A month full of fun, greyhound cuddles, meeting the public on street collections, garden centres & fairs, we have had a lovely time!

Farnham Street Collection:

The team were out in force the morning of Saturday 6th May, despite the clash with the King’s Coronation (we had booked the date first!), the volunteers were still determined to raise funds for the greyhounds, which they did very well.  The total was £231.81.  Well done team Fleet!

Brambridge Garden Centre:

This was a first for Greyhound Lifeline and what a fabulous couple of days we had!  The staff were amazing and very helpful, plenty of cuddles with the greyhounds were had too!  We met so many new people and one of our dogs got reserved too – ‘Tiny’.  So many people were wanting to talk to us and see the well behaved greyhounds!  It was a lovely couple of days.  The team raised £1,035.89, a huge achievement at a new location!  Well done and thank you to everyone who came along; donated and/or helped.

Brambridge Park | Blue Diamond Garden Centre | UK

Family Fun Day & Dog Show:

The glorious weather and the keenness of our volunteers keeps on going!  We had an enjoyable time at the show, plenty of treats were sold; peanut butter biscuits were a real hit!  Plenty of interest into adopting a greyhound and people finding out more information about the breed.  This event raised a further £204.80, which is fantastic as our main reason to attend was to show off our greyhounds and show how wonderful greyhounds make as pets!

THANK YOU ‘KONG COMPANY’:

This amazing company met some of our volunteers at Brambridge Garden Centre.  Last week they donated £3,231 to ‘US!’, an amazing amount.  We are all very thankful for it.

KONG | Dog Toys, Cat Toys, and Treats (kongcompany.com)

Rhinefield Walk:

A lovely cool walk; 23 people and 30 greyhounds attended.  We love the New Forest and this walk is a nice one, especially when the temperature rises, as its nice and shady and cool between the tall trees!

Next Event Is OUR SUMMER FAIR!

Our SUMMER FAIR is going to be BIG!

Book the dates now for our Summer Fair, it will be our first in Southampton and we are really looking forward to it.

DATES: Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th June.

Lots of stalls including – greyhound/dog merchandise, plant sale, homemade cakes, copper collection, Aqua jewellery, handcrafted gifts, children’s games and crafts, doggie games and plenty of treats for sale – ranging from homemade biscuits, bones, chews and a doggie lucky dip!  We will also have our own fun dog show – all dogs are welcome to attend and our kennel dogs will be present for our ‘homeless hound’ parade.

We will have plenty of other stalls and games which will make the weekend a success!  Come along, join us and have some fun!  See below for more details.

Street Collections & Events:

Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th June – OUR SUMMER FAIR, ST JAMES PARK, SOUTHAMPTON

Saturday 1st July – Al Bourne Show – Farnham

Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th August – Morrisons, Farnborough

Monday 28th August – Rustic Fayre, Verwood

Sunday 24th September – Global Greyhound Walk, Lyndhurst

Saturday 30th September – Fleet Town

Saturday 7th October – Southampton Town

Saturday 14th October – Meadows, Camberley

Saturday 18th November – Winchester Town

Sunday 26th November – Brambridge Garden Centre

Saturday 2nd December – OUR CHRISTMAS FAIR – ST JAMES PARK, SOUTHAMPTON

Sunday 3rd December – Meadows, Camberley

Saturday 9th December – Farnborough Town

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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Our Organised Walks:

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

Sunday 11th June 4pm –  Ringwood Forest

Saturday 15th July 5pm – Bolderwood

Sunday 13th August 5pm – Wilverley Plain

Sunday 24th September 11am – Global Greyhound Walk – Lyndhurst

Saturday 21st October – Potterne Park, Verwood

Sunday 12th November – Brockenhurst

Tuesday 26th December – Sandbanks

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Nail Clipping Sessions in Fleet:

Saturday 5th August

Saturday 30th September

Saturday 14th October

Saturday 9th December

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Nail Clipping in Southampton:

We can provide this service on any of our scheduled walks, a private appointment or a Friday at Parklife, St James Park.  Please phone or email us to make an appointment.

We are at St James Park, Parklife Cafe, Southampton every Friday between 10.30am-12pm, all are welcome to join us, plenty of greyhounds to share a cuddle with.  Welcome to bring your own greyhounds too.

Kennel News:

Blossom is still looking for her own family, she has seen lots of greyhounds come in and go and yet she is still waiting.  If you are looking for a small female who is already housetrained and a perfect little girl in the house, then please make contact with us.

Blossom is working on her social skills around other breeds of dog and each day she makes positive steps.  She really is a fun, loving girl who really wants to please you. Please look past her other breeds skills and see the beautiful girl that she really is.

Lets help Blossom find her family so she can be the next dog to leave our kennels.

New Arrivals:

Robin, Clarke, Wazza, Aboo and Harbour.

Reserved Greyhounds:

Kolby and Aboo.

Homed Greyhounds:

Raggy and Tiny.

We hope you can join us at our SUMMER FAIR!