The Sheffield-based charity Support Dogs will welcome all to Endcliffe Park this Sunday for its annual ‘Santa Paws’ family fundraiser walk.
With a new activity trail especially for children, the charity is hosting the walk to raise funds and share some festive fun with the people of Sheffield invited along to take part.
This year’s edition of the Santa Paws Walk will see people and their four-legged friends follow either an 8km woodland walk or a 3km full-accessible walk along tarmac.
Tess Thompson, Community Fundraising Manager at Support Dogs, said it is important for the charity to host this annual event as a way of raising money to keep it operating.
She said: “As a charity, we don’t get any government funding and we have to raise all of the money ourselves for our charity.
“Events like this weekend are really vital for us and it’s just a really good way of engaging new people.
“It’s a really lovely way to get all of our volunteers and our supporters together at Christmas.”
Looking back on the work of the charity over the past year, Ms Thompson said the walk had been a successful one with big demands on its services.
Support Dogs is a charity which focuses on training assistance dogs for children with autism, adults with epilepsy and adults with physical disabilities.
People do not need to have a dog to get involved on the walk, but dogs that do are welcome and will receive a special goodie bag for taking part.
The walk this Sunday – 10 December – will start at 11am with registration opening from 10am.
For more information and to learn more about how to register for the event, email fundraising@supportdogs.org.uk.
