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Three year funding for a Community Fundraising Co-ordinator. This will be our first salaried post and will greatly increase our capacity, enabling GRWE to take the next big step forward.
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The postholder will work from home somewhere in our core SW England area and will be responsible for developing our network of volunteers and fundraisers in the community and handling daily charity administration. S/He will also give support to the Trustees, Regional Homing Officers and the Helpline operators in their work to secure funding, rescue and find homes for greyhounds and increase awareness and support for improved greyhound welfare and greyhounds as pets. GRWE has no offices or own kennels, employs no staff and relies wholly on voluntary income and the tireless efforts of a great many dedicated volunteers and supporters spread over a large geographical area – from Cheshire to Bedfordshire to Dorset, the Isle of Wight, Somerset and Cornwall. We work to full capacity and last year placed just under 500 dogs in loving homes. Founded in 1996 GRWE is the leading greyhound rescue organisation in England & Wales completely independent of the racing industry. While impossible to obtain accurate figures, it is estimated that around 12,000 greyhounds are ‘retired’ from the tracks every year, 50% of which simply ‘disappear’, most likely killed. The other 50% are mainly picked up by rescue charities. The vast majority of dogs retiring are fit and healthy, aged only 2 – 5 years, who simply cannot run fast enough to earn prize money for their owners and are therefore discarded. Often they will have been kept in appalling conditions and miserably treated. A race for life indeed.