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Great Start To The Year!

Our year of events has started and we certainly have begun on a high!

The first event of the year was at Hedge End, the team had a brilliant day and raised a huge £741.26.

This Saturday we attended Eastleigh Spring Market, again the team had a blast!

It was so nice to see some familiar faces that came to see us.  We really enjoyed the day and the dogs loved all their cuddles!

Comet with Mr Rabbit!

Over the weekend Comet and Zulu both got reserved, well done you two lucky hounds!

Car-boot Appeal:

If you are able to help, please see the list of stock that they are after.

Below is a list of items that they CAN sell really quickly, in order, for those pennies to keep coming in:

Jewellery (real or costume) includes broken gold/silver etc.

Watches (pocket’ wrist’ working or not)

Kitchen small appliances & kitchenware

Small Electronics

Phones, Cameras and Laptops

Tools (garden or DIY) & Garden Ornaments

Smellies (boxed or single)

Cigar boxes & Brass items

Dog leads, collars, toys, coats etc.

Please NOTE there are some items that the team CANNOT accept, these are:
Clothes
DVDs & CDs (not Videos)
Books (Children’s & Adults)
Videos
Boxed Games, Jigsaws & Children’s Toys (Fully stocked at the moment)

Dog First Aid Course:

Want to learn about First Aid for your Canine Friend?
We will be hosting a Dog First Aid Course in May.  See poster below.
We have limited spaces. If you would like to join us please get in contact so you can reserve a space.

Homed Greyhounds:

Fanta, Chi Chi and Bert.

Reserved Greyhounds:

Scramble, Cha Cha, Comet and Zulu.

New Arrivals:

Zulu and Chaz.

Beautiful Chaz our two year old boy.

Events:

The calendar is starting to get busy with events, street collections, nail cutting sessions and so much more!

We will continue to update our Events list as they are booked in.

Street Collections & Events for 2025:

Saturday 5th April – Brambridge Garden Centre

Saturday 12th April – Haskins Garden Centre

Sunday 13th April – Table Top Sale, Parklife Cafe

Saturday 19th April – Easter Event, Bishops Waltham

Easter Monday 21st April – Easter Walk & Raffle at Jamesmoor Pond

Saturday 3rd May – Meadows, Camberley

Saturday 10th May – Eastleigh VE Day Event

Saturday 17th May – Paw-ty in the Park Event, Chamberlayne Leisure Centre

Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th July – Greyhound Lifeline’s Summer Fair, Parklife Cafe

Saturday 19th July – Table Top Sale, Parklife Cafe

Saturday 2nd August – Lymington Street Collection

Saturday 6th September – Southampton Street Collection

Saturday 20th September – Haskins Garden Centre

Saturday 27th September – Table Top Sale, Parklife Cafe

Sunday 28th September – Global Greyhound Walk – Lyndhurst

Saturday 4th October – Brambridge Garden Centre

Saturday 4th October – Meadows, Camberley

Saturday 1st November – Jollyes, Totton

Saturday 8th November – Romsey Street Collection

Saturday 22nd November – Whiteley Shopping Centre

Sunday 7th December – Greyhound Lifeline’s Christmas Fair

Sunday 14th December – Meadows, Camberley

Friday 19th December – Greyhound’s Christmas Party

Our next nail clipping session in Fleet is:

Saturday 3rd May – 9am-12pm

Saturday 4th October – 9am-12pm

Sunday 14th December – Meadows, Camberley

Our nail clipping sessions at Parklife Cafe, Southampton are:

Sunday 27th April – 10am-12pm

Saturday 12th July – 10am-12pm

Sunday 19th October – 10am-12pm

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.

Easter Monday 21st April – Jamesmoor Pond at 11am

Saturday 24th May – Rhinefield at 4pm

Sunday 22nd June – Burley Railway Line at 4pm

Saturday 19th July – Bolderwood at 4pm

Sunday 31st August – Wilverley Plain at 4pm

Sunday 28th September – Global Greyhound Walk – Lyndhurst

Saturday 25th October – Potterne Park, Verwood at 2pm

Sunday 23rd November – Ringwood Forest at 2pm

Boxing Day Walk – Sandbanks at 10am.

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