Christmas Homing Dates:

Please note that the last adoption day prior to Christmas will be Saturday 10th December 2022. Normal homing’s will re-start on 1st January 2023.

Only in exceptional cases and in homes where there are no children resident will we consider relaxing this policy. The forthcoming holiday period can be a very stressful time for people and as such it is not generally a good time to bring a new dog into the home.

This decision has been made with the welfare of our greyhounds at the forefront of our minds. We hope that you understand our decision.

Viewings for greyhounds and potentially reservations will still be ongoing throughout the holiday period, so please continue to check for updates on our website.

Christmas Fair:

This year we are hosting our Christmas Fair Event on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th December 2022.  The fair will be held at Parklife Community Cafe, St James Park, Southampton.

We are all very excited about this event, lots of stalls planned, including – raffle, tombola, homemade dog treats, dog ‘pick ‘n’ mix’, crafts, craft stall for the children to get creative, lots of fun games suitable for everyone, mince pies & cakes and plenty of greyhound cuddles in our ‘Christmas Greyhound Petting Area!’

We ae overwhelmed with the support that we have received for this event in the form of donations, prizes, helpers and of course all those who have told us they are coming along to the event to support us!

This event is open to everyone, no entrance fee but we are asking for donations of tinned/packets/trays of dog food, treats, fish and toys for our kennel dogs.  All dogs welcome, whatever size!

Our Christmas Fair has already had a lot of publicity and interest, it would be lovely to see you all there!

Homemade cakes – any bakers out there?!  Please let us know before the event which day you will be attending so we know the number of cakes being donated.  We are asking that an ingredients list is given with your cakes, thank you.

We look forward to seeing you all at our Christmas Fair.

Our Latest Event Updates:

Thank you to our street collection team who have been very busy over the last few months.

They have been at The Meadows in Camberley, where they raised £817.39.

More recently they had a ‘Jolly Christmas treat’ and collected at Longacres in Bagshott, £717.73 was donated for the greyhounds in our care.

Our small but dedicated team of volunteers love being out and about, sharing their love for greyhounds as pets, answering questions and raising those funds that really make a difference to the care we can give to the greyhounds who come into our care.

Well done team.

If you would like to find out more about joining our fundraising team and helping us next year at some of these events, please do get in contact as we are always looking for new volunteers.

Diane, one of our volunteers has made three advent calendars to raise funds for Greyhound Lifeline.  We are very grateful for all the support that we receive.  All three Advent Calendars have now been sold, big thank you to those that bought them and of course the very talented Diane for making them.

We will have lots more handmade items for sale at our Christmas Fair including – dog collars, snoods, dog coats – knitted and fleeced, cuddly toys and so many more surprises!

We will have our very own ‘Pet Sweet Stall’, lots of yummy treats and toys waiting for your dogs, of all sizes!

Come to our Christmas Fair to enjoy all those gifts waiting for you to buy!

Available Greyhounds:

Becks and Fury.

Reserved Greyhounds:

Zaza, Sloane, Trigger and Arnie.

Homed Greyhounds:

Pinky, Dara and Savie.

Upcoming Planned Walks:

Monday 26th December 2022 - Sandbanks, Poole - 11am

(Nails/corn treatment can be completed before/after our walks too!)

If you would like to join us on one of our group walks please contact us by phoning 07769348310 or by email – [email protected] so we can give you more information about the location and the specific walk.  We would love to see you at them!

Collections/Events:

This year we already have some street collections organised in the Fleet area and going forward these will continue. We are hopeful of organising some collection events soon in the New Forest area too.  For collections we generally aim to attend these events with some of our kennel greyhounds. This enables the public to meet greyhounds who are looking for an adoptive home as well as a selection of already adopted hounds brought along by their families. If you would like to help at one of our street collections, then please contact us. Greyhound Lifeline are well known in several locations, but the new site allows us to “spread our wings” a little further afield.

We may have a few more collections/events to add in, if you would like to help at one of these please let us know so we can include you in our numbers and give you more information, alternatively if you would like to drop in and say hello, we would be very grateful and love to see you!

Farnborough – Saturday 3rd December 2022

Our Services:

Regular visitors may be wondering about some of the services that we offer and how they’ll continue from a new area. We have been planning and all remains feasible:

Purchasing of goods can continue from Fleet. Contact us by email on [email protected] with your order for dog food, poop bags and other selected merchandise and we will arrange a mutually convenient collection day/time from the charity’s registered address. (Merchandise collections from Fleet can only include dry dog food, poop bags, toothpaste, plaque remover food additive, tick removers, toothbrushes, tooth gel and muzzles.)

Coming along to a street collection or other event? Order in advance and we can bring your order with us.

Mail order facilities are now available so we can ship items to you for an additional shipping cost (excludes dog food & other bulky items).

Payments accepted by card, bank transfer or cash.

100% of the profit from merchandise sales goes back to supporting the dogs in our care, we remain as we always have been fully staffed by volunteers.

Corn removal and nail clipping will still be available in Fleet for your adopted greyhounds, but it will be by prior appointment only and available on just 1 day per month. Advance dates will be published as they are set. If you’d like to purchase goods at the same time as bringing your greyhound for a pedicure, we’ll just increase your appointment time. Don’t forget to pre-book your merchandise order though or you may be disappointed.

Nail Clipping – Dates Scheduled:

Saturday 3rd December 2022

Walking the greyhounds:

This can be arranged by prior appointment.  Contact us by email on [email protected] or by phoning 07769348310 for more information about how this can work.

Car-Boot Items:

We will continue to need car boot sale items donated. If you have anything suitable please email [email protected] or alternatively contact us on [email protected]. These items are vital to our success as they bring in considerable and much needed funds for the greyhounds in our care.

Sale of Goods:

If you are local to our new site, you will be able to order your shop goods and then a pick up address will be given to you.  You can contact us by email ([email protected]) or by phone 07769348310.

We have recently introduced a mail order service, for most of our products.  Food & bulky items are excluded. A small P&P additional cost will be added to your order.  Don’t forget that 100% of profits will directly support the greyhounds in our care.

Same Mission:

We hope you are as excited about this new adventure as we are. We may be working from a different location & in a different way but our mission and reason for being remains the same.

We will always be there for greyhounds waiting to come in, those in our care already and most importantly support remains available after adoption.  Our care/advice is for the dogs’ lifetime.

Amazon Wish List:

In order to furnish this new facility with items to enhance the greyhounds’ lives we have compiled an Amazon wish list of items they would benefit from having. We will be very grateful for any items received.

To find this list use this link or alternatively follow the instructions below:

Go to Find a List.

Enter the name – ‘Greyhound Lifeline’.

Click Search.

Once you’ve found the List you’re looking for, you can Click Remember if you’d like to save a link to it.

Going Forward:

Whilst we wait for our new kennels and the enrichment areas to be built, we will keep you up to date with the progress, through our Facebook and Website pages.