Fundraising & Events 2024

Established for over 50 years – Helping Pugs in Need!

PDWRA’s essential work, Rescuing, Rehabilitating and Rehoming Pugs, can only occur due to the generosity of volunteers and donators.
If you are able to help in any way to raise funds, we and our pugs are truly grateful!

By early June, here’s a snapshot of what our dedicated PDWRA Volunteers achieved:

YOU too can HELP by

Donating Here

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The PDWRA 2025 Calendar is on SALE NOW!

At Only £12, including 2nd class postage, it’s a great way to support us too!


With “Thanks” to PDWRA parents who submitted their pug photos.
A limited number of calendars have been printed so please get your order in Now!

Please email your name & address and how many calendars you would like to:
secretary@nullpugwelfare-rescue.org.uk

Please Pay via PayPal at: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/R74XS5SN2A75S

A gift to yourself to last the whole year!

Thank You. 

 

If you are not already a member of the PDWRA Mega Auction For Pugs In Need, please join this Facebook Group with over 5,500 members!

The Mega Auction team returned after an August break offering an amazing holiday prize draw. 
So, do join & watch out for the latest offers & potential gifts to bid on!

Contact dedicated volunteers, Pippa, Catherine and Carolyn who run the Mega-Auction Group, if you have anything to donate. They will be delighted to hear from you!
They have an amazing array of auction lots on offer throughout the rest of the year, ranging from hand-made greeting cards to pug related items like the immensely popular & unique Knitted Pugs.

ALL Funds raised go directly towards the care of PDWRA pugs. 
You can Bid, Buy or Donate items!


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Could you help PDWRA by holding a small fundraising event or via your Business, Crafts, Hobbies or Sports?

Shirley, responded to one our appeals last year having lost her poodle and had health problems herself but wanted to offer Daphne a home. They have been best buddies ever since!
 
However, Shirley is an extremely talented artist who has been raising money for other dog breed charities and raised over £10,000 just by drawing people’s dogs. She is now offering her skills to raise funds for PDWRA, though it’s not restricted to pug drawings!
 
For the £15 minimum donation for each drawing, which includes post & packaging, Shirley generously donates £10 to PDWRA! Such amazingly beautiful bargains!

If you are interested, please join the Mega-Auction to find out more or order your own:
PDWRA Mega Auction For Pugs In Need | Facebook
 
 
 
Shirley will draw anything with four legs! 😄  

 
 
Shirley has donated ** Over £2,000 ** from the early proceeds of her unique drawings this year,and will continue as long as it takes! 

Shirley’s want to keep on replenishing her To-Do List, so if YOU would like to own or gift a unique, original drawing of any furry friend please join PDWRA’s Mega-Auction group to contact her & provide your photos!
Here’s another fantastic example:
 
 
We can’t thank Shirley enough! 👏  All recipients are so happy with their personal artwork of their beloved subjects!
To find out more about Shirley and her inspirational drawings, please go to: 

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Another PDWRA supporter, Jayne, who creates handmade cards and illustrations, raised * £150 * last summer for PDWRA in a fundraiser to mark the 15th birthday of her late, gorgeous pug Henry. He was her inspiration for her business onelittlepug, so his legacy lives on!

Her lovely range of handmade cards, with many featuring pug illustrations, can usually be found at her Etsy shop, though there is a temporary break from there at the moment: onelittlepug – Etsy UK

A portion of all proceeds is donated to PDWRA, so you’ll also be helping out Pugs in Need!

In fact Jayne went on to adopt Arlo and Nora from us! 


Still operating from their Instagram account, @onelittlepug have more beautiful hand-made cards and bookmarks being featured in a pre-Christmas sale, with all profits going to PDWRA to help pugs in need. These are one-off items and once they’re gone that’s it, so get in early to avoid disappointment!

Samples


To see what’s available and to grab something special for Christmas, just take a look @onelittlepug before they all get snapped up!

@onelittlepug and Arlo & Nora raised £130 for PDWRA from the sale of exclusive illustrations, cards and bookmarks in the summer.

We’re incredibly grateful for their ongoing support and to everyone who makes purchases. The PDWRA wouldn’t be able do the work that we do rescuing and rehoming pugs in need without the generous help of our supporters, it’s very much appreciated!

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We have many local pug groups who regularly remember us when they get-together or hold events. Most recently down in the beautiful region of Cornwall, a memorial walk was held for a truly beloved pug, Magnolia.
 

Her Mum Mandy, who has fundraised for us with her crafts in the past, together with the wonderful pug owners in their group, collected and donated £50 to PDWRA, which we are very grateful for. 

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Lynn, seen here, uses every opportunity to fundraise for the PDWRA. She’s famed for her Teddy Tombola’s appearing at many local community events.
She generously made and donated over * £1,200 * from her efforts last summer to PDWRA.

Lynn  has just donated * £160 * this July, from this local event, following * £170 * from the sale of festive soldiers and reindeers that Lynn’s husband Geoff created last Christmas, and so they continue….!

They have a grumble of five male pugs, including fosters with substantial needs, who they welcomed with open arms and never let them go! 

We couldn’t be more grateful to fundraisers like Lynn. “Thank You” from Pugs in Need! 
 

 

Another way to support PDWRA is to subscribe to Friends of Welfare, regularly donating & volunteering if you can. Please go to: Friends of Welfare | The Pug Dog Welfare & Rescue Association (pugwelfare-rescue.org.uk)

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EVENTS

We were back at Crufts this year, after celebrating PDWRA’s 50th anniversary last year.


See our news & photos from the day; Toy Day, Thursday March 7th from the NEC, Birmingham!
Crufts 2024! | The Pug Dog Welfare & Rescue Association (pugwelfare-rescue.org.uk)

LAST YEAR:

Thanks to our fabulous volunteers on the day with all our wonderful pugs, who it was all about!


For more photos from the day, please see them: HERE!

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PREVIOUS EVENTS

Thank You for All fundraising Events & donations towards PDWRA’s Pugs in Need!
 

Photo courtesy of Mike Sabey

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For information about Fundraising or Events, please email:

fundraising@nullpugwelfare-rescue.org.uk

or Apply to Volunteer as a Fundraiser:

go to: https://pugwelfare-rescue.org.uk/application-form-volunteer-for-pdwra/

Don’t forget, you can also donate while you shop or recycle:

Please go to: https://pugwelfare-rescue.org.uk/fundraising-events/donate-while-you-shop-or-recycle/

 

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