PAWS FOR A CAUSE

Join Us for a Day of Family Fun in Support of Maxis Mates

Saturday 23rd August | Dormans Club, Middlesbrough

At Maxis Mates, our mission is simple. We give strays, and unwanted dogs the time, space, and care they need to find safety and a second chance.

Based in Guisborough, our rescue is run by a dedicated team of staff and volunteers who work tirelessly to support every dog that comes through our gates. 

But we can't do it alone.

On Saturday 23rd August, we’re inviting the community to join us for a Family Fun Day in support of the work we do. The event will take place at Dormans Club in Middlesbrough, from 12pm to 4pm, and it’s completely free to attend.

Expect a fun-filled afternoon with something for everyone. There will be a bouncy castle, arts and crafts, face painting, glitter tattoos, and stalls from fantastic local sellers. We’ve also got tacos, pizza and sweet treats lined up.

All money raised on the day will go directly to the dogs in our care. 

That includes food, veterinary care, safe and warm shelter, and long-term support for those who need more time to heal. 

The event will also help us move closer to future plans, like creating a hydrotherapy pool, an indoor exercise space, and new areas for dogs who find kennel life more difficult.

We’ve already had an amazing start to 2025. Our friends at Surge, who chose us as their Charity Partner of the Year, and donated £10,000 worth of marketing time to build our brand-new website. They spent time with us, photographed our dogs, and created a platform that reflects the scale and heart of our work. 

Now they’re helping us raise vital funds so we can continue to grow and provide the best care possible.

This is more than a fundraiser. 

It’s a chance for the local community to come together, support a cause close to home, and help make a difference to the lives of the dogs who need it most.

📍 Dormans Club, Middlesbrough
📅 Saturday 23rd August
🕛 12pm – 4pm
🎟 Entry is free

Come along, bring the family and your dogs and help us give our dogs the future they deserve. 

Kennel Sponsorship

Help you - Help us - Help them

️This is a fantastic way to help our dogs at Maxi’s Mates. Promoting your business, helping Maxi’s to meet the crippling costs to keep us running and helping the dogs have a safe place to stay with warm beds and good food. ️

We are looking for businesses or personal sponsors to sponsor a kennel for either the cold winter period from October to March of £500, or an annual sponsorship of £1000 for the year.

In return, we will recognise your sponsorship by promoting your name or company name and a plaque on the kennel front so any visitors can see your wonderful donation to our rescue dogs.

We will also send you a picture to confirm the kennel which you have sponsored, and of course, you're very welcome to visit your kennel for pictures and, more importantly, to meet the resident you’ve sponsored…this could be one of our long termers or a stray or abandoned dog while they wait for their new home.

As always, we are forever grateful for the wonderful support we have. If you are interested and would like more information, please email us at [email protected].

We can also offer the option of gifting the sponsorship. Please email us at [email protected] if you would like more information and to register your interest

Pups & Pals Dog Grooming

Thank you so much to the staff and customers of Pups & Pals Dog Grooming for acting as a collection point and donating food and bedding for our kennel dogs, your ongoing support is hugely appreciated.

A special thank you to Yasmin for coming to Buddy’s aid and giving him a much-needed groom at short notice. He looks fabulous, and we’re sure he’s feeling much better!

Premier Shop - New Marske

Collection tub thank you to Premier Shop, New Marske for raising £130.00!

Thank you so much for your continued support, it's really appreciated and always a great amount raised!

Shae, Holly & Sophie

Thank you so much to Shae, Holly & Sophie who raised a fantastic £37 selling their crafts. They came to see us at the greyhound walk to donate their takings to the kennel dogs. Such a lovely, kind thing to do and we really appreciate your support!

10th Birthday Celebrations

The opening of our new long termer kennels thanks to the amazing 27k grant given from Support Adoption For Pets.

Andy Preston kindly cut the ribbon and we thank him so much for all the support he’s given us over the years.

We also thank all the staff for all their hard work and the volunteers who we couldn’t do without for helping us care for our dogs day in day out.

Since we started in our own right on 1-1-16 and not as volunteers at Waterfall Kennels we have helped so many dogs.

• Strays in 1168

• Reunited 687

• Adopted 481

Owner Surrenders 1019, which includes 110 puppies, have all been adopted.

The total figure adopted today is 1500.

We have 34 dogs in at the moment and 8 of these are our long termers 4 of which are sanctuary spaces which means they will stay with us and this is their home.

It’s so important to keep going and we couldn’t do without the fantastic support we get from all of you. Helping us fund raise , sending donations and direct debits to meet the monthly costs of running Maxi’s Mates.

Together we are making such a huge impact to the strays and unwanted dogs lives and giving them the safe place to stay until we find that right home they need. However long that takes but it will come one day.

Barclaycard Volunteer Days

We would like to say a big thank you to all the employees from Barclaycard who have been to kennels for the last week and a half on volunteer days.

They have walked the dogs , helped clean, tidy up and paint kennels. They have all been a fantastic help and we look forward to when they all return next year.

Thank you also to David Mohan for organising it all. You have all being wonderful.

Dormans Club

£295 Funds raised from an event in the Dormans club on Friday 2nd Sept for Maxi’s Mates. Pic is of the attendees and organisers Kerry Chantrell, Louise Buckingham and Emma Tait.

It’s an amazing amount and will help a long way towards our recent electricity bill. Thank you all again.

Phoenix Kickboxing Hartlepool Club

Thank you to Aimee and all the members of the Phoenix Kickboxing Hartlepool Club for raising a fantastic £450 by doing a sponsored walk.

They all wanted to donate it to Maxi’s Mates to help the dogs in our care. Your support means a lot to us and them.

Jed Tytler Roofing

Thank you Jed for coming to our dogs rescue again. The roof had several holes in and leaking quite badly after all the recent rain. We were so worried about the state of it as the heat lamps will be going on soon.

It’s all repaired and he won’t charge us a penny he always does it for free.

He’s a true dog lover and he has his best friend Lulu from Maxi’s Mates who kept an eye on things from her comfy seat in the van.

Beaverbrookes

A very big thank you to Wendy and Amie from Beaverbrooks for bringing this fantastic donation from them and their colleagues. It’s a cheque for £900 and they chose Maxi’s Mates as the charity to award it to.

Thank you all so very much, this will help enormously towards the winter bills.

K9 Fun-Time

A very big thank you to Lucy from K9 Fun-Time. Secure indoor & outdoor dog exercise facilities for organising a Jubilee dog show in aid of Maxi’s Mates.

The dogs looked like they had an amazing day and we one of our own dogs Barney, now adopted, was a winner at the show.

Thank you very much for supporting Maxi’s Mates and raising a fantastic £146.21.