Canine Concern Scotland Trust

Canine Concern Scotland Trust Canine Concern Scotland Trust & Therapet was formed in 1988 to help dogs and their owners, and to improve their position in present-day society.

Canine Concern Scotland Trust was formed in 1988 to help dogs and their owners, and to improve their position in present-day society. Its aims are to:

*Provide an educational service to promote responsible dog ownership in Scotland by visiting schools to reach dog owners of the future, or to give talks, supply useful literature and advice to any interested Community Groups.
*Establish and manage a service to be known as "Therapet".
*Further the role and care of dogs in Scotland, either directly or in co-operation with Government, Local Authorities and other organisations in Scotland, whether charitable or not.
*Promote research into the therapeutic value of dogs to patients or others isolated from normal association with pets.

28/09/2026
28/09/2026
28/09/2026

YOUNG PEOPLEโ€™S CHARITY FOOTBALL MATCH Friday 2nd October 2026Gates open: 1:00pmKick-off: 1:30pmEntry: ยฃ5 per person The event is raising money for Therapet, a charity that is particularly impโ€ฆ

28/09/2026

In Edinburgh: ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’ ๐‘ถ'๐‘ซ๐’๐’๐’๐’†๐’๐’ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’๐’“๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’“๐’๐’•๐’‚ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐‘น๐‘ฏ๐‘ช๐’€๐‘ท ๐’—๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’” ๐’˜๐’“๐’๐’•๐’†... Some pictures of yesterdays visit of our Edinburgh volunteers and their ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ attending the ๐‘ซ๐’๐’๐’“๐’” ๐‘ถ๐’‘๐’†๐’ ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’š at the ๐‘น๐’๐’š๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’”๐’‘๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ช๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’€๐’๐’–๐’๐’ˆ ๐‘ท๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’๐’†..... ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ญยฎ were invited to attend this event allowing the general public to see what wonderful support the volunteers and their ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ provide to the ๐‘๐‡๐‚๐˜๐.... Over five childrenโ€™s wards plus the Hub are visited by a ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ on a rotational basis each week, providing children, parents and staff with valuable support.... Our ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ are so very much appreciated within the hospital and everyone looks forward to their visits.... Volunteers and their ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ attending the event were ๐‰๐จ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ญ with Pug ๐‘๐ฎ๐๐ข & ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐œ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก with Cavalier King Charles Spaniel ๐’๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ, ๐‰๐š๐ง๐ž๐ญ ๐Œ๐œ๐‹๐ž๐จ๐ with Golden Retriever ๐ƒ๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ฒ, ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž ๐Žโ€™๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ with Black Labrador ๐“๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ and ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐Š๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ with Cockapoo ๐‰๐ฎ๐ซ๐š..... ๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿพ

Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh NHS Lothian Children's Services Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity NHS Lothian
Therapet Canine Concern Scotland Trust Burns Pet Nutrition Volunteer Scotland Volunteer Edinburgh
www.therapet.org.uk

26/09/2026

How dog-friendly is your garden? ๐Ÿชด

Knowing what to look out for can help you create a safer space for them to explore.

25/09/2026

In Edinburgh: volunteers ๐‘๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก and husband ๐€๐ฅ๐š๐ง were on a first visit to ๐‚๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ž ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ this afternoon with the ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ญยฎ the duo of ๐Œ๐š๐๐๐ข๐ž and ๐Œ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง.... They really enjoyed their afternoon visit here, meeting lovely children and staff.... They are all looking forward to their next visit in October after the break... ๐Ÿพ ๐Ÿ“š ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“š ๐Ÿพ

Therapet Canine Concern Scotland Trust Burns Pet Nutrition Volunteer Scotland Volunteer Edinburgh Education Scotland
www.therapet.org.uk

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81-85 Portland Street
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EH64AY

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Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm

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