Announcing the arrival of Hounds For Heroes, a new and innovative charity whose aim is to place highly trained assistance dogs with injured and disabled service men and women and personnel from the emergency services.
The purpose of “Hounds For Heroes” is to provide specially trained assistance dogs to injured and disabled men and women of both the UK Armed Forces and Civilian Emergency Services. Through this provision our aims are to provide help and practical support, leading to an enhanced quality of life for our clients.
We are now formally registered with the Charities Commission and are in a fortunate position of having the experience of other assistance dog organisations both in the UK and Worldwide to draw upon. We can use their knowledge of what works and what doesn’t which will make us more cost effective in our operation.
Our first major offensive is the “Puppies on Parade Appeal” where we intend to raise £100,000 so that we can buy, train and support our first five Hounds of Heroes. Our first puppy has already been named Juno after the D Day beach and it is the charity’s intention that all dogs will have a service related names.
There are over 900,000 injured servicemen and women in the country today, yet only a handful of those have chosen to have a life enhancing assistance dogs. Hounds for Heroes intend to promote the dogs as badges of honour and ability. It is very difficult to explain to those that have never experienced it, but within the services there is a very special camaraderie built of trust, loyalty and team work and we hope to replicate that in the partnering of our clients with a Hounds For Hero dog. Our dog’s jackets will bear the service emblem of the clients regiment, ship, squadron etc. Any medals awarded will be embroidered on to the dog’s jacket. These are our people, both military and civilian, who routinely put their lives on the line, as part of their duty, and as a nation we should be looking after them.
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http://www.houndsforheroes.com
