In our communities

Working across the region

We visit older dog lovers right across the 12 unitary authorities of the North East, from the border with North Yorkshire, up to Scotland, across to the border with Cumbria and pretty much everywhere in between.   

Our growing community of volunteers want to make a difference by sharing their lovely dogs with people who have found themselves unable to have one of their own anymore.

Their new friends miss the companionship, the touch and the cuddles and they love to reminisce about the dogs they have shared their lives with.

We always match people close to their homes so that visiting can easily fit in with their lives and it feels great to support someone in your own neighbourhood.

Our volunteers immediately have something in common with their new friends. They've often walked the same dog walks, used the same vets, thrown balls in the same parks, know some of the same people; so much to talk about.

We visit hundreds of care and medical establishments across the region, including residential or nursing homes, hospitals, hospices, rehabilitation centres and dementia programmes.

We also visit a large number of individuals on a one to one basis in their own homes on referral from professional agencies involved in social care.