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RESCUE
THE
EDWARD
FOUNDATION
REG CHARITY : SC044288
The Edward Foundation was founded in 2011
after a group of people on an internet Bulldog
Forum (pre Facebook!!) were made aware of
a bulldog in an awful state being advertised
for stud/sale on a selling site. When the finder
of the advert was unable to get any help from
the relevant authorities she posted about this
dog and a plan of action was put in place. The
money to buy him was raised within 24hrs
and someone local to Bradford was sent to
purchase him. He was renamed Edward and
was transported down to Sussex to another
bulldog rescue for medical care and rehoming. It
was this experience that inspired us to start The
Edward Foundation in his honour and help those
dogs that would never get out of the ongoing
sale/breeding cycle that so many high value
breeds find themselves in. The EF logo is a line
drawing De Randall did taken from a photo that
she took of Edward during his recovery.
TEF became a registered Charity in 2013 and
with the introduction of a Facebook Group &
website the work and support really took off. We
run solely on public donation and fundraising.
Every penny raised goes towards the care of
the dogs and the last financial year our vet bills
alone topped £145k!!
None of the people that run the Foundation
take a wage. Everything is done on a voluntary
basis. We have around 300 volunteers that help
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foster, transport, homecheck and raise money
via events/walks. Fostering is probably the most
important job within the whole organisation.
We never use kennels so our fosters are the
lifeblood that look after and assess the bulldogs
as part of their family before they are found a
Forever Sofa.
TEF have helped bulldogs from several other
countries inc Tunisia, Spain, Cyprus and we
have saved 8 bulldogs and a paralysed Tibetan
Mastiff from the meat trade in China. We have
worked with many other rescue organisations
and are always willing to help out if we are
able. We have had awareness stands at Crufts/
Discover Dogs & many other large pet shows
and are continually trying to educate the
public on buying/owning a high profile, high
maintenance brachycephalic breed like the
Bulldog.
These days TEF mainly help people that cannot
keep their bulldogs for varying reasons. We get
asked to take on average 10 bulldogs a week. It
all depends on our foster situation as to whether
we can help or not, we do not take on a dog
to fail it so we need to be sure we can give it
the environment it needs to flourish. Every dog
adopted from us has lifelong rescue backup
and 24/7 support for owners. Should an owners
situation change in future then the dog comes
back to us. No question. All dogs are spayed/