"It's A Dog's Life"..... SHAK (Safe Homes And Kindness): A Great Day Spreading The Word.....

Monday 16 September 2013

A Great Day Spreading The Word.....

I've had a great day today doing some PR for SHAK, and I'd like to thank everyone who has been kind enough to have me!

First up, thank you to my old friend Joe Allon for joining me on the Jonathon Miles Show on BBC Radio Newcastle this morning. It was great fun and you'd be surprised what goes on off air! Jonathon is a great laugh, and Joe is really keen to help us with this Talk In at Alnwick Town FC on the 28th September, and I'm really proud of this event. Of course you can still buy your ticket by contacting me at shak@shak.org.uk or getting in touch with Alnwick Town FC.

You can listen to the great fun we had and the full interview by the link below (thanks John for this):

Stephen Wylie and Joe Allon on the Jonathon Miles Show.....

Next up for me was a wonderful night with Stakefords Ladies Group as a guest speaker. It was really nice to speak to some wonderful people about SHAK, how I started and of course tell the tales of some of the wonderful dogs I've had the luck to share my life with. Great Tea and biscuits, and a lot of Jam Jars handed out!

On the back of a fantastic night last Thursday with the Stuart Halbert Foundation, my mini PR tour has shown that people really are behind the work we do, and I for one am extremely grateful for that.

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.....

Change Lives

Monday 16 September 2013

A Great Day Spreading The Word.....