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Trustees’ pages

Dear Friends

How this year is flying by and
now the days are starting to
close in as well. Where has
the time gone and if only
there were more than 24
hours in a day!!

Our office is as busy as
ever and Carolyn and Tracey,
ably assisted by Geraldine,
work all the hours available
“and more” and we are all
extremely grateful to them
for their dedication and My galgo, Mateo, chilling at home
commitment to GIN.

We recognise that education of the younger generation in animal welfare
offers the only hope of bringing the maltreatment of Spanish galgos to an
end. We continue to invest in developing our education programme in Spain
through further development of our education website—
(https://education.greyhoundsinneed.co.uk)
and the provision of teaching resources and infrastructure at the point of
need. Communication from our educational programme end-users have
provided very positive feedback that the programme has been enthusiastically
received by the children and that an understanding of animal welfare and the
plight of the galgos is developing. We consider that our education programme
is working well but will still require continued financial investment in the
forthcoming financial years.

Our new Trustee, Sam has brought with her years of experience working
with charities, government departments and brands developing educational
campaigns and initiatives. She has helped design and produce our educational
material and website and we are delighted to have her on board with us!

We are always at pains to ensure that the charity's expenditure is strictly
limited to its charitable objects and that administration costs are kept to a
minimum. In particular, care is taken to see that all funds spent abroad are
carefully controlled and restricted to organisations known to us to be
trustworthy. Trustees and staff aim to make regular visits to Spain to check
on projects already completed and to research future needs. Even though
Covid 19 seems to have quietened down, it has not been possible to make any
visits to Spain this year so, as an alternative, we are now well versed in the
art of Zoom meetings to keep in touch with the Spanish shelters!

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