Meet our Staff Team

  Fundraising Officer 

Laura joined the team at Dog A.I.D in August 2020. 

With a background in dog training, admin work and retail positions she hopes to be able to use her bubbly and positive attitude to help the clients of the charity! Laura has a young family, with Sam, her husband, three year old son, Arthur and her 11 month old son, Max. Laura also has a very hairy, 18 month old, rescue pug called Aky and a 2 year old bearded dragon called Steve. Laura also has many years’ experience working with animals and has a National Diploma in Animal Care and Management. In her spare time Laura enjoys spending time with her family and friends and walking dogs throughout the days. 

Email: admin@dogaid.org.uk

Administrative Assistant

Susie has previously worked for a major retailer as a charity scheme administrator and more recently for a county council in the public protection team. She lives with her two grown up children, border terrier and ginger cat. She loves cookery and gardening TV programmes and finds it hard to resist a documentary. She visits the Outer Hebrides whenever she has the opportunity and spends as much time as possible in her “work in progress” garden.

Email: Admin@dogaid.org.uk 

Joint - Chair of Trustees

Debbie's career has been focused predominantly in Human Resources, Payroll and, more recently, Data Science—gained over many years working in the financial services sector followed by the software application industry.  She loves to travel and embrace different cultures and has been lucky to meet and work with people all around the world. When at home, Debbie enjoys spending time with friends and family, out in the garden or training and competing in agility with her excitable, bouncy and enthusiastic sprocker.

Deputy Chair and Income Generation

Isobel is an experienced fundraiser and consultant, focusing on philanthropy, impact measurement and capacity building. She has worked with inspiring charities in the UK and Australia, helping smaller charities to raise the funds and capacity needed to grow their reach and impact. Isobel has also helped to manage grants programmes and is a grant assessor. She works for Southside Family Project, is a fellow and trustee of the Institute of Fundraising and a trustee of First Steps (Bath).

 Joint - Chair of Trustees and Trainers' Representative

Lynn is a Dog A.I.D. trainer and also a client with her qualified dog Bella. She knows first-hand what it means to benefit from the help of the charity as a client and what a difference this can make to life in general. Lynn has been involved with the charity for many years, fundraising, editing the newsletter, delivering training and now a Trustee as the trainer representative. She states that Dog A.I.D. changed her life and she is honoured to have the opportunity to give back to the charity she is so passionate about. In her spare time, Lynn loves nothing better than spending time at the beach with her Spaniels, Bella & Nancy .  

 Client Representative 

With an initial background in Accountancy, Rob switched to his preferred career choice of IT where he has now worked for over 30 years. He has worked for Blue Chip clients in technical, project management and managerial roles. His passion for IT recognises the potential of modern technology for both service delivery and economic efficiencies. Rob joined via our Intensive Training Course with his Springer Spaniel, Buster.