How you can help

PAWS is a non-profit organisation and we depend on the general public to help us keep our doors open to those in need.
Here's an example of typical PAWS Expenses - our only source of income to pay these bills is donations, fundraising events and flag days to keep going us going.

We now have the facility to accept donations online.

You can also download our Standing Order form, print it out and fill in your details and return to PAWS. Remember no amount is too small.

Fill out and post a bequest to PAWS.
Or send a donation straight to PAWS through the post.
If you are making your will, please consider a registered Charity.

Since April 2001, under Section 45 of the Finance Act, donations in one year, which total €250 or more, are eligible for tax relief.

If you are a PAYE tax payer, we can claim back the tax that you have already paid on your donation(s). Eg. An individual on the 20% standard rate of tax makes a donation of €300.

The tax you paid on that amount is €75, so the value of the donation to us is €375. The same donation by someone in the 42% tax bracket is worth €517.24.

All you need to do is supply us with your PPS Number and tell us if you are on higher or lower tax band.

If you are a self-assessed tax-payer, it works the other way around. You can claim back tax on any donation you make. To reclaim your deduction make sure you have your receipt issued by us.

Under the 2001 Finance Act, a corporate tax relief scheme is in place for companies that make donations to eligible charities. A company donation greater than €250, with no upper limit, to PAWS can qualify for tax relief at the current rate of corporation tax. The company will claim a deduction for the donation as if it were a trading expense.

Run a pub quiz in aid of PAWS. If you are a shop or pub owner, contact us to get a donation box for the counter. Run the mini Marathon, join a sponsored walk or or use your imagination to find other ways of collecting money in aid of PAWS.

For a list of more fundraising ideas, click here!

Come down to our kennels and help out on your time off. If you are a dog lover there is nothing more fulfilling than to be able to help out with the dogs first hand. The work includes cleaning out kennels, feeding, grooming and playing with the dogs.

Don't forget to wear durable clothing and welly boots, and your sunniest smile of course!

As our kennels are always full to the brim and our kennel staff are run off their feet, there is not enough time to walk the dogs regularly. If you enjoy walking and like to keep fit, why not come on down and bring a few dogs out for nice walks along the canal?

Maybe your current situation means you cannot commit to a dog for life right now, but you might be able to help out with short term fostering? Fostering a dog means you will care for it as if it was your own, while we try to find a home for it.

Fostering can be done both short term and long term, sometimes it's just a matter of "holding" a dog for a few days until it can be found a place in kennels, other times it could be dogs that are not thriving in kennels and need more one-on-one attention in a home situation.

Every day thousands of dogs die in Irish dog pounds. Many of them could be saved if they could be taken to a rescue center, but the problem is not only spaces in kennels but the issue of finding the time to collect the dogs in the pounds and drive them to the centers.

If you have a car, a driver's license and a few hours to spare every week, please consider signing up with the K999ers to help save lives. sign up here.

Those interested will have to join petsireland to volunteer.