The
Kennel Club, the Kennel Club Charitable Trust (KCCT) and the Kennel
Club Educational Trust (KCET) have announced their intention to support
canine organisations in their communities which may be suffering genuine
financial hardship as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The
Kennel Club has agreed to credits totalling £25,000 for licence fees on
those events cancelled between March and June 2020. However, the
Kennel Club is aware of potential problems coping with the financial
consequences of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. It is imagined that
many clubs and societies will have a financial reserve to protect
against hard times and cancellations. But some, for their own reasons,
may now find themselves without adequate reserves or in significant
financial hardship. These clubs are invited to contact the Kennel Club
who will consider loans or grants in the following circumstances:
- Where
the cancellation of a club show may have a further direct adverse
effect on the annual provision of services to club members and others
(e.g. support for rehoming, educational events).
- The
KCCT has agreed to help support those community-based canine
organisations which require emergency funds in order to prevent the
unnecessary suffering of dogs such as providing additional support for
small to medium sized rescue centres.
- The
KCET will look to support those associated with the Kennel Club
offering dog training services which may have been affected by the
negative consequences for dogs, due to Covid-19.
In
the first instance, the Kennel Club and the charities will work to seek
to understand the scale of the challenge and, therefore, how best to
respond to it within their financial and other resources. As such,
clubs, societies and others mentioned above are invited to apply by 30
April 2020 to the Kennel Club by using the form, which can be found via
the following link – https://thekennelclub.formstack.com/forms/emergency_relief_initiative – to explain the scale of financial hardship they face as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The
Kennel Club, will evaluate each application to match the available
funds against those evidencing significant hardship. Contact will be
made with the applicants when further details of the financial and/or
other help the Kennel Club and its charities may be able to offer are
available.