Kiltwalk 2021 – Registration is Open!
The Kiltwalk, Glasgow, is Back! For the first time since 2019, the Kiltwalk is taking place as a live event, in Glasgow, on Sunday 26th September this year. There are two routes, The Wee Wander and The Mighty Stride. This year, our target is to have 100 people doing...
5 Things to Expect when Visiting our Community Space in Alloa
We currently have three community spaces in Shawlands, Troon, and Alloa, Scotland. Our community space in Alloa is the newest, and largest, of the three. The doors opened for the first time in March 2020, but it had a rocky start due to the pandemic. It is...
5 Reasons You Should Fundraise for Give a Dog a Bone
With the gradual easing of COVID restrictions, lots of live fundraising events are making a comeback, and it’s getting easier to set up your own fundraising events. Here at Give a Dog a Bone…and an animal a home, we welcome and are thankful for every effort...
AGM: Year 7 Report
'Give a Dog a Bone... and an animal a home’ gained charitable status on 20 November 2013.The aim of the charity is to tackle loneliness for older adults via animal companionship. We operate two main projects in order to achieve this aim: The first is our original,...
Give a Dog a Bone community hub reopens in Alloa
A charity which tackles loneliness and isolation in the community is reopening its doors in Alloa later this month. Give a Dog a Bone held its grand opening at the old Liberal Club building in Mar Street on March 2 and proved popular with locals before closing due to...
Lockdown may have closed our community spaces but it didn’t stop us!
The temporary closure of our community spaces in March left many individuals at risk of loneliness and isolation. As a charity, this is something we actively work against, so we very quickly adapted our services to include the Sunshine Project – so that no one felt...
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...
