About us
Northumberland Greyhound Rescue was originally started to help re-home greyhounds from independent 'flapping' tracks.

As welfare is improving and flapping tracks are now in the minority, most of our dogs are sourced from trainers at professional tracks throughout the North East.

Now based near Hexham, situated in 27 acres, the re-homing centre has kennelling facilities for 16 retired dogs.

The kennels are owned and run by Diane Gibbinson who is helped by willing volunteers.

Anyone who is considering re-homing a greyhound can visit and walk the dogs - by prior arrangement with Diane

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Help Wanted
As a non-profit making organisation, we find that we are always in need... of money... of helping hands... of ideas for raising money... and of cash! (Though not necessarily in that order.)

We have a hardcore of about a dozen people who seem to end up doing just about everything between us, from answering emails to fostering dogs for a week or two. It often seems like a never-ending story, so we would ask you to search your hearts (and your wallets, too!) to see if you can help out in any of the ways noted below:

We always need people to:
Help walk the twenty-five or so dogs in our kennels near Hexham, just an hour or two to give a few dogs a breath of air and let them stretch their legs.

To join us at our Meet n Greet days, with your own greyhounds, to talk to people and help to raise their awareness of how wonderful greyhounds really are as pets, and to help generate adoptions appointments for our coordinators to follow up.

To help our cash flow by raising funds in our name, like Kathryn did on the Great North Run - many thanks once again.

Set up standing order donations, just £5 a month will help (£10 would be better!), especially if enough of you do it!

Take in dogs for fostering or socialisation prior to adoption. Please note that this should not be undertaken lightly as some dogs need 24/7 care and attention and we need people who fully understand the needs of greyhounds, as opposed to just dogs in general!