Funding award adds extra bite to charity

The Retired West Midlands Police Dog Benevolent Fund has been given extra bite after being chosen as the winner of LoveBrum’s monthly grant.

Each month, LoveBrum’s members vote to support a cause which receives £2,000.

This month’s theme was public services and the winning cause was the Retired West Midlands Police Dog Benevolent Fund.

The fund was started in 2014 in order to ease the financial pressure on handlers and carers of police dogs when they retire. Because of their age and the type of work they undertake, it is very difficult to obtain any kind of medical insurance for retired police dogs so the financial strain of caring for one of these dogs is a huge consideration.

The fund won the members’ vote ahead of two other worthy Birmingham organisations.

The Birmingham Stirling Sea Cadet Corps, which aims to equip young people with life skills and transform them into confident, resilient people and The Federation of Birmingham Ex-Service Association enables ex-servicemen and women to come together, support one another and talk about their experiences with people who understand.