Which charity to help??

jen_23

Hey Guys,

I figure now is as good a time as any to figure out which charity were going to do this project for.

I'm just putting up a few now but if anyone has anything to add feel free to post it here and maybe by the end of today I'll add a poll and we can vote which we want.

http://www.animalcaresociety.ie/
http://www.paws.ie/
http://www.dogsaid.ie
http://cottagerescue.ie/
http://www.limerickanimalwelfare.com/
www.dogsindistress.org
http://www.dar.ie/
http://www.lasthope.ie

I'd urge everyone to spend 5-10 mins on each site before making a decision.

If there are any more that I need to add to this list that someone out there is particularly passionate about let me know.

RaeRae

I'm going to put a vote in for Cottage Rescue after looking through all of the sites.

Blueprint

Limerick Animal Welfare do great work:

http://www.limerickanimalwelfare.com/

jen_23

Blueprint wrote: »

Limerick Animal Welfare do great work:

http://www.limerickanimalwelfare.com/

Thanks blueprint
Edited original post to include.

kazza90210

How about dogsindistress.org? they dont get much funding

jen_23

kazza90210 wrote: »

How about dogsindistress.org? they dont get much funding

Thanks. Added:)

Ricky91t

I couldn't choose would feel really bad for the other's that i didn't pick!Again though happy to submit images and help with anything needed,Hope you people make the right choice

doctor evil

The best way for a charity to be run is like a business, accounts should be published and every cent accounted for.

People skills (animals skills, of course a given) should not be in the negative. It's not in the animals best interests if volunteers/workers are odd or stand offish.

Nelson Muntz

They all do great work. I know from personal experience that dogdindistress & cottage rescue do GREAT work. Drogheda animal rescue are also great along with last hope animal charity.

Ricky91t

Just had a look on the NUJ site for rough ideas of prices for websites,And just noticed how many different catergories they can fall under :eek:

http://www.londonfreelance.org/feesguide/phonlrat.html

jen_23

Right Poll open here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055584186

(sorry didn't know how to add a poll onto this thread)

Nelson I added your two into it too.

Just had a look on the NUJ site for rough ideas of prices for websites,And just noticed how many different catergories they can fall under

http://www.londonfreelance.org/feesguide/phonlrat.html

Wow! that's a lot.

Toulouse

A Dogs Life http://www.adogslife.ie/ The site is only being worked on at the moment but it gives an idea of what they do. They also have a very active presence over on PetsIreland http://petsireland.invisionzone.com/index.php?showforum=7 where there are loads of before and afters in the Good News section. All run by volunteers with full time jobs but overall organised by one woman. Pound now has the lowest PTS rate of any council run pound in the country at 7%.

Also http://www.orchardgreyhoundsanctuary.com/ which is again run by one woman on her own. She does amazing work and even though it's on a small scale all her dogs live in a home environment which I love and she's so welcoming, it's a great place to visit for an afternoon just to hang out with the dogs.

ValleyoftheDoll

http://www.ashanimalrescue.com do fantastic work and can always do with extra donations, I got my beautiful dog Demi from there

Harris

I'll second that. www.ashanimalrescue.com are the business
That's where I got my dog!!

Butterflyxx

The Donkey Sanctuary not sure of the url also do great work.

Call me Socket

Butterflyxx wrote: »

The Donkey Sanctuary not sure of the url also do great work.

.....and get a E50,000 annual Government grant to do it....

jen_23

A Dogs Life http://www.adogslife.ie/ The site is only being worked on at the moment but it gives an idea of what they do. They also have a very active presence over on PetsIreland http://petsireland.invisionzone.com/...hp?showforum=7 where there are loads of before and afters in the Good News section. All run by volunteers with full time jobs but overall organised by one woman. Pound now has the lowest PTS rate of any council run pound in the country at 7%.

Also http://www.orchardgreyhoundsanctuary.com/ which is again run by one woman on her own. She does amazing work and even though it's on a small scale all her dogs live in a home environment which I love and she's so welcoming, it's a great place to visit for an afternoon just to hang out with the dogs.

http://www.ashanimalrescue.com do fantastic work and can always do with extra donations, I got my beautiful dog Demi from there

The Donkey Sanctuary not sure of the url also do great work.

Hey guys,

i'm sorry I had the poll opened already with 8 charities already on it to vote for. Now that's not to say that any of teh above charities aren't as deserving because they are just as wonderful and just as deserving as any of the ones already on the poll.

But to avoid a list as long as my arm (i have very long arms :P) I put up the poll with the first 8.

The problem with doing something like this unfortunately is there will always be one more charity but unfortunately we can only help one at the moment and hopefully give that one we chose a small bit of help.

At a later date perhaps we can organise charity sponsered dog walks or other events to raise money for another charity. It's a long summer folks

pitty lover

what about friends of ben its for restricted dog breeds they do great and dont get any funding work im not sure of the web address tho

Cottage Rescue

Well Thank you all very much..

It is lovely to see Cottage Rescue named here and it makes me very proud.

boomerang

Call me Socket wrote: »

.....and get a E50,000 annual Government grant to do it....

I'd say that €50k is only a drop in the ocean for them - that's probably only enough to keep them going for a month! Seriously!

Límerick Animal Welfare's running costs are about €30k a month, and they got a €20k grant from the Department of Agriculture last year. Again, a great help, but still far less than the group needs to fundraise each month in order to survive.