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Bright sparks for dogs fund

Posted onPosted on 24th Aug

Employees at the Marks & Spencer retail outlet at the East Midlands Designer Outlet, South Normanton, have raised more than £3,680 for their charity of the year, Dogs Trust, based in Loughborough.

The team held a series of in-store fundraising events over the past year, including tombolas, family fun days, bake sales and singing Christmas carols to help the charity look after and rehome unwanted dogs.

Loughborough Dogs Trust currently has 67 dogs ready for rehoming.

Annette Ward, store manager, who presented a cheque to the leader of the charity, Ella Tonge, said: “This is a brilliant achievement by the M&S team and I’m extremely proud of all their efforts.

“We would like to thank the local community, whose generosity has helped us reach this fantastic figure.

“The work that Dog Trust carries out is incredibly inspiring and many of the staff, along with our customers, wanted to support the charity in its bid to place dogs in loving homes. It is a great honour for us to be able to give something back to a charity that does so much.”

Ella said: “We were extremely grateful when we were chosen as the charity of the year and to see the outcome of all their hard work and commitment is brilliant.

“The support we receive from local communities, alongside companies such as M&S really does go a long way into helping us continue the work we do with abandoned dogs.

“The money raised will help many dogs in the local area.”

Dogs Trust is the UK’s largest animal welfare charity dedicated to finding homes for abandoned dogs. It looks after 17,000 dogs each year across 20 rehoming centres nationwide.

For more information visit www.dogstrust.org.uk