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Shawlands charity Give a Dog a Bone wins £50,000 award
Shawlands-based Give a Dog a Bone is one of ten charities to receive £50,000 as part of Ecclesiastical’s Movement for Good awards. The awards, set up by specialist insurer Ecclesiastical, have seen a total of £1million given to charities across the UK this summer.500...
Amazing Woman: Louise Russell
Interview with Louise Russell by No 1 magazine Amazing Woman: Louise RussellLouise Russell, 44 from Glasgow, helps to reduce loneliness in over 60s by introducing them to animals.I began my charity Give a Dog a Bone five years ago. I wanted to tackle the issue of...
HELP us to open up a new Community Space!
4 years ago, I set up the Give a Dog a Bone charity - a unique charity - supporting the over 60s to afford a rescue pet companion. It has been a great success, with hundreds of rescue animals and their 'older' human companions enabled to have a happier life - together...
Glasgow charity which unites rescue dogs with elderly owners to open new permanent home
Give a Dog a Bone has carried out incredible work in the city and the new base will allow them to expand their operations.The Glasgow charity which helps unite rescue dogs with elderly owners is opening a new permanent base in the south side of the city.Give a Dog a...
Give a Dog a Bone secures 2nd year Local Charity Partnership with the largest Sainsbury’s store in Scotland
News just in... Give a Dog a Bone secures 2nd year Local Charity Partnership with the largest Sainsbury's store in Scotland! For more information visit httpss://www.sainsburyslocalcharity.co.uk and enter Darnley, Glasgow in the store search.
Group Dog Walk
We would like to reach more retired people in our area and offer companionship, via dogs, and SO we are holding fortnightly Group Dog Walks! If you have a friend or family member who: Has a dog and would love the social interaction of meeting new friends... Doesn't...
AGM: Year 3 Report
'Give a Dog a Bone... and an animal a home’ gained charitable status on 20 November 2013. The charitable proposition is this: if you are 60+, and finance is a genuine barrier to rehoming a rescue pet companion, the charity can pay the rehoming fee and, if need be,...
Joint Working – Viewpoint Housing Association
Isaac and Adele are the first success story from our joint venture with Viewpoint Housing Association in Edinburgh. A progressive HA, Viewpoint recognised that some of their tenants are potentially isolated and so they approached Give a Dog a Bone to see if we could...
Finalist in Pet Plan’s ‘Animal Charity Volunteer of the Year’ 2017
We are a finalist in Pet Plan's 'Animal Charity Volunteer of the Year' Give a Dog a Bone's Founder, Louise Russell, is one of three finalists in Pet Plan's 'Animal Charity Volunteer of the Year' category. The winner will be announced at a prestigious awards dinner on...
East Renfrewshire woman hailed for charity which enables elderly people to adopt animal companions
An East Renfrewshire woman has been recognised for her charity work enabling elderly people access and support to adopt an animal companion in need of a home. Louise Russell, 41, from Clarkston, was given the Community Award from the International Fund for Animal...
About us
Give a Dog a Bone…and an animal a home is a young, unique and award winning charity, supporting the over 60s to afford a rescue pet companion.
We aim to tackle loneliness for the individual and homelessness for the animal, by removing financial barriers to an over 60s person adopting a rescue animal.