"It's A Dog's Life"..... SHAK (Safe Homes And Kindness): We May Not "Win The Tin" But We Still Need Your Help To Raise £5,000.....

Tuesday 9 December 2014

We May Not "Win The Tin" But We Still Need Your Help To Raise £5,000.....

I have been amazed by the support we have received after the disappointing out come of the Win The Tin £5,000 campaign. There have been so many kind messages and words of support that even in times of huge disappointment we have been given the motivation by you to go on.

The money we were hoping to win was to ensure the charities survival throughout the tough months of winter when donations and fundraising suffers due to the weather and the post Christmas blues. Without we face a real battle to go on. However as I have said your support has given us strength and confidence to go on, and using both those virtues a plan has been hatched to make the disappointment fade away.

We have set ourselves a challenge to raise our own £5,000 throughout the winter. Money that will not only save lives, but change them forever.....

This is our biggest Change Lives appeal to date and could be the most important....Please help us by donating.....every penny really does count and is greatly appreciated.

You can find out more and donate by clicking the link below:

http://www.everyclick.com/shakchangelives

Thank you for your support.

IMPORTANT STATEMENT APRIL 2018

A Statement From SHAK.....

One of the drawbacks of gaining followers through Facebook, the press and other forms of media is the demand for our expertise is growing beyond a level that is manageable or even acceptable. We are a victim of our own success and with constantly running with around 70 dogs in our care, being such a small charity we are always stretched beyond our limit.

Therefore I think it is important for me to explain exactly where we get our dogs from and who we will deal with. For the past 12 years we have dealt very closely with vets taking destruction cases, local councils taking strays and a few recognised partnered charities that we have built up strong relationships with. Today this is still the case.

As I mentioned space and resources are very short resulting us being unable to take dogs from members of the public and due to time we are ubable to deal with the publuc in any way. Likewise we are not looking to extend our pool of partnered charities or organisations, so can not take dogs from groups we have never worked with before.

It is not out of ignorance, but due to concentrating our time on our own dogs that no unsolicited emails, phonecalls or Facebook messages will be returned.

Thank you for understanding and for all of your support.

And What We Do.....

Celebrating its 10th anniversary on June 19th 2016, SHAK has come a long way since its founder Stephen Wylie uttered those fateful words ‘never again...’ after the shock death of his dog and best friend Shak.

The hundreds of dogs whose lives have been changed because of that loss is testament to a dog that had a lasting imprint on everyone he met.....

Today the registered charity has approximately 70 dogs in
its care, offering sanctuary to the ones that really need it or a place to simply become a dog again for others.

Working only with destruction cases from vets, strays and
dogs from our trusted charity partners, SHAK does not take in dogs from members of the public. Likewise we are not a rehoming centre, although we do offer the opportunity for people to apply for our Forever Foster project.

We concentrate all of our time, energy and resources directly into the well being of our dogs, enriching lives that others had written off.....