Help our vital new campaign - The Mayhew Animal Home

Make business a pleasure
It can be hard to find time to help your favourite charity outside of giving a financial
donation. However, there are many ways to get involved which are equally invaluable.
Although The Mayhew relies solely on public
donations to continue our vital work of rescuing
and rehoming animals, we rely equally on the
support of volunteer help.
Volunteers who help us care for our animals,
raise funds and man events are the very backbone
of the day-to-day operation of our charity, but it
can be hard, with today’s hectic lifestyles, to find
the time to support a charity of your choice.
This is where corporate volunteering comes in!
Many businesses nowadays are keen to send
their employees on corporate volunteering days,
in order to benefit charities that are in their
local communities, or that are close to the
hearts of their valued employees.
We love to welcome corporate volunteering
groups to our rescue centre, where their help is
invaluable to us. We are often approached by a
variety of businesses and corporations, who will
send us a team for the day to help with a range
of hands-on tasks.
A typical day will consist of the corporate
volunteers assisting our facilities team with tasks
such as garden maintenance, trellis building,
fence painting and, depending on the season,
even pumpkin carving! Of course it goes without
saying that our cats, dogs and rabbits enjoy all
the TLC they can get, so every volunteer group
spends the afternoon meeting, greeting – and
cuddling – many of the homeless animals we
have in our care!
And it isn’t only our animals that benefit.
Our volunteering scheme offers a fulfilling
experience for anyone who aspires to create a
better future for us all.
The charity Clouddog volunteered to join us
in April for a day spent fixing up fences and
providing TLC for our terriers. Teresa Brosnon,
CEO of the community organisation and
Mayhew dog foster carer, explains why this
opportunity was of benefit to both sides. “As part
of a full twelve month educational programme of
hands-on activities, Clouddog beneficiaries complete a
minimum of two Community Acts every year. These
consist of volunteering as a team based activity for a
school, designated Community or in conjunction with
another charity. Students learn the power and value of
working in a group. They build direct relationships
with their Community; gain first-hand experience of
changing the lives of others; realise the greater
contribution that a committed group of volunteers can
make; change their perceptions of doing something for
someone else or a greater cause; and predominantly
ignite a habit of volunteering in themselves.”
If you would like to get in touch to arrange a day of Corporate Volunteering at The Mayhew,
please contact emily@mayhewanimalhome.org for more information. Maximum group
size is 12 and there is a £100 a head required donation.
Letters
Dear Mayhew,
As promised here is an update
to tell you how much we enjoy
Carson and we believe he
enjoys his new home too. Pippa
the dog trainer is amazed how
attached he has become in
such a short period of time.
During a training walk with her
he even neglected to run after
other dogs to follow me – this
was very sweet. We met Dave
again and his dog Kai and
Carson and Kai got on like a
house on fire. It was difficult
to separate them after the
training session. But it is
wonderful to see how well
they played together. Their
fur colour is virtually identical.
Have a great weekend and
thanks for everything.
Dr Sabine Lohmann
We absolutely love to hear from you, so if you
have anything you would like to share with us,
please get in touch by writing to Sarah Dickinson,
The Mayhew Animal Home, Trenmar Gardens,
Kensal Green, London NW10 6BJ or emailing
sarah@mayhewanimalhome.org
Dear Mayhew
Po (was Marco) Ryan emailing
from Chiswick!
I am making good, incremental
strides (that’s what I’m told)
and I have even been brave
enough to stay in the bathroom
upstairs while ‘Mummy’ does
her late night routine with the
electric toothbrush. After
falling in the bath the other
night, I have learnt to jump on
the side and then I just lounge
until she is finished.
The best time is snuggling up
at night and only I am allowed
on the bed. Finn just snores in
his big bed on the floor! Finn is
actually a rather nice big bro’
and although he would like to
eat my food, isn’t allowed to.
I have mine up on the work
top in the kitchen now.
Finn even took the end of
one of my toys today and
trailed it so I could follow!
Mummy thought that was very
sweet and was laughing at us.
She still doesn’t leave me alone
with him though.
I would now quite like to go
out but I’m still not allowed,
even though I been having
Bio-Force Emergency Flower
Essence to make me less stressed.
Actually I don’t mind having
that and it does seem to help.
Mummy says I’m greedy so
although I’m still having three
small meals a day, she says
I’ll have to be sensible soon.
Edward says he doesn’t want
a big, fat lazy cat yet.
So that’s my news and please
tell Tracy that although I sort
of missed where I was with my
little brothers, I think I’m
getting to like this new place.
Mummy’s friends have all
dropped in to meet me and are
very nice and quiet. They all
seem to just drink cups of tea.
Please say thank you to
everyone for making sure I was
safe and sound before I got a
new home!
Much Love to All
Po Ryan & Co xxx
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