looks as new and that is complete and not broken. We’ve sold dogs bowls, ornaments, stair gates, gift boxed unwanted Christmas presents, board games etc, books, DVDs, CDs, art supplies, kitchen items and all sorts of other things too). Please have a look around your home, do you have anything that you’d be willing to donate?
Open Day Photographs:
Photographs from our Kennel Open Day in May are on site for you to view.
Jam Jar Appeal:
We need more empty jam jars with lids please. Anyone that comes to the kennels occasionally, please ask your friends and neighbours to collect them too. We are very low on 1lb jars especially. This means that Penny and Adrian won’t be able to make much more home made jams or pickles for us to sell until we get more jars for them to use.
Looking to adopt a greyhound?
Please visit our Greyhounds Needing Homes Gallery to see details of all our available greyhounds.
We Still Need Foster Homes – Can you help?
If you think you might be able to foster a greyhound then please read our Greyhound Fostering Information page.
Sponsored Slim:
Fiona Selby is aiming to lose 2 stone in weight and has offered to raise sponsorship for Greyhound Lifeline through her efforts. Her local Weigh Watchers group in Northamptonshire will verify whether or not she succeeds and/or how much she manages to lose.
If you’d like to offer Fiona some incentive to succeed and help raise funds for us at the same time then please email us at [email protected] giving your name and address (including postcode) and details of how much you wish to sponsor either in total and we’ll fill in the form for you.
Those of you who pay UK tax please let us know whether you agree or not to us claiming Gift Aid on on your sponsorship to increase the amount we receive at no additional cost to you.
Fundraise for us using eBay
You can now sell items on ebay and choose to donate between 10% and 100% of your sale price to Greyhound Lifeline. If you are an ebay member you could also simply donate by using your Paypal account. For ebay members only please visit their Sell for Charity page and enter “Greyhound Lifeline” in the Charity name area.
If you are a UK tax payer please also tick the Gift Aid box. Please read ebay’s terms and conditions carefully as we cannot be held responsible for any problems you may encounter. Could you sell your unwanted items and help us to buy food, provide veterinary care and generally look after the greyhounds in our care at the same time?
Interested in Adopting a Greyhound?
Enquiries should be directed by telephone or text message to Greyhound Lifeline
- For all enquiries:
- 07769 348310
Or by email to enquiries@greyhoundlifeline.co.uk
Or Contact us using our Contact page
