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Oldies Club are thrilled to annouce the regional winners chosen by our celebrity judges. We had in over 230 photos which was a fantastic response!! We are pleased to say The Woof Factor Photo Competition has raise £504.62!!! A huge thank you to all those who entered. Also a big thank you to Kudos Pet Products, Paul Walker of Pet Paw Photography, CSJ dog Food, Pressies4Pets, Jilly Cooper and Marlins Rosettes for donating our wonderful prizes and rosettes as well to our wonderful judges who had the hardest task of all, choosing a short list of photos from so many entered!! […]

Roxy and Buster have had a fun-filled Easter weekend together. But what Roxy really wants is a permanent home…

Do you have the time and skills to become a regular volunteer for the Oldies Club Rehoming team?

100 mile sponsored walk – the Dales Way, Yorkshire: Oldies Club supporter Ray, who adopted Ernie the Corgi, is walking the Dales Way, Yorkshire, which is 100 miles from just outside Bradford to Windermere, in the Lake District. Ray and his friend are starting the walk this week on 27 March 2009 and are aiming to complete it in six days. Any money raised will be split between Oldies Club and Corgi Rescue. If you would like to sponsor Ray, please email Angela at f@oldies.org.uk, giving your full name and the amount you would like to sponsor Ray for (eg x […]

Want an Oldies Club T-shirt, sweatshirt, hoodie, umbrella or mug? Or even a t-shirt for your dog? Now you can have one! Our new Spreadshirt shop offers a number of exclusive Oldies Club designs, and also of course benefits older dogs with every item you buy! Visit the shop here: http://oldiesclub.spreadshirt.net/ Share to help find homes for old dogs…

The Woof Factor Oldies Club is celebrating older dogs! We are holding a fundraising photo competition especially for dogs age 7 and over. The winning dog will represent the Oldies Club for the following year. The only rule for this competition is that dogs entering need to be veterans, they do not necessarily need to be rescue dogs to enter. We have divided the UK up into 7 regions (North East, North West, South East, South West, Midlands, Scotland and Wales. The winner of each region will go forward to the Grand Final. As well as becoming the face of Oldies […]

Are you a wannabe thespian?  A secret star in the making?  Would you be tempted by a chance to appear on television with one of Britain’s best-loved comedy actors?  Well, grab your greasepaint and memorise those lines because Oldies Club is offering you the chance of a lifetime! Thanks to the generosity of actor and dog-lover Martin Clunes, Oldies Club is holding a very special auction.  The highest bidder wins a fantastic prize: a walk-on role in the next series of ITV’s award winning drama ‘Doc Martin’! If you win, you and a guest of your choice will spend a day […]

Sophie, a falconer, has very kindly donated a number of birds of prey experiences to the Oldies Club for fundraising purposes. Oldies Club is currently auctioning a Hawk Walk and two Barn Owl Hours via the Refuge forum. You can read more about the Hawk Walk here. and the Barn Owl Hours here and here. You will need to register on the Refuge forum to be able to bid, but this is a very quick process. Auctions to end at 9pm on Sunday 18 January 2009. Thanks very much to Sophie for donating these experiences. They will take place in the […]

At long last the Oldies club has a new website, which should give us more room for expansion in future! A few things may not be working quite right at the moment. If you’ve found something you think is broken, please email victoria@oldies.org.uk with the details. The forms for submitting an oldie and joining the Oldies Club need some work, which should be completed tomorrow. In the meanwhile, if you’d like to send us details of a dog for listing on the website, please email web@oldies.org.uk. If you’d like to join our mailing list or volunteer, please email oldies@oldies.org.uk. Share to […]

Want to see the dogs taken into foster homes by the Oldies Club, vet treated, assessed and rehomed to loving new owners in 2008? A huge thanks to everyone who has put up posters, manned a stall, fundraised, donated, helped with transport, fostered, or simply told a friend about the Oldies Club. You are all stars, and this is your achievement. Share to help find homes for old dogs…

Don’t miss our Christmas Newsletter for 2008…

After the success of this year’s camping trip it was decided that it would be nice to end 2008 off with another social event. On a crisp December Sunday morning a group of Oldies Club supporters and their dogs met up for a walk at Westonbirt Arboretum, Wiltshire. It was lovely to see 25+ dogs interacting. The older dogs chose to plod around the walk quite contently whilst the younger ones were enthusiastically running around and mixing happily together. After the walk we all had a chance of a quick coffee and to samples the goodies that some had brought with […]

We made a special plea for our dear little Ernie…

~~~Calendar~~~ Oldies Club has produced its first ever calendar, featuring some of the wonderful oldies rehomed by the charity. It’s a desk calendar and the cover features the lovely Lady: The calendar also features dogs such as Cassie the bull terrier, Barney the lab, Marvellous Max, beautiful sponsor girl FeeBee, Dusky Musky, Happy Casper and the very handsome Ollie, with a little note about each dog. Calendars are priced at £5.99 including p&p and feature a dog per page/month – they really are very nice and would make a great present for friends and relatives that like dogs and support rescue […]

Do you have time to spare and a love of oldies? We are looking to recruit Regional Co-ordinators, plus a Writer for the Oldies Club website.

Sunday 31 August The Great British Duck Race, The River Thames, nr Hampton Court. Once again, Oldies Club are taking part in the Great British Duck Race. Ducks are available to adopt now and you could be the winner of a whopping £10,000 or one of the other 30 top prizes! Adoption can be done via our special page here or by clicking on Adopt a Duck below. Please join in the fun for a chance of winning a fantastic prize while helping a great cause :) Share to help find homes for old dogs…

It all started on Sunday 18th May 2008. I stood at the most northerly point in the UK, and took my first step of Trish’s Trudge which would take me the length of the country to Lands End! Now, almost 80 days later, I’ve reached the wet hills of Yorkshire and am working my way down the Pennine Way. The scenery has been fantastic, and I’ve met some real characters along the way. But the best bit has been the dogs I’ve met. I dropped in to the Dogs Trust centre at West Calderdale near Edinburgh, and met some of their […]

Speak Out for Animals (S.O.F.A), a school animal action club, is campaigning for microchipping of dogs to be made law. Click here to view and sign the petition. Taken from the petition site: Recent reports state that over 100,000 strays were collected in 2007. All of these had to be cared for by local councils or charitable organisations, and too many were destroyed. If these dogs had been microchipped, the owners could easily be traced and any cruelty, punished. A dynamic school animal action club, called Speak Out for Animals (S.O.F.A) is therefore campaigning for microchipping of dogs to be made […]

We currently have a number of dogs in our care that have very little chance of finding permanent homes. Sadly, these dogs have health problems and will need regular medication and special care for whatever time they have left. Oldies Club can provide permanent foster places for these dogs, so that they will enjoy a comfortable home environment for the rest of their days. Unfortunately, caring for old and sick dogs is very costly and puts a big strain on our funds. So please help us by taking part in our Sponsor Scheme. For a small monthly or annual fee you […]

Torbay 10km run – Sunday 24 August Oldies Club supporter Robin Gilford is taking part in the Torbay (Devon) 10km run on Sunday 24 August 2008 and is very kindly seeking people to sponsor him to raise funds for Oldies Club. If you would like to sponsor Robin, please email Angela at f@oldies.org.uk with your name and details of how much you would like to sponsor Robin for. You can sponsor per km, or a total amount. Sponsorship money to be sent to Oldies Club following the run. Thank you :) – and good luck Robin! Share to help find homes […]