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Thanks to everyone for taking time out of your holiday and with your hounds and kennel hounds too, to help the homeless hounds at this traditionally busy Meet & Greet. Kempton did us proud again and the crowd were very generous. Special thanks to Alan, Nick and Jenny & Sharon for packing, setting up and

All our love and best wishes for 2026 to our fabulous supporters and friends, hound and human. Thank you for your kindness and support throughout the year. Carol and all the team at Wimbledon Greyhound Welfare xx

The future of our kennels and WGW is under threat. We have discovered that a planning application has been submitted to Elmbridge Council (application reference 2025/3343). The application is asking for an Environmental Impact Assessment screening opinion for the proposed redevelopment of the land at Burhill Kennels. The outline planning application is for the demolition

Dear little Grace has been overlooked for so long, due to her nervous and skittish disposition, fear of sudden noises, crowds of people etc, so not easy to show at her best at kennels. And people have not been able to see what a truly loving, fun girl she really is. Thankfully, multi hound owner,

5 year old former kennel hound, ‘Ping’, (now ‘Pablo’) has finally found a loving forever home of his own with his new owners, Gareth & Julie. Hard to think this handsome black hound with sprinkling of white flecks on his coat, has come so far, from the incredibly nervous boy that arrived with us and

Regular walking volunteer, Ceri, championed a food, treats and supplies campaign of her own to help our homeless hounds, at Metropolis hairdressers where she works. Newly admitted Hersham Hound, Billy, took his role of guarding the wheelbarrow full of goodies for Christmas, very seriously indeed. A huge thank you from Carol & all the team

We’ve had lots of supporters ask what they can gift to WGW to help the homeless hounds this Christmas. To avoid you spending a lot of hard earned money on expensive Doggy Christmas stockings for which are really not worth it, we thought it would help if we compiled a wish-list of goodies, that will

It was lovely to see such a great turnout of hounds and humans at this annual event over the weekend. We are so grateful that Jackie, the local vicar at St Peters in Hersham, could once again bless our homeless, as well as the homed hounds that were able to be present. To see hounds