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Volunteer foster carers play a crucial role in the Freedom Project by providing our foster dogs with a loving home, until their owners are in a postion to be reunited with them. Their commitment to the project and their flexibility are invaluable qualities that enable us to assist women in crisis that need their dog cared for at short notice.
For further information on becoming a Volunteer Foster Carer and how to apply please click here.
Susan, one of our current foster carers comments;
“Definitely give it a go, it’s a fantastic opportunity to spend some time caring for a dog in the knowledge that you have helped a woman flee domestic violence”.
Interested in becoming a Foster Carer?
If so the following will need to apply to you;
• Be patient, committed and have a genuine love of animals.
• Experience of owning/looking after a dog.
• Available during the day (not leaving a foster dog for more than 4 hours).
• Flexible about the types of breed you will foster and agree to hand your foster dog back when requested.
• Able to commit to the project for at least 6 months.
If you are visiting this site as a victim of domestic violence please click here to see how to delete traces of your visit to this page.
Our office is open Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 5.00pm but there is an answer machine to leave messages out of hours.
If you are and have not already obtained advice you should phone the 24 hour National Domestic Violence Helpline on:
Dogs in homes with domestic violence are often targets of abuse. In several recent studies of women entering refuges for protection against domestic violence, nearly half reported that their pets had been threatened, injured, or killed by their partners. Dogs Trust is a member of the The LINKS Group, a coalition to develop understanding of the link between domestic violence and mistreatment of animals as well as the problems faced by victims of domestic violence.