Jan 28, 2025 | Latest News
At Friends of Wallace Kennels we are always looking for new ways to raise awareness and much needed funds for our cause.
We are currently in the process of planning an afternoon tea event. This event will take place n Sunday 6th April – more details will be available on our event page nearer. We will also be holding a raffle at the event and are currently seeking prizes. If you have any unwanted gifts or know a company that could donate a raffle prize we would be extremely grateful to receive any items.
Looking forward to the summer, we will be representing Friends of Wallace Kennels at several events, so far we have bookings confirmed at Ingatestone show on 19th July and the Navestock village fair on 26th July. We will also be at Blackmore village show but are currently awaiting a date. You can come along and see us at these events, where we will be selling new and used items and offering a range of fundraising activities such as lucky dips and a tombola. If you have any items that would make suitable prizes we would love to have them.
If you have any great ideas for raising funds, we are always happy to hear suggestions or are you taking part in an event this year and looking to raise funds for a charity, we would love to her from you and can help with promotion.
Please contact Julia via fowksecretary@btinternet.com to discuss any of the above.
Many Thanks
Sep 27, 2024 | Latest News
It’s been a busy summer for many of our wonderful volunteers. They have been helping us raise much needed funds to enable us to support the kennels. We would like to thank our amazing volunteers for all their help at the Jumble on 7th September. A special thank you goes out to Susanne and her husband for running stalls at two fun day events hosted by Brentwood Borough Council, one in Warley playing fields and the other at The Brentwood Centre. Great fun was had by all the attendees and all of the funds raised help us to pay the ever increasing veterinary bills, fuel costs and other outgoings at Wallace Kennels dog rescue. If you have an event that you think would be suitable for us to set up a fundraising and promotional stall at please let us know and we’ll do our best to attend if possible. We look forward to seeing you at our next jumble sale in December, see our events page for details.
Jul 2, 2024 | 3 Peaks Challenge
If you have been following our blog about the 3 Peaks challenge, you’ll be pleased to know that Charley managed to complete the climb in 24 hours! She not only secured herself a medal but raised an amazing £850 for FoWK. Well done and thank you!
Jun 18, 2024 | 3 Peaks Challenge
This is the t-shirt Charley will be wearing as she takes on the 3 Peaks Challenge. It was kindly printed by a lady in Laindon, who does it as a hobby and saw our request for recommendations on Facebook. We can’t wait to see the photos of Charley wearing it on her climbs!
You can support Charley in her fundraising challenge by using this JustGiving link https://www.justgiving.com/page/charley-smith-1717099251682?utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=page%2Fcharley-smith-1717099251682&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=pfp-share
Jun 11, 2024 | Latest News
Our jumble sale on Saturday 8th June 2024 raised an amazing £1,700 to support the work of Wallace Kennels Dog Rescue in Brentwood. These funds are vital to enable us continue to provide financial back up to the kennels to help meet the ongoing and ever increasing costs, such as recent veterinary expenses amounting to nearly £4000!
We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who donated items for sale, the many volunteers who gave up their time to plan and organise the event, and run it on the day, including the talented bakers who generously provided us with delicious cakes to sell, and of course all those who came along and bagged many bargains.
Save the date
The next jumble sale will be held on Saturday 7th September, from 10.00 to 12.00 at Doddinghurst Village Hall, CM15 0NJ.
Please contact us at fowksecretary@btinternet.com if you have items you would like to donate or can spare some time to help with this or future events and fundraising activities.
Image credit: Alvan Nee on Unsplash
May 31, 2024 | 3 Peaks Challenge
National 3 Peaks Challenge
Friends of Wallace Kennels is delighted that Charley Smith has offered to fundraise for us by completing the National 3 Peaks Challenge on June 22nd. Charley is a dog lover and wanted to support a local charity that benefits four legged friends. This challenge will involve Charley climbing the three highest peaks in Scotland, England and Wales in 24 hours.
In order to prepare for this amazing feat Charley has been in training and recently completed the Pen-Y-Fan Horseshoe route in Wales.
On 7th-10th June Charley will be heading to the Yorkshire Dales to do the Yorkshire 3 peaks challenge, which she hopes to complete in under 12 hours to prepare her for the National 3 Peaks on 22nd June. We wish Charley lots of the luck for the Challenge and look forward to further updates here!
You can support Charley and her fundraising efforts for Friends of Wallace Kennels by donating through JustGiving, using the following link.
https://www.justgiving.com/page/charley-smith-1717099251682?utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=page%2Fcharley-smith-1717099251682&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=pfp-share
May 14, 2024 | Latest News
Welcome to the latest blog by Friends of Wallace Kennels (FOWK). We recently held our AGM and there have been a few changes we’d like to update you on.
The wonderful committee at FOWK have worked tirelessly over many years to establish the charity and provide support for many rescue dogs that have passed through Wallace Kennels Dog Rescue in Brentwood. Unsurprisingly, after all this hard work, both Margaret (secretary) and Josie (treasurer) are ready to take a well deserved retirement from their roles on the FOWK committee and stepped down at the AGM. We would like to say a massive thank you to Margaret and Josie for everything they have done for FOWK and we wish them a well earned rest and happy retirement.
Moving forward Charlotte has been elected as the incoming treasurer and myself as the incoming Secretary,. As such we are currently in a period of change, as information is updated, so please bear with us. We are hoping to use this time to make some changes within FOWK, such as updating the website as amore user friendly platform of information, promoting and increasing membership and raising the profile of FOWK.
We are also lucky enough to have been approached by a lovely member of the public, Charley, who is going to be taking on the 3 PEAKS challenge in June. She has kindly nominated FOWK as the charity she would like to raise funds for. We are in the process of setting up a Just Giving Page to enable Charley to make her fundraising easier to manage. We look forward to sharing more details about this soon and we can hopefully get Charley to complete a blog about the event for us too. What an amazing thing to do…. good luck Charley!
Apr 5, 2024 | Newsletters
Please find attached our latest newsletter. If you would like to receive a copy straight to your door, why not become a member? Use the contact us form for more information.
FOWK NEWSLETTER 114
Feb 13, 2024 | Latest News
Welcome to the first blog by Friends of Wallace Kennels (FOWK). If you’re familiar with us you’ll probably realise you’re now looking at our brand new website! It’s really great to see you here, please watch this space for more news and information coming soon.
