Tel: 01754 820593
Tel / fax: 01472 822979
About Fen Bank Greyhound Sanctuary
Fen
Bank Greyhound Sanctuary is a registered charity dedicated to the protection and
re-homing of ex-racing Greyhounds. We are based at
Friskney
near Skegness in
South Lincolnshire, and were
established in December 1997 by
our Founder, Sandra Davis. The
Sanctuary, which obtained independent registered charity status in 1998,
provides comfortable spacious accommodation for some 24 greyhounds of all ages who have
come from all over the United Kingdom. We take in dogs from many sources -
trainers, owners, the police, the RSPCA and other welfare groups. Some are
cruelty cases, including dogs with physical and emotional scars, dangerously
underweight dogs, and dogs seriously ill from neglect.
Policy Statement
Fen Bank Greyhound Sanctuary does not support or condone greyhound racing. However, the Sanctuary was founded to be “for the rescue and rehabilitation of ex-racing greyhounds in need”. The Sanctuary therefore has to maintain links with individuals and organisations within greyhound racing to be able to provide the best possible chance of successfully meeting its aims.
The Sanctuary
Fen Bank is open every day except Wednesday between 12 noon and 4pm (other times by appointment) - we are waiting for your visit! We are closed all day every Wednesday.
Each pair of greyhounds has a warm kennel, their own run, and in addition there are three large galloping paddocks for free exercise, one of which is covered in several inches of sand. All dogs are walked almost every day and as far as possible they are treated like the pets they are destined to become. There are a few permanent residents who can't be homed for one reason or another, but they are cared for just as much as all the other dogs here and they can be sponsored.
We provide fully-supported homing and follow-up programmes for every greyhound, including vetting procedures and a 24-hour help line. All our dogs are neutered, inoculated, wormed, health checked and micro-chipped before being placed in a new home. Although we do our best to ensure that our greyhound adoptions go smoothly for both new owner and dog, there are occasions when a homing fails, and we then insist that dogs MUST come back to Fen Bank. A Fen Bank dog is a dog for life.
As an independent registered charity, the Sanctuary relies on donations as well as a programme of events during the year to continue to support the dogs in our care. We are members of the Association of Dogs and Cats Homes and our Honorary Friends are Clarissa Baldwin OBE, Annette Crosbie OBE, John Curran and Mary Evans MBE.
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| Mick | Debbie | Claire | Sue | June & Adrian | Tim |
The Sanctuary is
managed by Mick Fern, with the support of
Kennel Assistants Debbie Perham, Sue Card and Claire Stanton. Tim
Underhill helps us with maintenance, vet runs and provides other
valuable assistance, and the Sanctuary is left overnight in the capable
hands of June Watts and her partner Adrian Dack. We also are very
grateful for the support of our regular volunteers who provide day-to-day care of the dogs,
and to our Founder Sandra Davis who continues to
provide invaluable assistance with greyhound welfare matters,
co-ordination of incoming dogs, home checking and many other aspects of
the charity. We are
also fortunate in also having the support of
a number of other volunteers helping with events and
at our Charity Shop, in
Alford, Lincs,
where the volunteer
manager Wendy Joiner has a great team of ladies
who do a fantastic job in raising a huge amount of money for these
lovely longtails.
Jill Kirby is our unpaid Treasurer and Secretary, and is also responsible for events as well as much of the background administration.
The ultimate responsibility for Fen Bank Greyhound Sanctuary rests with the Board of Trustees: Graham Fountain (chair), Paul Bryan (vice-chair and shop), Stella Pullum (kennels), and Alan Hudson (IT).
Contacts
Click on one of the links below to contact us about:
- general Sanctuary information
To contact the trustees click here.
A Day at Fen Bank by Grace
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Biscuits in bowls, meat on top No time to chat, no time to stop, Let’s be quick, let’s look sharp, Or the dogs will bark and bark and bark.
Before they get their breakfast fare, There’s pees and poos everywhere, They are picked and cleared away, That’s just the first lot of the day!
Food time then, bowls on ground, It’s gone before you turn around. Bowls in sink, no time to lose, And then another round of poos!
Brush in hand, it’s time to sweep, The dogs, well fed, will have a sleep. All the runs need hosing now, It all gets done, sometime – somehow. |
Every Kennel’s clean and bright, To have a break now seems just right, And then the walkings to be done, Both dogs and walkers find it fun.
There’s beds to change and dogs to bath, Coats to groom, and sweep the path. Callers come to look for pets Sometimes it’s dashing to the vets.
Another round of feeding then, Another check of beds and pen, As dusk falls they’re put to bed Dreaming of when they’re next to be fed. |