FEBRUARY 2012

The Charity is absolutely DELIGHTED to welcome as our latest Patron BEV BEVAN.

Bev will be known to very many of you as a key part - along with Roy Wood - of "ELO". He was also a major part of, "The Move" and "Black Sabbath". He is, without question a great musician and we are truly proud to have his support.

Thank you BEV.

FEBRUARY 2012

THANK

YOU

To see details of some of the wonderful people, companies, stores and organisations that have and are helping the Charity, please click HERE.

SPONSORED WALK JAN 2012

The Charity's Annual Sponsored Walk on January 1st was another great event  and one that the POURING rain could not defeat.  The Walkers and their pets came well prepared for the persisting rain and raised well over £1,100-00 towards our HUGE annual veterinary bills.

RAFFLE DRAW JANUARY 2012

The Draw has taken place - on January 5th - for the Charity's Annual Raffle.

To download or view a pdf list of the prize winners please click Here.

A very SPECIAL THANK YOU to all those wonderful prize winners who either kindly declined, or accepted only a part of, their prize for the benefit of the our rescues.

An extremely kind and gracious act.

THANK YOU

NEW FOR 2012

Dog Day Out Bags

RICK WAKEMAN CDs

The Charity has a VERY LIMITED number of CDs personally signed by RICK WAKEMAN. The country's leading Rock Keyboard player available for only £10-00p each.

We also have an unusual range of items for sale to raise funds for our rescues. For more details please click here.

December 2011

The first (of many ???) Quizes run by TINA and KEV aka "Spot the Dog" was Huge success at Cowes Community Club raising almost £450-00p. Thanks to everyone that attended and the following who kindly donated prizes for the raffle :-

Soul 2 Soul, Singer Shop, SPAR, MOO Machine, Forget me Not, Pets with Hart, The Hogs Head, Dreams, The Dog Grooming Centre, Ebony Hair, Humbugs, Chivertons, Beresfords, Pure Beauty, Taylors of Cowes, Be Calmed, Ship Mates, Hurst of Cowes, Aqua Marine, Quay 4, Chocolate Mad Cowes, Roar, PHG & Tea, Booker Cash & Carry, The Fountain, Shorelines of Cowes.

December 2011

The ANIMAL AID FAYRE in Kensington was a FANTASTIC event with the Charity meeting many existing and new supporters.

Rick Wakeman autographed CDs were particularly popular along with "Dog Day out Bags"  Contact 01983-522-511 if you would like one of either as stocks really are limited

Jo (from Bearwood) is pictured .

November 2011

VERY URGENT

Following an unfortunate bump (no injures incurred) our Midlands Branch has lost it's Animal Support Vehicle and we are DESPERATE to obtain another one asap.

Ideally we are looking for a medium sized estate car in good condition. If you can help in ANY way please call Jo at Bearwood on 0121-420-4201 or Helen on 01983-522-511.

October 2011

SAUSAGE AND CHIPS QUIZ NIGHT.

Mick and Chrissie (Pictured) put on THE most wonderful Quiz night for the Charity at the Fleming Arms on the 21st October. The Pub was packed, the atmosphere wonderful and Superb Quiz Master Fred and his wife Jenny were hard pushed to keep track of the teams. Almost £1,000-00p was raised on the night.! 

Thanks also to BETA PAK, EUROVINES, SOMERTON PAPER SERVICES, MEDINA FOOD SERVICES, HUNTS, and ISLAND FOODS for their wonderful support with food or raffle items.

October 2011

CHEMIST DIRECT.

Once again we are VERY VERY pleased to be able to thank CHEMIST DIRECT for yet another WONDERFUL donation of Pet Food for our many rescues. All this food will make a big difference to the number of animals we can help.

October 2011

www.hrdauctionrooms.co.uk

AUCTION

Thanks to Rex Gully of Hose Rhodes Dixon, our annual Auction was another great night for the Charity and the animals we help. At time of writing the final figure for the amount raised is not in, but a lot of animals will benefit from a lot of people's generosity.

September 2011

This is RUBY

She is a lovely six month old Long Haired Lurcher who popped in (with her owner) to be micro chipped - Ruby that is. She was so good she earnt a biscuit for good behaviour.

To arrange to micro chip your pet call Beckky on 0121-420-4201 or Richard on 01983-522-511.

September 2011

RICK WAKEMAN, the country's leading Rock Key board player and TV Presenter played a superb concert at the Shanklin Theatre on September 13th.

RICK is a great supporter of the Charity and is flanked by Clive, Glenis, Helen, Martin Jean and Tony.

August 2011

Proving that it is NEVER too young to be kind, considerate and a "FRIEND OF THE ANIMALS", the RAINSBURY RASCALS set out for their annual sponsored stroll with Jamie to raise money for our many rescues. Thank you to everyone who took part and especially to Claire and her team for supporting our rescues.

August 2011

In February "CHEMIST DIRECT" kindly delivered a huge amount of pet food to our Bearwood office for our many rescues. Thatin itself was absolutely wonderful, but now they have gone and done it AGAIN.

This will make a BIG difference and we would like to thank everyone at Chemist Direct for supporting our work.

August 2011

Our grateful thanks to WAITROSE of Havant for choosing us as one of their supported Charities. As a result of their kindness and the support of the local community, the Charity received a cheque for £300-00p from Hannah and Kathy on behalf of the company. The Charity's (tall) treasurer Martin is receiving the cheque.

JULY 2011

THIS IS SCAMP.

Scamp was in a TERRIBLE state back in April, (see below) but this is what we can achieve with YOUR help.

JUNE 2011

This lovely Golden Lab is BONNIE. Unfortunately she requires ONE specialist tablet a month to control a heart problem.

However the cost of that tablet was becoming prohibitive but, after a few phone calls we have been able to source the tablet at half the original cost. Our aim is to help and now both Bonnie and her owner can benefit from a worry removed.

JUNE 2011

Urgent help needed at our PORTSMOUTH shop. If you live within easy reach of NORTH END Portsmouth and can regularly spare a few hours a week to help in our shop, please, in the first place, call Helen on 01983-522-511.

MAY 2011

Charity Founder Helen Sinclair attended the unveiling of a plaque by the BRITISH COMEDY SOCIETY in memory of Carry on Star, great comedian and gentleman JACK DOUGLAS  at the HALL of FAME at PINEWOOD studios.

The Plaque was unveiled by JACK's good friend DES O'CONNOR. The sell out event was a tribute to a wonderful man and a great supporter of this Charity. At the Fund Raising events that followed the unveiling the proceeds were ALL donated to Friends of the Animals.

Thanks to Viv Russell, Jack's partner and John Gatenby & Gareth Hughes of the B.C.S. for their organisational work (Jack had also been a chairman of the Society). Finally thanks must go to the bidders at the Auction who, like Paul Stevens (pictured left) will enable the Charity to help a lot more animals.

APRIL 2011

Poor little SCAMP, (the 13-14yr old Lhaso Apso (pictured below) is in our carefollowing the sad demise of his owner. Unfortunately, SCAMP has got  some very badteeth, his coat is (was) terribly matted and he's got warts on his neck. All in all, he's in a bit of a state. Yet, despite all of this, he is a friendly and lively little soul.

See above for how Friends of the Animals helped to turn Scamp around.

MARCH 2011

It is now possible to pay for Spays / Neuters etc by card on the Isle of Wight - either by personal visit or by calling 01983-522-511.

YOU CAN ALSO MAKE A DONATION TO HELP OUR RESCUES BY CARD ON THE SAME NUMBER.

FEBRUARY 2011

This is DAVE. He is about three years old and we were asked to rehome him. When we arrived to pick him up he was wearing this lovely red coat and looked absolutely adorable. Unfortunately, reality struck the moment we started to take off his coat ....!

DAVE'S skin was in such a bad condition that he had been scratching himself to pieces and had (apparently) not been taken to the vets for TWO years.   Instead of taking DAVE to a foster home, we took him straight to the vets where he was given antibiotics, steroids, skin cream special shampoo and had his nails clipped.

When the vet saw DAVE he said:- "If it had been anyone other than "Friends of the Animals" this dog would of been put to sleep"

FEBRUARY 2011  

HUGE thanks to www.chemistdirect.co.uk for donating this fantastic amount of pet food to help our many rescues. ALL of the items shown were donated by www.chemistdirect.co.uk and we will use them promptly to help feed the wide rangeof rescued animals that come into our care.

JANUARY 2011

The Charity's new Regional Office was opened today by one of our Patrons, Shaw Taylor.

The office at 17A Riverway PO30 5UX will enable the Charity to help a FAR larger number of animals (and people) than ever before. Please contact us on 01983-522511

The Charity is delighted to have a large number of motivated and wonderful supporters and many turned up to see SHAW TAYLOR open the Charity's new office at Riverway.

Thank you to each and every one - you make the Charity a success and every rescue possible.

The Charity is honoured to have the wonderful support of many famous celebrities. SHAW TAYLOR, patron, who is pictured with his partner Shirley, performed the opening ceremony and accompanying him on his left  is KENNETH KENDALL the famous BBC reporter and news reader. We are VERY pleased to have their support.