Courageous Scots MND campaigner honoured as ScotRail train named after him
The Inter7City train will honour Gordon s memory after he raised more than £500,000 in three years to help find a cure for Motor Neurone Disease.
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A DOG charity volunteer has been nominated for a national award for her work rescuing former racing dogs. Tracey Carter, of the Forever Hounds Trust in Oxford, has been shortlisted for Volunteer of the Year in the Petplan & ADCH Animal Charity Awards 2021. Now in their ninth year, the awards recognise the remarkable work carried out by animal charities and not-for-profit organisations across the UK, Ireland, and Channel Islands. Oxford-based volunteer Ms Carter, has been nominated for the national award for her dedication to rescuing dogs and giving them a happier life. The dog hero volunteers at Forever Hounds Trust which takes in dogs from the racing industry often with severe injuries gained on the racing track. The charity says that dogs often come in with broken legs.
Despite her sacrifice, Ms Salmon said she was surprised to have been nominated.
The modest worker said she felt everyone at Blue Cross centre stepped up to take care of the animals during the Covid crisis over the past year.
“There are many people just getting on with all these sorts of things because they see the need to do so, so this nomination I feel is on behalf of everyone who is ‘doing their bit’ for the wellbeing for animals. We have taken on animals with more behavioural problems [lately] and with social distancing, we need to be able to give them the attention they need.