Today we’ve some lovely news to share …. JEZ has been homed! Jez, now known as Charlie, came to us in October in poor condition from the Blackpool area. With […]
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CHRISTMAS FAIR – A GREAT SUCCESS!
We are absolutely astounded to announce that our Xmas Fair, held on Sunday, raised the magnificent sum of £3301.63! We’ve so many people to send our thanks to including: Jan […]
DOG OF THE MONTH FOR DECEMBER – HILLY
Hilly arrived with us in April 2019, settled in well and is slowly learning about the big wide world. He loves to watch the world go by and take everything […]
Black Friday
**BLACK FRIDAY** We’re excited to let you know about our Black Friday deals! Yes, we have 10 black greyhounds in our kennels, just waiting to be snapped up for their […]
MAKANTS XMAS FAIR
It’s our Christmas fair this Sunday 1st December from 12 noon at Boothstown British Legion. We really will have something for everyone including a doggie fancy dress competition at 3 […]
Fundraising round up
This weekend has been a hectic one for our fundraisers with attendance at no less than six events! We’ve had a team at Curley’s Dining Room Xmas Fair, a street […]
Friday Feature – Bullet
Two year old Bullet is under the spotlight this week as our Friday Feature. This lovely young lad arrived with us at the beginning of November and has settled in […]
Social media
Did you know you can also find us on: Facebook – Makants Greyhound Rescue NW Instagram – Makantsgreyhounds Twitter – @MakantsGreys You can also contact us by e mail: […]
Heart of Salford awards afternoon 18.11.19
We had a wonderful afternoon at the Heart of Salford awards at the A J Bell stadium today. We didn’t win an award but nevertheless it was a well organised […]
Sunday’s fundraising
We had two teams fundraising this Sunday, one at Haigh Woodland Park Artisan market and one at the Pets at Home store, Middlebrook, Horwich. Thanks to everyone who came along […]
Recent fundraising
We had a fabulous day in Wigan town centre yesterday – the Saturday shoppers can’t fail to have noticed our little gang of volunteers and hounds! The amount of greyhounds […]
We are speechless!
We recently received a wonderful donation of over £2,000 from the Iheartwhippets facebook page after their recent online auction. We followed the auction closely as it was full of beautiful […]
FRIDAY FEATURE – HILLY
Our Friday Feature this week is the lovely HILLY. This boy, with the puppy dog eyes, arrived with us back in April and was recently lucky to spend a weekend […]
VOLUNTEER FOR US
Come and volunteer for us! Whatever your talent – we need you! We’re currently looking for help for our fundraising and walking teams. If you’ve often wondered about how to […]
CHRISTMAS FAIR – 1 DECEMBER
Plans are well under way for our Christmas fair which this year is on Sunday 1st December at the Boothstown British Legion. (see poster for full details). We are currently […]
Fundraising this weekend
Our fabulous fundraising teams were at Warrington Makers market and at the Pets at Home, Walkden store today. Thanks to everyone who came along to see us at both events […]
Friday Feature – ALFIE
Four year old Alfie arrived with us last month. He’s a friendly lad who loves to play ball. He loves people too and enjoys time spent with volunteers – […]
RAVEN – a year in his forever home
We’ve a lovely account to share with you today, sent in by Col Stephan who adopted Raven this time last year. Raven had been in our care for just over […]
Blankets needed – can you help?
Supporters, our stocks of blankets are running low and we would like your help. In order to keep our hounds warm this winter we need more donations of large blankets. […]
QUEENIE homed
We start the week off the best way – with homing news! Makants supporter George recently lost his adopted hound Annie and came to us looking for another hound companion. […]
Fundraising at Jollye’s Pet Superstore, St. Helens
We had a fundraising team at Jollye’s Superstore in St. Helens today. We send our thanks to the team for giving their time on a miserable grey Saturday 🙁 We […]
JACKIE – DOG OF THE MONTH FOR NOVEMBER
Stunning gentle giant two year old JACKIE is our dog of the month for November. Jackie arrived with us just last month but has already attracted a large fan club […]
Can You Help ???
Supporters, we are already thinking ahead to our Christmas Fair and hope you can help us make it the best ever. We are looking for donations for our tombolas, in […]