Patrons and Trustees

Our Patrons

Honorary President Angela Rippon CBE

Elaine Paige OBE

The Earl and Countess of Scarbrough

Our Trustees

Our board of trustees is made up of volunteers from a range backgrounds including business, healthcare, third sector and beneficiaries of the charity’s services.

Chief Executive: Rita Howson

Current board of Trustees
Mr David Hobson – chair
Ms Amy Goodson
Ms Katie Reed
Mr Keith Williams – treasurer
Ms Mary Broadhead - vice chair
Ms Grainne O'Connor
Ms Jane Marsh
Ms Amanda Royston
Mr Maurice O'Brien
Mr Mark Holmshaw

Support Dogs is grateful to Nurole.com for their instrumental support in recruiting additional trustees to our board.

Latest

Marley and me

Kym Stretton, who has had four life-transforming support dogs, explains the incredible importance of donations left in wills to this charity.
Santa Paws Walk 2021

What better way to raise funds and spread Christmas cheer than taking part in our Santa Paws walk!
Remember a charity in your will

1 in 3 support dogs would not exist without the donations left to our work in wills. Please learn how leaving even a small gift can make a huge difference
Anna and Alfie

Autism assistance

Our autism assistance dog programme works to increase safety and the ability to have more socially inclusive life for children aged between 3 and 10 years of age with autism and their families.
Disability assistance

Our disability assistance dogs are trained to support their owners by carrying out tasks tailored to their needs such as dressing and undressing, loading and unloading the washing machine, and raising the alarm. They also enable clients to lead more sociable, independent lives.
Epilepsy seizure alert

Our seizure alert dogs are trained to provide a 100% reliable warning up to 50 minutes prior to an oncoming epileptic seizure, enabling clients to get to a place of safety, and enabling them to live more independently.
What we do

Support Dogs is a charity training autism assistance dog, epilepsy seizure alert dogs and disability assistance dogs for those affected by a wide range of physical conditions including MS, Cerebral Palsy and fibromyalgia.
Job vacancies

Search here for Support Dogs' jobs' vacancies.
Foster Caring - Bed and Breakfast

As Support Dogs doesn't use kennel facilities for its dogs-in-training, we are always looking for evening and weekend and stay-at-home foster carers to provide a loving home for our canine trainees.
Could you be a puppy socialiser?

Could you do something amazing in 2021? We are looking for volunteer puppy socialisers to join our team in Spring/Summer 2021 to provide a loving home and help us prepare our puppies over their first year in training.
Volunteering with our dogs
How much does it cost to train and maintain a Support Dog? .
Sponsor our puppies

Meet our heroes in training! These amazing pups are currently in their first stage of training to become a support dog. Find out more about our puppies.