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Happy New
Year!
We
hope everyone has had a very festive Christmas and wish you all a very
happy New Year.
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Job Opportunity
Support
Dogs are currently
looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join their expanding
Training Department. Applicants will need to send in their CV and a
cover letter to: Natasha Ellis, Head of Training, 21 Jessops Riverside,
Brightside Lane, Sheffield, S9 2RX.
For full details please click here
Closing
Date: Monday 23rd January 2011
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The 3 Golf
Course Challenge
A
massive congratulations and thank you to Skippy
the Fundraiser who has completed his fantastic sponsored 3 Golf Course Challenge during
October 2011. He played all 54 holes by kicking a golf ball(s)
all the way round.
Thank you
to all the Spectators and Supporters who cheered Skippy.
All
donations will go to Support Dogs, if you would like to support Darren, please visit his JustGiving Page: www.justgiving.com/Skippy-the-Fundraiser
you can
also visit Darren's website: www.darrenmadden.co.uk
Thank
you Skippy!
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Big Band
Night "Raffle Prize"
The weekend of 25th and 26th
Oct saw the winners of the “BIG BAND” raffle prize, attend the final
meeting of the season for the British Touring Cars Championship at
Silverstone race track, courtesy of www.idlracing.co.uk
IDL have a car competing in the Ginetta Super Cup,
and the car had Support Dogs logo on both doors.
Tom Sharp, the IDL driver won both races during the
weekend, which was shown on ITV4. ITV claim they have 4 million viewers, so
hopefully a few thousand viewers caught sight of the Support Dos logo and
are now aware of the charity.
David Sharp, the owner of IDL Racing has promised to
sponsor, for Support Dogs, further race days when the new season
starts.
Support Dogs would like to thank everyone involved
and for all your support.
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Volunteer
Forum Day
Support
Dogs first Volunteers Forum was held on Saturday 24th September 2011, held
at The Source. Thank you to all volunteers who attended, it was lovely
to see everyone.
We are
hoping to hold our next volunteers forum in January 2012. We will keep you
updated when an official date has been confirmed.
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The
end is in sight for Sue Wales and Julie Pickering!
Sue
and Julie have been doing their sponsored walk from Lands End to John
O'Groats
to
raise
vital funds
for our charity. The
ladies travelled to Scotland on the 23rd July to commence the 4 and a half
day walk to the finish line at John O’Groats.
Good luck to you Both!!. They have raised over
£3,200 so
far and aim to finish
their walk on the 28th July 2011. Thank you for all your hard work!
You can track their progress by
visiting their online travel blog at:
http://travelpod.com/travel-blog/sueandjulie/1/tpod.html
If you would like to help Sue and
Julie reach their fundraising target, please visit their JustGiving page:
www.justgiving.com/SueJulieLandsEndJohnOGroats or donate by cash or
cheque (payable to Support Dogs). Thank You.
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Well
done to Sue Wales and Julie Pickering!
Support
Dogs would like to congratulate Sue
and Julie for reaching their half way mark on
their walk from Land's
End to John O’Groats
to
raise
vital funds
for our charity. They have raised over £3,000 so
far and aim to finish
their walk on the 30th July 2011. Keep up the good work ladies not far to
go now!
You can track their progress by
visiting their online travel blog at:
http://travelpod.com/travel-blog/sueandjulie/1/tpod.html
If you would like to help Sue and
Julie reach their fundraising target, please visit their JustGiving page:
www.justgiving.com/SueJulieLandsEndJohnOGroats or donate by cash or
cheque (payable to Support Dogs). Thank You.
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Support
Dogs Gala Day!
We
are holding our first big Gala Day
on Sunday 3rd July 2011 from 10am to 4pm at Hillsborough Park, Park Side
Road, Park Side Entrance, Sheffield, S6 4HD. It is going to be a really fun and enjoyable family
day so please come along and say hello! There
will be all different kinds of activities going on such as South Yorkshire
police dog handling team and our own demo dog team so everyone can see
what they can do. You can even see what your own pet dogs can do by taking
part in the agility section and fun dog show on the day. You can come and
enjoy performances from local dance schools for example 'Ace school of
Dance' and many more so it will be a fun filled day and don't worry we are
having a bouncing castle to keep the kids happy too! If
you just want to relax and have a look around then we have lots of
different stalls available for you some selling books, cakes, cookies,
items from around the world and even tarot card stall. So
there will be lots of choice to suit all tastes and ages . We
still have some space left so if you or your friends have a stall big or
small that would be good for our family Gala Day we would love to hear
from you. Email www.support-dogs.org.uk
or phone 0114 261 7800 and we will get our application out to you. Gala
Day Plea! we still need gazebo's
and PA systems still so if anyone could donate or lend them to us for our
day we would be very grateful and it would be a massive help! Finally
if anyone could please recommend any entertainers or bands (with own amps,
speakers etc) to us we would be very interested. Thank
you
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Support Dogs Open Day!
We
are opening our doors on Friday 3rd June!
If
you are interested in a career with dogs, want to volunteer over the summer
or just interested in what we do and how we train the dogs - then come join
us! We
are having dog demos and refreshments all day.
Doors
open at 12pm, so you could pop down on your lunch break or while your on
half term. We would love to see you!
Come say hello at-
21 Jessops Riverside
Brightside Lane
Sheffield
S9 2RX
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Support Dogs Annual
General Meeting!
Saturday
4th June at 1pm
21 Jessops Riverside
Brightside Lane
Sheffield
S9 2RX
The meeting is open to all who are interested in the
charity's progress over the last 12 months and it's future plans.
Please RSVP to the head office on 0114 261 7800 or supportdogs@btconnect.com
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WIN TAKE THAT TICKETS! Our
Supporters have been given the chance to win 2 Take That tickets for their
first Wembley date on the 1st July 2011!!! All
you need to do is click on here
and buy some raffle tickets for the chance to win. Closing date 25th May
2011. GOOD LUCK!
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City
Live Big Band Night!
Esme
Maltby is kindly holding a Big Band Night in aid to raise funds for
Support Dogs on Saturday 7th May 2011 from 8pm and tickets are only
£7.00 per person! This
event will be
held at: Greystones
Banqueting, LA Fitness, Howarth
Lane, Yeadon, LS19 7EN. It
will be a really upbeat and fantastic night so please go have a look and
start your weekend with a swing!
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Virgin London Marathon 2011
Congratulations to
all our runners securing a place in the London Marathon on Sunday 17th
April 2011. Good luck with your training and running 26.2 miles on
the day. You can
help our fundraisers reach their targets by visiting their Just Giving
page on the links below:
Stephen Robinson:
www.justgiving.com/steve-robinson2
Tim Hulse:
www.justgiving.com/tim-hulse
Andy Gill:
www.justgiving.com/andy-gill2002
Cathrine Willcox:
www.justgiving.com/Cathrine-Willcox
Tim Willcox:
www.justgiving.com/timmy05
Karen Faulkner-Davies:
www.justgiving.com/karen-faulkner-davies
Lee Rulton:
www.justgiving.com/lee-rulton
Once again, good luck from everyone
here at Support Dogs.
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Friends
for Life....Voting Lines now open!
Please vote for
Grace & Support Dog Merlin who are in the "Friends for Life" final this
year at Crufts. To vote, please call 0844 646 0205
Support Dog, Merlin
– the crossbreed which has helped to turn around the life of 10
year old Grace Brown-Griffin from Kent. Grace is autistic and has ADHD and
found it very difficult to concentrate or to deal with stressful
situations before Merlin came along. Merlin won the Scruffts Family
Crossbreed of the Year competition at Discover Dogs in November 2010.
Calls cost 5p from a BT land line. Calls from
other networks may vary and from mobiles will cost considerably more.
Voting closes at 7.30pm on Sunday 13th March 2011. For full
terms and conditions visit
www.channel4.com/crufts
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DFS Crufts
10th - 13th March 2011
Birmingham NEC
Support
Dogs will be in Hall 2, Stand 58
Support Dogs will once again
be appearing at the world's greatest dog show: Crufts. It's a great
chance to meet some of our staff, clients and their dogs. As well as
the traditional Best in Show final, DFS Crufts is host to a variety of
competitions and the ever popular Friends for Life contest, which Support
Dog Merlin and partner Grace are in the final.
Support Dogs would love to meet you at Crufts, please come and visit us in Hall 2,
Stand 58.
Friends For Life,
Voting Lines Now Open:
Support Dog, Merlin
– the crossbreed which has helped to turn around the life of 10
year old Grace Brown-Griffin from Kent. Grace is autistic and has ADHD and
found it very difficult to concentrate or to deal with stressful
situations before Merlin came along. Merlin won the Scruffts Family
Crossbreed of the Year competition at Discover Dogs in November 2010.
To vote for Grace and
Merlin, please call 0844 646 0205
Calls cost 5p from a BT land line. Calls from
other networks may vary and from mobiles will cost considerably more.
Voting closes at 7.30pm on Sunday 13th March 2011. For full
terms and conditions visit
www.channel4.com/crufts
Thank you for voting!
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Karen's
Wishes:
Reception & Charity Performance
Held on Monday 1st November
2010 at
Mayfair Theatre,
London.
The evening was fantastic and the production a huge success, raising in
excess of £56,000 for Support Dogs. Rolf Harris attended the event
and gave an introductory speach, along with his wife. Support Dogs would
like to thank everyone involved. More details will be released in our
forthcoming Aura Magazine.
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Job Opportunity
Support
Dogs currently have a
vacancy for a Community Fundraiser, for full details please
click here Closing Date: 1st March 2011.
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Friends for
Life....Voting Lines now open!
Please vote for
Grace & Support Dog Merlin who are in the "Friends for Life" final this year
at Crufts. To vote, please call 0844 646 0205
Support Dog, Merlin
– the crossbreed which has helped to turn around the life of 10
year old Grace Brown-Griffin from Kent. Grace is autistic and has ADHD and
found it very difficult to concentrate or to deal with stressful situations
before Merlin came along. Merlin won the Scruffts Family Crossbreed of the
Year competition at Discover Dogs in November 2010.
Calls cost 5p from a BT land line. Calls from other
networks may vary and from mobiles will cost considerably more. Voting
closes at 7.30pm on Sunday 13th March 2011. For full terms and
conditions visit
www.channel4.com/crufts
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Well
Done Martha!
Dr Martha J Wrigley Huckins
cycled from John O'Groats to
Land's End and raised a fantastic amount of £5137.44 for
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Karen's
Wishes:
Reception & Charity Performance
Monday 1st November
Mayfair Theatre
LondonFeaturing
introductory talk by ROLF HARRIS.
On 7 September 2008 Ross Sheridan received
a call that no parent could imagine or should receive, Karen Louise his 26
year old daughter had been found dead in her apartment. At the back page
of one of Karen’s diaries was a Wish List. One of the wishes was for a
Seizure Alert Dog. It was then that Ross began to write the play ’Karen’s
Wishes’.
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Good Luck Martha!
Support
Dogs would like to wish Dr Martha J Wrigley Huckins good luck as she
cycles from John O’Groats to Land’s End this month to raise money for the
charity.
Martha chose Support Dogs,
because she felt the charity united her love of dogs with the compassion
she feel towards people, in her work as a nurse.
It
will take Martha just 20 days fulfill her life-long ambition and cycle
from one end of the country to the other which is just over 1,000 miles,
averaging 50 miles a day.
If you would
like to support her cycle challenge by making a donation to this charity
please visit her ‘Just-giving’ web-page, or donate by cash or cheque
(payable to Support Dogs):
www.justgiving.com/marthawrigleyhuckins
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Waitrose Community Matters
Waitrose Sheffield nominated
Support Dogs
as one of their charities of the month
as part of their Community Matters scheme and raised £310. Thankyou to
everyone who donated.
Waitrose
Community Matters
Waitrose Sheffield have nominated us as one of their charities of the
month
as part of their Community Matters scheme.
If you live, shop, work
in
or are simply visiting Sheffield,
please
call in at their store on Ecclesall Road. At the checkout you'll receive a
token, which you then place in the box of the good cause you'd most like
to support.
The more tokens a cause gets, the bigger the donation they receive. We
will then receive a share of £1,000.
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Park Vet Hopsital
Open Day
7th
November 2010,12 noon
to 4.00pm
Millhouses Park,
(Opposite Park Vet Hospital),
Abbeydale Road South,
Sheffield, S7 2QN
Charity Clairvoyance
Evening with medium Linda Shepherd
10th
November 2010
Doors open 7.00pm
Shiregreen Community Centre, Sicey
Avenue,
Sheffield, S5 0RN
Tickets
available from Support Dogs, please telephone 0114 2617800
(Tickets
£7.00 each which includes pie & pea supper - admission by ticket only).
Discover Dogs
13th & 14th
November 2010
10am-5pm
Earls Court 1,
London
www.discoverdogs.org.uk/
Charity Table Top Sale
27th
November 2010
2.00pm - 4.00pm
Bingley Methodist Church,
Off
Mornington Road, , Bingley, BD16 4JU
Come and
sell or buy, tables booked in advance (£10 each, to be paid on the day)
To book
a table or for more information, please contact Michelle on 0791 9275819
Volunteers Forum Cancelled - Saturday 16th October 2010
Due to illness we
regret that the volunteers forum due to take place on Saturday 16th
October at the National Training
Centre has been postponed, we will release a new
rearranged date as soon as it has been confirmed.
Whirlow Hall Farm Fayre
19th September
Whirlow Hall Farm Trust
Whirlow Hall Lane
Sheffield
South
Yorkshire
S11 9QF
Rotherham Show
11th & 12th
September
10am-6pm
Clifton Park
Rotherham.
Paws in the Park
11th & 12th
September
The Hop Farm
Paddock Wood
Kent.
www.pawsinthepark.net
Bakewell Show
Support Dogs will once again be appearing at the Bakewell Show, the
largest agricultural show in Derbyshire.
It's a fabulous day out for all the family and on our stand you will be
able to meet some of our partnerships, instructors and staff who would
love to talk to you about our charity and the work that we do.
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Dog's Dinner 2010
Support Dogs have launched a new Dog's Dinner
fundraising campaign for 2010! It's the perfect excuse to get together
with your friends and family and have fun whilst raising much needed funds
to help the charity continue its life transforming work. There's even a
special menu option for your canine companions!
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Walking The Thames for
Support Dogs
Ross Sheridan is walking the 218 mile length of the River Thames in
August in memory of his daughter Karen Louise who died in September 2008.
The walk begins at the source of the Thames on Friday 20 August.
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Online Dog Photo Competition
Have you entered our new online dog photo competition yet? Any
photo of any breed can enter and there are some fantastic prizes to be won
courtesy of our friends at Barking Mayhem Dog Show.
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DFS Crufts 2010
Support Dogs will once again be appearing at the world's greatest
dog show: Crufts. It's a great chance to meet some of our staff, clients
and their dogs. As well as well as the traditional Best in Show final, DFS
Crufts is host to a variety of competitions including the International
Agility Championships and the ever popular Friends for Life contest.
More........
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Barking Mayhem Dog Show
Support Dogs have been selected as a recipient charity as this
year's Barking Mayhem Dog Shown & Doggy Fun Day along with rescue charity
Big GSD.
More........
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DFS Crufts 2010
Support Dogs will once again be appearing at the world's greatest
dog show: Crufts. It's a great chance to meet some of our staff, clients
and their dogs.
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Follow that Fish!
Friend of Support Dogs Jenny Markham is organising a unique
fundraising event in her home city of Hull; a three legged Fish
Trail Challenge!
The Seven Seas Fish Trail consists of 41 fish
swimming across Hull's pavements, through the old town and down to
the beautiful riverfront. Artist, Gordon Young, created the
trail of sculptures in 1992, representing the actual size of fish
with life size pieces, from a tiny anchovy to a 10ft ray. His sense
of humour surfaces with the location of a plaice in the market
place, an electric eel outside the electricity sub station and a
shark outside a bank.
It's a great way to explore the city and have fun raising
money for charity. The challenge takes place on Saturday 24th
October and begins at the
Queens Gardens fountain opposite the Warren at 12.30pm for a 1.00pm
start.
If you would like to take part in this unique event please email
Jenny on
jennymarkham24@googlemail.com to receive a sponsor form and
registration. Alternatively if you cannot take part yourself, you
can sponsor Jenny who will be leading the walk with collection
buckets at
www.justgiving.com/Jennifer-Markham .
NB
Participants will need to bring their own rope or dressing gown
belts to tie there feet together!! Not everyone has to do it 3
legged if they can't, it is optional. Everybody taking part will
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24hr Darts
Guinness World Record Attempt
Gillian McCluskey and her Support Dog Harvey congratulate Jason
Clark as he completes his marathon 24hr Guinness World Record Darts
attempt based on the number of darts games played within a non-stop 24
hour session, which aimed to raise funds for Support Dogs, Epilepsy
Bereaved and the British Tinnitus Association.
The event took place on 25th and 26th September at Chiswick Social Club
and was featured on both ITN News and Talk Sport.
Support Dogs would like to thank everyone who helped to make the event
such a huge success and everyone who attended the event for their support.
The results are now being verified by Guinness and we hope to be able to
confirm that Jason is indeed a World Record Holder in the near future.
Watch this space!
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24hr Darts Guinness World
Record Attempt
Ross
Sheridan and Stuart Budd are arranging a 24hr Darts Guinness World
Record Attempt to raise funds for three charities - Support Dogs,
Epilepsy Bereaved and the British Tinnitus Association.
The event will take place from 3.30pm on Friday 25 September for
24hrs featuring professional darts player Jason “The Cockney Jock”
Clark. Jason turned professional in 2003, reached 39th in the World
in 2006 but dropped to 54 after 10 months out with a shoulder
injury. He has played in five televised UK Opens on Sky Sports, was
the Midland Open Champion 2004, has played in three PDC World
Championships on Sky Sports, losing in tight matches, last time was
in 2008 to Raymond Van Barnaveld three sets to one.
This charity event is being run by the Hammersmith and District
Darts Association and will be held at Chiswick Social Club on
Chiswick High Street, London. The aim is to raise funds by means of
a raffle with the main prize being a weekend break on Eurostar to
Paris - there are also a selection of other prizes.
Ross is raising funds in memory of his daughter Karen who sadly
never got to own her own Seizure Alert Dog and who tragically died
from an epileptic seizure last year.
Epilepsy Bereaved was chosen because there are three
seizure-related deaths a day in the UK. More young people continue
to die from epilepsy-related deaths than Aids and cot deaths
combined and again this is a charity close to Ross' heart.
Stuart is raising funds for the British Tinnitus Association as
he has found the Association of great help and support and he now
wants to help others with the condition.
If you would like further details about the Darts Event, please
contact Ross Sheridan on 07737 550809 or email rosssheridan@ymail.com
We hope that our local supporters will go along to the event and
support all the charities involved. More details to follow.
If you cannot attend but would like to sponsor Jason's world
record attempt, please visit our justgiving site where you can
donate online today:
http://www.justgiving.com/jasonclarkdartschallenge
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Rosie Meets Her Sponsors
Support
Dog in training Rosie recently made a long trip up to North Cumbria
to meet up with her sponsors from the village of Blennerhasset and
surrounding area.After a a short visit to Kendal and a
couple of walks along beaches, Rosie made her way to the Grey Goat
pub in Baggrow where landlords Maura & Glenn had laid on a huge
party for their regulars and friends who have been busy fundraising
for the last few years and have raised a staggering £10,000 to fund
the training of a Seizure Alert Dog.
Local resident Elaine Fisher led the
fundraising efforts after her daughter Kelly died as a result of a
seizure six years ago and Kelly's family and friends were on hand to
meet Rosie who lapped up all the fuss and attention.
Tombola's, BBQ's and paddling pools were the order of the day as
everyone basked in glorious sunshine and celebrated their
achievement.
"It's such an incredible effort by
such a small village," commented Angela Gregory, Support Dogs
Fundraising Officer. "When you realise that there are only around
400 people that live in Blennerhasset itself, it puts into
perspective just how hard everyone has worked."
Rosie is due to be matched with her
potential owner in August and, if all goes well, will eventually
qualify in 2010 after which her new friends are hoping she will make
a return visit for another celebration.
Check out Rosie's visit in our new photo gallery by
clicking here.
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Laura Receives Award!
Support Dog owner Laura Crawford has been recognised in this year's
Queens Birthday Honours List!
The title of Member of the Order for the British Empire (MBE) has
been given to Laura from Rhos on Sea for her voluntary work with
disabled people in Wales.The Queens Birthday Honours List
recognises outstanding achievement and service across the UK. More
than 70 per cent of awards have gone to ordinary people, local
heroes, who have made a difference to life in their communities.
Laura has dedicated her life to helping other people and currently
represents the Equipment & Adaptation Monitoring Group, a charity
based in North Wales which helps disabled people of all ages.
Laura will be collecting her award at
Buckingham Palace on 15th July and Kizzy her Support Dog will be
attending alongside her.
"Everyone at Support Dogs was
delighted to hear of Laura's award which is thoroughly deserved,"
commented Rita Howson, Director of Operations. "And it's really
exciting to know one of our dogs will be part of such a prestigious
awards ceremony."
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