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BIG WALK 2026

Our BIG WALK for 2026 is fast approaching and is now less than a month to go!

The team are all preparing themselves and now we need your help.

Please consider supporting the team by donating through our Go Fund Me page or directly into our bank account.  We are aiming to raise £2,500, this money will be added to our already saved funds so we can be one step closer in getting our dream land, for our gorgeous greyhounds, to run free on whilst they wait for their new homes.

Kennel News:

The kennels have been a busy place the last few weeks with new dogs arriving, viewings and homings.  We can say all of our recently homed greyhounds are all settling well into their new homes.

Marley is our most recent addition, he is 6 years old and a real gentleman.  He loves his cuddles, playing and gentle strolls.  Marley would make a perfect match for any family, he gets on well with dogs of all sizes.

If you are interested in Marley please get in contact, he certainly will be snapped up soon!

We have some more newbies arriving next week!

Reserved greyhounds:

Tabor, Iris, Harry and Goose.

Homed greyhounds:

Toffee.

Dog Food Donations:

If anyone is able to purchase us some Butchers Dog Tinned Meat our kennel greyhounds would be very thankful.  We would prefer the tripe mix or the meaty loaf, we ask that you do NOT purchase anything in gravy as it upsets our dog’s tummies.  Thank You.

The BIG Walk 2026:

This year we will be doing our BIG walk again!

We have now selected our walkers for this event, there will be eleven volunteers who will be walking the 25 miles and a good support team too.

The walkers are – Kit, Nikki, Holly, Jo, Kelly, Graeme, Amanda, Phil, Gina, Cora and Jaz.  We are very pleased they have all chosen to complete the challenge.

Our Go Fund Me page is now set up, if you would like to donate and help us reach our target we would be very grateful.  Link below.

https://gofund.me/f04ab249d

APPEAL FOR KENNEL DOG WALKERS:

We are looking to extend our walking team, these volunteers walk our kennel dogs each day.

Criteria for walkers:

  • Volunteers must live near to Southampton.
  • We need people who can help us either early morning, starting time around 7.30am or mid afternoon to exercise our kennel dogs.
  • We are looking for walkers who can walk Monday-Friday.
  • Volunteers need to have their own transport.
  • Volunteers will be joining a group of walkers, we need people who can work well within a team.

Full training will be given to all successful volunteers.

If you are interested in applying please email us on [email protected], please tell us about yourself and your experience around greyhounds/dogs.

Events:

More events will be added to the list as they get booked in.  We would love to see you at some of our events.

Saturday 8th August – Lymington Street Collection

Bank Holiday Monday 31st August – Stubbington

Saturday 5th September – The BIG Walk

Saturday 19th September – Haskins Garden Centre, West End

Sunday 27th September – Great Global Greyhound Walk

Saturday 3rd October – Southampton Street Collection

Saturday 10th October – Gosport Street Collection

Saturday 24th October – Romsey Street Collection

Saturday 14th November – Winchester Street Collection

Saturday 21st November – Whiteley Shopping Centre

Saturday 28th November – Meadows, Camberley

Sunday 6th December – Greyhound Lifeline’s Christmas Fair

Friday 18th December – Greyhound’s Christmas Party

We are looking for volunteers to join our fundraising team and help at our street collections both around Southampton and also around the Fleet area.  If you would like to find out more, please see poster below.

GL Volunteering Poster

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The Friendship Walks:

We will provide more information about each walk, on our Facebook Page, during the week leading up to each one.

Sunday 23rd August – Wilverley Plain, New Forest at 4pm

Sunday 27th September – Great Global Greyhound Walk at 11am

Saturday 31st October – Rockford Sandpit, New Forest at 2pm

Sunday 29th November – Potterne Park, Verwood at 2pm

Saturday 26th December – Boxing Day Walk – Sandbanks at 10am.

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