Season’s greetings! As 2024 draws to a close, we want to thank you for your continued support throughout the year. It’s been an exciting and rewarding year for our team, and we’re thrilled to share some highlights and updates with you.

🎉 Celebrating Our Achievements

We’re proud to announce that Becca our founder, was a finalist for this year’s GBEA awards, for service industries entrepreneur of the year, southwest. This award reflects Becca’s dedication to providing exceptional care for your furry, feathered, and scaly friends. Thank you to our loyal clients who made this possible!

Additionally, we’re excited to share that we have 4 areas in the Best Rated this year, Cheddar, Cardiff, Newport and North Somerset. This is an incredible achievement for all the franchisees, a huge well done to those areas!

On a more personal note, we held our Annual Internal Awards at Friends for Pets  to celebrate our amazing Franchisees and Pet Carers:

                  •               Best New Pet Carer – Jenn Godfrey

                  •               Best Team Player – Victoria Burnett

  • Customer Service – Rachel Foley
  • Most mentioned pet carer in our Google Reviews – Beth Rogers
  • Star Pet Carers – Lisa Langford, Karen Bartlett, Jacq Avery, Rachel Foley, Tracy Bigham
  • Pet Carer of the Year Award – Tracy Bigham

Long Standing Awards

  • 5 Year Pet Carer – Anna Aston, Daphne Whitchurch, Yvonne Lewis, Jo Cross, Jodie Thame, Georgina Burns, Hayley Southgate, Hilary Candy
  • 5 Year Franchisees – Vicki Morris and Sam Richards
  • 10 Year Pet Carer – Belinda Austin
  • 15 Year Franchisee – Julia Barnaville
  • 15 Year Pet Carers – Liz Bath and Margaret Crawford

A HUGE Congratulations to all our winners and nominees!

🎄 Christmas Opening Hours

The head office will be closed from Monday 23rd at 4pm to Thursday 2nd at 9am.

🚀 Careers & Recruitment

Are you passionate about pets and looking to make a difference? We’re expanding our team in 2025 and have the following roles available:

                  •               Pet Carer: Perfect for animal lovers who want a flexible role around other commitments.

                  •               Franchisee: Ideal for someone looking for a change of career, wanting that work life balancing and has a passion for animals and animal welfare.

We offer support, ongoing training, and the chance to work with a dedicated, compassionate team. Interested? Visit https://www.friendsforpets.co.uk/animal-jobs/or email us at [email protected]for more details.

Thank You & Happy Holidays!

From all of us at Friends for Pets, thank you for trusting us with your pet care needs. We wish you and your loved ones a joyful holiday season and a fantastic New Year.

Here is a little e-christmas card for you https://jlcards.com/W2pN3K . We will be making a donation to Hope Rescue https://www.hoperescue.org.uk/ and https://hollyhedge.org.uk/ this Christmas.

Hope rescue is an animal rescue centre in south Wales, we have chosen this place for our donation this year as their work is incredible, they give animals the second chance at life and provide a safe space for them to go, whilst finding them a suitable forever home. The have helped more than 5,700 dogs.

Holly Hedge Animal Sanctuary is a local independent charity that rescues and rehomes unwanted, abandoned and often mistreated cats and dogs. They rescue and rehome around 800 animals each year, finding loving homes for each one of them.

Without these amazing charities, the unwanted and abandoned animals have nowhere to go, so we have decided to donate to both these charities this year in the help to support them look after the animals and find them loving homes.

Stay safe, and don’t forget to give your pets a little extra love this Christmas!

Warm regards,

Becca Wilson,

Friends for Pets