The Kennel Club Charitable Trust has helped a wide range of organisations to make a difference for dogs. Here are just a few of examples of how it has made a difference.

Wood Green Animal Shelter - Funding of X-ray vision 

The Kennel Club Charitable Trust has helped save the day for hundreds of animals at Wood Green Animal Shelter in North London by donating the money needed to equip its X-Ray room.  Read further ...

Funding of study into stopping the use of dogs in laboratory testing

The Kennel Club Charitable Trust has awarded a significant grant to the scientific charity FRAME to support a study into looking at the use of dogs in laboratories, with a view to putting an end to this practice. Read further...

University of Cambridge Veterinary School Trust - £50,000 towards the purchase of a replacement Linear Accelerator for the Veterinary Cancer Therapy Unit. 

The Department of Veterinary Medicine at Cambridge is at the forefront of veterinary science and education and is a centre of excellence for teaching and research.  Their mission is to improve the prevention and treatment of diseases of animals. Read Further....

Animal Health Trust - Final instalment of £25,000 funding towards the ‘Identification of Genetic Markers Linked to Genes for Four Inherited Canine Diseases’.

Back in 2003 the KCCT began funding (together with Breed Clubs) the AHT’s investigation into genetic conditions in dogs, with the objective of developing DNA tests which will enable selective breeding away from the condition. Read Further....

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People - £5,000 funding towards the sponsorship of a hearing dog.  

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People was launched at the 1982 Crufts Dog Show and since then the charity has continued to train dogs to alert deaf people to specific sounds, whether in the home, workplace or public buildings. So far they have placed over 1200 hearing dogs throughout England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands. Read Further....

Pets as Therapy - £5,000 funding towards the Phobic Children Project

Children are sometimes referred to Pets As Therapy (PAT) when their fear of dogs becomes debilitating and prevents them from doing everyday things like walking to school, playing in the park etc. Read Further....

Dogs for the Disabled - £17,000 funding to support the training of two assistance dogs for children

In 2004 Dogs for the Disabled started a pilot project to train three assistance dog teams to work specifically with children for the first time. The help that a trained dog provides a disabled child is fundamental in allowing them to reduce the dependence they would otherwise have on other family members. Read Further....

Assisi Animal Sanctuary - £5,000 funding towards a new Animal Ambulance 

In the last 12 months 4000 dogs were destroyed in Northern Ireland and although this is 5% better that the previous year the Assisi Animal Sanctuary (part of the ADCH) are still working hard to reduce this statistic through their Chance of a Lifetime scheme. Read Further....

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People
The Kennel Club Charitable Trust has been making donations to Hearing Dogs For Deaf People for a number of years.

Hearing Dogs For Deaf People carefully selects and trains dogs to work with deaf people assisting them in everyday situations by alerting them to sounds such as a ringing alarm clock, a doorbell, a smoke alarm etc. Most dogs are chosen from rescue centres, effectively giving unwanted dogs useful lives to the benefit of deaf people. Hearing dogs are free to deaf people. Read further....

Animal Health Trust

The Kennel Club Charitable Trust has worked with the Animal Health Trust for many years on a number of research and development projects.

The Animal Health Trust is a charity that has been helping dogs, cats and horses for more than half a century both through advancing veterinary science and by returning them to health and happiness when they are sick or injured. Read further....

British Veterinary Nursing Association (BNVA) Bursary

The Kennel Club Charitable Trust has funded a new £5,000 bursary, which was awarded by the British Veterinary Nursing Association (BVNA) to Jennifer Driscoll a veterinary nursing degree student. Read further....

Veterinary Nursing Grant

In late 2004, the Kennel Club agreed to sponsor the Veterinary Nursing team at Edinburgh’s Telford College.  Their generous gift has supported us in providing a high standard of veterinary nurse training, both for our full-time courses, run jointly with the University of Glasgow’s faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and for our block-release courses for students already in employment.  Read further....

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