Fundraising.

Our 52nd Year – 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!

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Last year, in our first 6 months, this was what our dedicated PDWRA Volunteers had achieved:

This year was unusual, similar to other animal rescue charities, in having to temporarily close to receiving surrendered pugs, due to the high volume we were experiencing. The cost of living & increasing vet costs were believed to be impacting this trend.

YOU TOO can HELP by

Donating Here

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The PDWRA Mega Auction For Pugs In Need raises funds throughout the year, currently with over 5,500 members!

Please join this Facebook Group if you are not a member already, after their short Summer Break, returning on Monday 28th July.

PDWRA Mega Auction For Pugs In Need | Facebook

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PDWRA’s dedicated volunteer team who run the Mega-Auction Group, helped to raise a fantastic

Total of £16,637 for the first six months of 2025!

THANKS to ALL who donated & participated so generously!

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Many supporters donate to PDWRA from collections or proceeds from local Events, their Businesses, Crafts, Hobbies or Sports:

On May 11th, Leona ran in the AJ Bell Great Bristol Run 10K in aid of PDWRA!
Leona says “I’m running to raise money for this wonderful charity that I adopted our pug Bertie from. They helped me daily whilst I got to know Bertie and paid for the operations he needed, which cost a lot! They do this for every pug in their care that needs medical help. I also volunteer with them, helping to find new homes for pugs.

Could you sponsor Leona on her 10k challenge? If so, just click below to visit her Just Giving page, every little helps!

Leona Black is fundraising for The PDWRA

Well Done & Thanks Leona! Finishing with lots of support, saying, “It was so great, and I’ve raised £680 now! Thank you so much for all the love and support xx “

Looking at Leona’s Fundraising page, by Tuesday 13th her Total had increased to £800.14 + £177.25 Gift Aid!

Please continue to Donate!
Thank you so much Leona, from all of us at PDWRA & the pugs you will be able to help!

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Another adopter who turned her skills to fundraising for PDWRA is Shirley. She 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 and Shirley shares beautiful photos of their daily walks & adventures with their local canine chums in PDWRA’s internal Facebook group!

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 & where you can 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 proceeds of her unique drawings in 2024, 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 for Shirley to draw!

Here’s a fantastic example, and you can see more at:
https://pugwelfare-rescue.org.uk/order-your-unique-pet-portraits-while-donating-to-pugs/

(1) PDWRA Mega Auction For Pugs In Need | Facebook

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:

Interview with Adopter & Fundraiser Shirley | The Pug Dog Welfare & Rescue Association (pugwelfare-rescue.org.uk)

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

Her lovely range of unique handmade cards, with many featuring pug illustrations, can usually be found at her Etsy shop: onelittlepug – Etsy UK

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

Jayne went on to adopt Arlo and Nora from us!

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

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!

For an interesting read on a special mission that Arlo & Nora fulfilled for us, please enjoy: https://pugwelfare-rescue.org.uk/arlo-nora-on-film/

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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 donated * £ hundreds from local events like this, most recently this June, £231-80 from her stalls & collection tin * with husband Geoff too, & 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!

Enormous Thanks to Lynn Parsons for her fundraising & donations! | The Pug Dog Welfare & Rescue Association (pugwelfare-rescue.org.uk)

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We have many local pug groups who regularly remember us when they get-together or hold events to which we are extremely grateful.
Here are just a few examples:

The Northumberland and North Tyneside Pug Meet Up Group held their first ever Christmas walk & Secret Santa in aid of the PDWRA. They are a growing group of Pug devotees in the North East of England, who welcome other breeds to join them, and have been busy coming up with ideas to raise much needed funds for the Charity.

Early last year down in the beautiful region of Cornwall, a memorial walk was held for a truly beloved pug, Magnolia.

Magnolia’s 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.