How you can help
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Fundraising
The role of CHC
The aim of Canine Health Concern is primarily to empower people to enable them to talk and act from a point of knowledge, and therefore be in the right position to do the very best for their dogs, and other animals (including themselves).
Therefore our efforts are made to, in effect, ‘spread the word’, with the final aim that enough people learn the truth and gain a balanced view, which will change the world. We have already seen some significant changes since the start of CHC in 1994 and have support throughout the world. We continue to have impact and will strive to do so for the better of the animals.
We do not preach and do not advocate that approach – we simply allow others to make their own judgements but from a point of knowledge. We always advocate diagnosis from a suitable vet and do not see us as any kind of alternative to veterinary practice, but one that helps people work with/alongside the veterinary profession.
We are independent and do not take paid advertising, and therefore do not have the big budgets of industry, pharmaceutical giants or official bodies. In fact we don’t have our own advertising budgets at all. What we do have is the freedom to speak the truth.
So how can you help? People need to know that we:
· Friends and family/other dog lovers you meet on dog walks.
· Dog clubs – there are all sorts, training & behaviour, agility, show etc. Real change has always come at grassroots level and there are many people and dogs suffering under ‘official’ rules within clubs that only need some impetus and dialogue for that change to begin
· Breeders – how many breeders out there don’t know of the support and information available. We have members who breed and do a wonderful job educating new puppy owners on how to bring up their dogs to be healthy long-lived adults
· Welfare organisations – a real tough one, but you have to start somewhere, and many smaller independent organisations will be open to look at the facts.
· Groomers – again, we have members who are in a great position and pass on information.
· Kennels –many people believe that having vaccinations for dogs being boarded is law. It is not and gradually kennels are amending their vaccine policies, without councils closing them down (as many of them have amended their licensing conditions), as so many would be in fear of. Talk to your local kennels!! Educate them!!
· Vets – the world has changed and many more vets are now beginning to see that informed consent and working with the owner is a better way. Do they now offer the VacciCheck? (see: http://www.petwelfarealliance.org/vaccicheck.html).
· Complementary healthcare practitioners – who already take a holistic view.
· Pet shops – many of whom will already be going with the changes as more and more people require local supplies of natural foods and products
· Dog papers – putting your say in the letters page of any dog paper can only help ‘spread the word’.
· Local papers – as with many areas of the canine world, the vast majority of the general public probably don’t know we exist, have little awareness of the issues and certainly do not have access to the information and the facts. Raising issues in the letters page can help address this.
· Dog wardens – officialdom is always hard to change, but in the dog wardens handbook/manual it states that they should be aware of the full and balanced facts in order to deal with the public. We have already had several wardens on our courses and we are proud that they have taken our information for use in their role in the community.
· Dog shows – full of big business propoganda, advertising and sponsorship – but there are also lots of small shows, and at any size show we have found that there are people who are receptive and even quite refreshed to hear or read information that is not selling anything – something that cares about the health of their loved one
· Join or start a local CHC group – please ask us for further details if you are interested.
Help raise funds without lifting a finger or paying us anything!
Some CHC members do their own fundraising of course, and we welcome any initiative that raises funds for CHC. But there are also two other ways you can raise funds for CHC that do not involve fundraising events or even making a payment to us. You can do this by:
Go to http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/caninehealthconcern
Just register, then select CHC as your cause and then just remember to use that site when you buy anything online, and then you're automatically raising money for CHC. It doesn't cost you anything, donations are automatically added to the CHC account with them, there are all sorts of discounts available, and there is a really easy price comparison on the site. What more do you need to find products, get the best prices, and donate to CHC without having to do anything other than make a purchase that you would be making anyway?
How about http://caninehealthconcern.easysearch.org.uk/?
Click on this link http://caninehealthconcern.easysearch.org.uk/ and either save in your favourites, or have as your search engine. This is part of the EasyFundraising company and donations get added to the total. Every time you use that search engine and click on a site from that search, CHC gets a pay per click donation. So yet another way to do what you normally do in life and automatically raise money for CHC without having to lift a finger!!
This is what we do at CHC, along with campaigning, seminars, lectures, courses, publishing etc, and in the process we devote our lives to this. So if you would like to do something to help, in your own way and at your own pace to suit your own life, then do any of the above. Then you will play your part in what so many past and present CHC members have seen with changing the world for the better of the animals.
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See also:
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The role of CHC
The aim of Canine Health Concern is primarily to empower people to enable them to talk and act from a point of knowledge, and therefore be in the right position to do the very best for their dogs, and other animals (including themselves).
Therefore our efforts are made to, in effect, ‘spread the word’, with the final aim that enough people learn the truth and gain a balanced view, which will change the world. We have already seen some significant changes since the start of CHC in 1994 and have support throughout the world. We continue to have impact and will strive to do so for the better of the animals.
We do not preach and do not advocate that approach – we simply allow others to make their own judgements but from a point of knowledge. We always advocate diagnosis from a suitable vet and do not see us as any kind of alternative to veterinary practice, but one that helps people work with/alongside the veterinary profession.
We are independent and do not take paid advertising, and therefore do not have the big budgets of industry, pharmaceutical giants or official bodies. In fact we don’t have our own advertising budgets at all. What we do have is the freedom to speak the truth.
So how can you help? People need to know that we:
- are here, that we exist
- have a membership available to join. This is the backbone of what enables us to keep running. We have included a new member form with your welcome letter pack – if you are able to get just one more person to join we would be truly grateful.
- have a website available.
- have a great online resource at http://chctv.weebly.com/
- have our Foundation in Canine Healthcare programme.
- have campaigning arm, Pet Welfare Alliance, website.
- have leaflets available for people to hand out (email [email protected] for details)
- have the CHC store for natural and ethical products. You can continue to help CHC by buying your supplements etc from the CHC store - there are discounted prices for all subscribers to CHC and/or CHC's monthly colour supplement.
- need support – we are an independent non-profit organisation and do not receive external funding
· Friends and family/other dog lovers you meet on dog walks.
· Dog clubs – there are all sorts, training & behaviour, agility, show etc. Real change has always come at grassroots level and there are many people and dogs suffering under ‘official’ rules within clubs that only need some impetus and dialogue for that change to begin
· Breeders – how many breeders out there don’t know of the support and information available. We have members who breed and do a wonderful job educating new puppy owners on how to bring up their dogs to be healthy long-lived adults
· Welfare organisations – a real tough one, but you have to start somewhere, and many smaller independent organisations will be open to look at the facts.
· Groomers – again, we have members who are in a great position and pass on information.
· Kennels –many people believe that having vaccinations for dogs being boarded is law. It is not and gradually kennels are amending their vaccine policies, without councils closing them down (as many of them have amended their licensing conditions), as so many would be in fear of. Talk to your local kennels!! Educate them!!
· Vets – the world has changed and many more vets are now beginning to see that informed consent and working with the owner is a better way. Do they now offer the VacciCheck? (see: http://www.petwelfarealliance.org/vaccicheck.html).
· Complementary healthcare practitioners – who already take a holistic view.
· Pet shops – many of whom will already be going with the changes as more and more people require local supplies of natural foods and products
· Dog papers – putting your say in the letters page of any dog paper can only help ‘spread the word’.
· Local papers – as with many areas of the canine world, the vast majority of the general public probably don’t know we exist, have little awareness of the issues and certainly do not have access to the information and the facts. Raising issues in the letters page can help address this.
· Dog wardens – officialdom is always hard to change, but in the dog wardens handbook/manual it states that they should be aware of the full and balanced facts in order to deal with the public. We have already had several wardens on our courses and we are proud that they have taken our information for use in their role in the community.
· Dog shows – full of big business propoganda, advertising and sponsorship – but there are also lots of small shows, and at any size show we have found that there are people who are receptive and even quite refreshed to hear or read information that is not selling anything – something that cares about the health of their loved one
· Join or start a local CHC group – please ask us for further details if you are interested.
Help raise funds without lifting a finger or paying us anything!
Some CHC members do their own fundraising of course, and we welcome any initiative that raises funds for CHC. But there are also two other ways you can raise funds for CHC that do not involve fundraising events or even making a payment to us. You can do this by:
Go to http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/caninehealthconcern
Just register, then select CHC as your cause and then just remember to use that site when you buy anything online, and then you're automatically raising money for CHC. It doesn't cost you anything, donations are automatically added to the CHC account with them, there are all sorts of discounts available, and there is a really easy price comparison on the site. What more do you need to find products, get the best prices, and donate to CHC without having to do anything other than make a purchase that you would be making anyway?
How about http://caninehealthconcern.easysearch.org.uk/?
Click on this link http://caninehealthconcern.easysearch.org.uk/ and either save in your favourites, or have as your search engine. This is part of the EasyFundraising company and donations get added to the total. Every time you use that search engine and click on a site from that search, CHC gets a pay per click donation. So yet another way to do what you normally do in life and automatically raise money for CHC without having to lift a finger!!
This is what we do at CHC, along with campaigning, seminars, lectures, courses, publishing etc, and in the process we devote our lives to this. So if you would like to do something to help, in your own way and at your own pace to suit your own life, then do any of the above. Then you will play your part in what so many past and present CHC members have seen with changing the world for the better of the animals.
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