Community & Social Justice Health & Wellbeing 2024
Birmingham Dogs Home

Annual Report 2024

Birmingham Dogs Home has served the West Midlands for over 130 years, rescuing, reuniting and rehoming stray and abandoned dogs without any government funding. In 2024, the charity cared for nearly 2,000 dogs across its Birmingham and Wolverhampton centres, operated a Behaviour and Training Centre and an in-house vet clinic, and expanded community support to help owners in hardship keep their pets. Costs rose 18.5% amid increased demand driven by XL Bully legislation and the cost-of-living crisis.

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Dog rescue, reuniting, rehoming and care across the West Midlands with no government funding; specialist behaviour and training support; in-house veterinary clinic; emergency boarding for social care referrals; community education in schools and community groups; owner support to prevent abandonment; foster care including palliative fostering

📊Key Metrics

Nearly 2,000 dogs cared for across two rescue centres in Birmingham and Wolverhampton in 2024 Key Metric 1
Behaviour and Training Centre delivering specialist behaviour support, enabling more dogs with complex needs to be successfully rehomed Key Metric 2
BDH Vet Clinic providing affordable veterinary services to the wider community, strengthening preventative welfare in the West Midlands Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Supported families facing hardship to keep pets at home through behaviour support, emergency boarding and owner assistance, reducing the number of dogs entering the rescue system
  • Costs increased 18.5% in 2024 reflecting rising demand — particularly from dogs relinquished due to XL Bully legislation and cost-of-living pressures — with the Trust maintaining services despite operating at a deficit
  • Refurbishment of Wolverhampton rehoming centre underway as the Trust's largest single capital investment, future-proofing capacity to care for dogs across the region

📍Geography

West Midlands

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