Support Us
There are many ways in which you can support Clarks Farm - here are just a few.
**Sponsor A Long-Stay is currently unavailable - Sorry for the inconvenience!**
Most of the greyhounds that come through the gates of Clarks Farm are capable of adjusting fully to a life outside of the kennels and go on to become the most loving domesticated pets. Unfortunately, we do have some who just cannot cope with life in a home, need extra time to settle after racing or require additional socialisation and training in order to make the adjustment into domestic life. These greyhounds stay with us in the kennels as long as is needed where staff work with them to get them ready for life in a home.
Sponsors will recieve a Sponsorship Pack including: A photo certificate, thank you Letter, your Sponsor Dogs story, breakdown of how the money is spent, car sticker and you can can come in and meet/walk your sponsor dog (appointment only).
Dog Sponsorship is just £100 per year or £8 per month! It would make a wonderful gift for a dog loving friend or relative!
Would you consider becoming a sponsor of one of these dogs?
To sponsor please click HERE to choose your dog and continue via PayPal. You will be given the option of 1 Year, 6 Months or £8 recurring monthly sponsorship that you can cancel at any time. If choosing the last option please make sure to tick the box saying 'Make This A Monthly Donation' for it to apply!
if your sponsor dog successfully finds his loving forever home (celebrations aside!) we’ll give you a ring to tell you the good news and to move your sponsorship on to help another dog During their stay here!
Don't have PayPal? Alternatively you can all and pay by card over the phone or by direct bank transfer. Please call 01621 788315 for further details!
**Sponsor A Kennel is currently unavailable - Sorry for the inconvenience!**
By sponsoring a kennel for a year you will be helping toward the care, food, vet bills and other costs involved with our greyhounds. It means that no matter what dog is in your sponsored kennel, you are supporting them on their road toward their forever home! Throughout the year your contributions could help home as many as 12 greyhounds, maybe more!
Kennel sponsors will recieve a Sponsorship Pack including: A thank you letter, a brekdown of how the money is spent, car sticker and you can come walk the dog staying in your kennel!
Kennel sponsorship is just £60 per year or £5 per month! It would make the perfect gift for a dog loving friend or family member!
To sponsor a Kennel, please click HERE! This will take to PayPal to confirm your sponsorship. You will be given the option of 1 Year, 6 Months or £5 recurring monthly sponsorship that you can cancel at any time. If choosing the last option please make sure to tick the box saying 'Make This A Monthly Donation' for it to apply!
Don't have PayPal? Alternatively you can all and pay by card over the phone or by direct bank transfer. Please call 01621 788315 for further details!
Donations great and small are vital in keeping Clarks Farm running. It goes toward the running costs of the kennels so we can keep finding forever homes for the beautiful Greyhounds.
Click HERE to donate. Note this link will redirect you to PayPal for the donation and then bring you back here!
Don't have PayPal? Alternatively you can all and donate by card over the phone or by direct bank transfer. Please call 01621 788315 for further details!
If the pandemic has shown us anything, is that we need to stop being too proud to ask for help! We understand times are tough. We understand completely, as it has been a rollarcoaster for all of us! But it has also shown us why we need your support more than ever.
On average, it costs us on over £500 to prepare a greyhound for adoption. This includes neutering, vaccinations (if needed), dental care (if needed), flea and worming, grooming, and feeding. It generally takes up to 12 weeks for a dog to go from arrival to adoption but for harder to home dogs they could be here for months needing feeding and care. Asking for donations can be off-putting for people as we can appreciate you want to know where your money is going and what it is being used for. For this reason we have decided to create an option to donate directly to our ongoing veterinary costs. For context as to why we are asking for your help in this department specifically; in the last 4 weeks (June-July 2021) we have spent roughly £5000 on veterinary care.
That included:
- 4 Spays (£205 each)
- 9 Castrations (£130-160 each)
- 3 Undescended castrations (£180 - £250 each)
- 10 Vaccinations (£30 each)
- 2 Dentals (Capped at £500 each)
- 2 Emergencies
- 1 Scans/Blood Tests
- Various Medications
So you can see why we may need a little helping hand! If you would like to donate to our vet bill pot, even if it is just £2 per month, we ask that you consider making it a recurring monthly donation!
Please click HERE to donate.
Both Tesco and Pets At Home in Maldon have drop off bins for Clarks Farm donations! In both stores the drop point is just by the exit doors and all donations are appreciated. The bins are emptied weekly. Alternatively if able to you can drop them off directly to us at the Farm!
Dry items we would love to have donated include:
All dog foods (wet and dry) - Grain free is very much appreciated!
Sardines/Mackrel/Pilchards or other fish in tomato sauce (or sunflower oil if tomato unavailable)
Tinned chopped tomatos
Oats
Honey
Coconut Oil
Canned Coconut Milk
Peanut Butter (No Xylitol)
Fresh items we use regularly for the dogs that will need to be donated directly are:
Eggs
Natural Yoghurt
Chicken Breasts/Thighs
Other meats/mince (no pork)
Fresh or Bags of frozen vegetables: Carrot, Brocoli, Peas, Green Beans, Sweet Potato or Butternut.
Fresh or Bags of frozen fruit: Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, Melon, Mango
Other items we use regularly that we use a lot of:
Bleach and Disinfectant
Poo bags (can never use too many of those!)
Flea and Worming treatments
Salmon Oil
ProKolin
XL Kongs
Knuckle Bones / Ostrich Bones
Antlers
Yakkers
Natural dog treats/chews (No rawhide) e.g. rabbit ears, chicken/duck feet, deer legs, snouts etc
Other items such as supplements that are very helpful can be found on our Amazon Wishlist! :)
(As much as we appreciate donations, we can't take in anymore dog treats! The items above would be very much appreciated as an alternative to treats! Thank you!)
We've teaming up with PawAid Ltd an amazing supplier for Pet First Aid Kits! Every dog owner should have some form of first aid kit on hand for any accidents, big or small, until you can get your canine companion to the vet. PawAid's kits have everything you need in them and more.
As a charity partner, we recieve a part of the profits for every kit sold when using our coupon CLARKSFARM. This is a great little fundraising option for us as it doesn't costs us anything but they are providing such a beneficial service!
If you want to get your hands on one, follow the link HERE and remember to use our coupon at the check out! :)
Do you have space at your work for one of our donation buckets?
Recently over £430 was raised from our donation buckets on the check outs at Morrisons, and a further £100 at The Emporium in Maldon! We would love to have our buckets all over the place as short and long term fixtures to make it easy for people to donate to Clarks Farm while out and about!
We have 20 buckets available for placement in and around Maldon. Please ring if you might like some in your work place!
Do you regularly shop on Amazon? Did you know if you used Amazon Smile HERE, we could get a donation for each of your purchases!
It's exactly the same shopping experience but with the bonus of donating to the greyhounds!
At Clarks Farm we appreciate any and all support to give the greyhounds the best care possible. We get asked a lot about things that could be donated to help and so we have created an amazon wishlist for items we regularly use and need for the dogs.
Everything on this list will go straight into helping the dogs, whether it is cleaning products for the kennels or food for the dogs themselves.
You can find out wish list: HERE
Is there something you absolutely cannot live without? Coffee? Tea? Chocolate? Why not set yourself a challenge! Get your friends and family to sponsor you to give up something you normally cannot live without for a week, month or even longer to support Clarks Farm? You can share updates on your socials and drop us a tag!
Donation of goods for raffles, we frequently hold raffles at events and always need prizes.
We are always happy to hear from people who are willing to donate some time and their experience. At the moment there is often building and painting activities going on at the kennels. There is also always plenty of dog walking to be done! We often need support at events promoting greyhounds as pets. If in doubt just offer - you'll be surprised what a wide range of skills and services we are looking for.
During lockdown fundraising ideas have gotten more and more virtual and a bit out of the box! One idea suggested to us was that people's automatic 'Out Of Office' e-mails have a little message asking to support a chosen charity. So why not set your automated e-mails to have a note on the bottom asking your clients to support Clarks Farm during these crazy times! (with your managers permission of course!)
Raise some money from a one-off event, a sponsored run, coffee morning, car-boot sale, the only limit is your imagination! We are more than happy to help you by providing T-shirts, endorsement letters or a feature on our website, just let us know. Following a problem with fraudulent fundraisers using Clarks Farms name if you are planning to raise funds for us please contact us and give us the details of what you are planning to do so we can verify your legitimate status with anyone who raises a query.
By regular monthly donations from your bank or wages. Regular donations help us plan our work as we always know how much money we will have in a month, it doesn't need to be a large amount, £5 or £50 it's up to you!
Don't forget to GiftAid your donation! Gift Aid allows Clarks Farm to claim an extra 25% on top of every donation from the goverment which can go a long way to helping the dogs! Gift aid forms are available via e-mail or in the office at the kennels!
Need a coat or collar for your greyhound? We have a small shop onsite selling all sorts of greyhound essentials! From coats, collars, shampoos, supplements and more...we also have various greyhound themed gifts, cards and jewellery as well as all natural dog treats!
We have tried to ensure that all of our suppliers are small British businesses such as:
Dazzle Dogs By Jayne, who supplies us with all our beautiful hand made collars.
Boarder Bounder Crafts, who creates beautiful jewellery
A.N.Y Crafts who print onto any surface! They supply all sorts of bits like greyhound engraved glass sets, keyrings and other bits!
Friends Of Crayford who create a range of gifts using powertex!
We are also proud suppliers of Anco and JR all natural pet treats and Westcotts Dog Food. We are also a Red Dingo dog tag supplier!
We are a one stop shop for all yoru greyhound needs!
If you regularly shop on the internet have a look at our fundraising shop. If you make your purchases via our link you will pay no more than normal but a percentage will be donated to Clarks Farm.
https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/gfgr/
Why not give one of our Greyhounds a present this Christmas! Do a shoebox appeal at your school or place of work and fill a box with donations for the dogs! Food, treats, blankets, dog shampoo or whatever else you can think of! You can look at our Amazon wishlist or Tesco drop off list for inspiration for things we need and use regularly for the dogs!
Have you had a lockdown tidy up and clear out? You would be suprised as to what we can put to use here at the kennels! Or why not hold a car boot sale to raise some money for the dogs!
We are more than happy to help you by providing T-shirts, endorsement letters or a feature on our website, just let us know. Following a problem with fraudulent fundraisers using Clarks Farms name if you are planning to raise funds for us please contact us and give us the details of what you are planning to do so we can verify your legitimate status with anyone who raises a query.
If your employer isn't already partnered with a charity, why not consider Clarks Farm as your charity of the year?
You can sign up for Give As You Earn if your employer provides it this way you can donate from your pre-tax salary and benefit from the full income tax relief. It is a really easy way to donate!
Matched giving (also known as match funding) gives your employees the chance to boost their fundraising efforts by having their employer matches the money they’ve raised and donate to their chosen charity. Some companies will provide a pound-for-pound basis, while others will specify a total amount. It is well worth asking your employer if they do matched giving before starting your fundraiser!
A charity legacy is a wonderful way to support a charity knowing that your giving will live on into the future. For more information please email us.