Fen Bank Greyhound Sanctuary is a registered charity dedicated to the protection and re-homing of ex-racing Greyhounds. We are based at Friskney near Skegness in South Lincolnshire, and were established in December 1997. The Sanctuary, which obtained independent registered charity status  in 1998, provides comfortable spacious accommodation for around 20 greyhounds of all ages who have come from all over the United Kingdom. We take in dogs from many sources – trainers, owners, the police, the RSPCA and other welfare groups. Some are cruelty cases, including dogs with physical and emotional scars, dangerously underweight dogs, and dogs seriously ill from neglect.

THE SANCTUARY

We welcome visitors every afternoon until 3pm  (other times by appointment) – we are waiting for your visit. At busy times you may have to bear with us as we are a working kennel, so the dogs come first!

Each greyhound has a warm kennel, their own run, and in addition there are three large galloping paddocks for free exercise, one of which is covered in several inches of sand. All dogs are walked almost every day and as far as possible they are treated like the pets they are destined to become.

We provide fully-supported homing and follow-up programmes for every greyhound, including vetting procedures and a help line. All our dogs are neutered, inoculated, wormed, health checked and micro-chipped before being placed in a new home.  Although we do our best to ensure that our greyhound adoptions go smoothly for both new owner and dog, there are occasions when a homing fails, and we then insist that dogs MUST come back to Fen Bank. A Fen Bank dog is a Fen Bank dog for life.

As an independent registered charity, the Sanctuary relies on donations, our shops at Alford and Spilsby and a programme of events during the year to continue to support the dogs in our care. We are members of the Association of Dogs and Cats Homes and our Honorary Friends are Clarissa Baldwin OBE, Annette Crosbie OBE and John Curran.