"It's A Dog's Life"..... SHAK (Safe Homes And Kindness): Success At The Planning Meeting.....

Tuesday, 21 December 2010

Success At The Planning Meeting.....

I have just returned from the planning meeting regarding Derek's fundraising, and I'm pleased to say it was a little success. The planning department of Northumberland Council wanted to restrict his activities to only the first Sunday in every month. However after hearing the arguments for and against (in which I myself was put on the stand) the councilors decided that the planning terms were unacceptable.

It was therefore decided that Derek can open the first and third Sunday in every month, which obviously doubles what we were expecting the outcome to be. It does mean we lose two weeks per month, but I'm sure the people who support us will help us come up with other ways of making up those lost funds.

I think there will be a full report in the Journal tomorrow.

Thanks for all the well wishes and support both today and throughout this exhausting campaign, and maybes an old pensioner like Derek will be allowed to get some sleep tonight.

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

Tuesday, 21 December 2010

Success At The Planning Meeting.....