We rehome about 300 dogs each year, all dogs leave us with our promise to take our dogs back at any time.
How You Can Help
- Simply book your next holiday with Charitable Travel and tell us you want to support Border Collie Trust. The charity will then benefit from the free donation you can make as part of the booking process. To read more about how this works, head to our ‘About Us‘ page.
- If you want to make a donation to TBorder Collie Trust and you are not booking a holiday, click here to visit their website.
- Visit bordercollietrustgb.org.uk to sign up to newsletters, and follow the Border Collie Trust social media pages and help spread the word.
How You Can Help
- Simply book your next holiday with Charitable Travel and tell us you want to support Border Collie Trust. The charity will then benefit from the free donation you can make as part of the booking process. To read more about how this works, head to our ‘About Us‘ page.
- If you want to make a donation to Border Collie Trust and you are not booking a holiday, click here to visit their website.
- Visit bordercollietrustgb.org.uk to sign up to newsletters, and follow the Border Collie Trust social media pages and help spread the word.
a brief history of Border collie trust gb
In 1976 – the year when Border Collies were recognised by the Kennel Club, Hazel Monk began the organisation to rescue Border Collies.
Hazel helped many dogs during the next 15 years – sadly she died in October 1992. In 1996 Border Collie Trust became a registered charity.
In 1997 the Trust launched a kennel appeal hoping that with lots of fund raising a permanent kennels would be possible. The Trust was very blessed to receive a large donation. This enabled Trustees to purchase a 4 ½ acre site, which was a boarding kennel. The kennels were old and dilapidated and funds were sought to replace these with a new block designed for Border Collies.
During the following years much has changed. Further large donations have seen the opening of a kennel block of 20 kennels and a separate block of 14 kennels for boarding.
In 2003 we moved the admin office from the house to a purpose built area. In 2006 a further kennel block of 7 kennels for special needs dogs was built. Since then further improvements to the kennels and site have been seen and in more recent times work on improving the enrichment of dogs lives has commenced.
Staff numbers have grown both in the office and kennel areas. The Boarding block has been successful and this income is much needed to cover running costs.
The Trust also operates a “Support Scheme” providing vital regular donations to support our work and a “Sponsor a Kennel” scheme.
The dogs we rescue come to us from other rescues, often as strays and also from their own homes, where due to a variety of reasons the owner can no longer care for the dog.
In 2003 we moved the admin office from the house to a purpose built area. In 2006 a further kennel block of 7 kennels for special needs dogs was built. Since then further improvements to the kennels and site have been seen and in more recent times work on improving the enrichment of dogs lives has commenced.
Staff numbers have grown both in the office and kennel areas. The Boarding block has been successful and this income is much needed to cover running costs.
The Trust also operates a “Support Scheme” providing vital regular donations to support our work and a “Sponsor a Kennel” scheme.
The dogs we rescue come to us from other rescues, often as strays and also from their own homes, where due to a variety of reasons the owner can no longer care for the dog.
The Trust tries to place each dog in a suitable permanent home. There are no time limits and some dogs stay here for many months. Often a farm dog is very shy and needs much staff input to socialise it before the dog is suitable to be homed. We have excellent working relationships with many other dog rescue organisations.
We rehome about 300 dogs each year, all dogs leave us with our promise to take our dogs back at any time.
In 2013 the route of the proposed HS2 High Speed Railway was announced. The close proximity of the line and the potential loss of half of our paddock to a new road has presented challenges that we are currently still working through but do watch this space.
Your support is vital to help collies in need and they send their grateful thanks.
The Trust tries to place each dog in a suitable permanent home. There are no time limits and some dogs stay here for many months. Often a farm dog is very shy and needs much staff input to socialise it before the dog is suitable to be homed. We have excellent working relationships with many other dog rescue organisations.
We rehome about 300 dogs each year, all dogs leave us with our promise to take our dogs back at any time.
In 2013 the route of the proposed HS2 High Speed Railway was announced. The close proximity of the line and the potential loss of half of our paddock to a new road has presented challenges that we are currently still working through but do watch this space.
Your support is vital to help collies in need and they send their grateful thanks.
Get in touch
Border Collie Trust, Heathway, Rugeley WS15 3LY
Registered charity number 1053585. Company number 03159703.
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