Daybreaks Trust
Charity 1142270
http://www.daybreakstrust.co.uk/
Overview
Summary
Daybreaks Trust appears to be a specialist rehoming organisation at the point where greyhound racing, animal welfare and household adoption meet. Its role extends beyond kennel care: it translates retired racing dogs into adoptable companions through assessment, matching, home checks and ongoing public engagement. The available evidence suggests a locally rooted, supporter-dependent model that combines practical care with a visible community around individual dogs, while maintaining a narrow charitable focus on greyhounds registered with the Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
Operational geography
Coverage: District
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence shows that Daybreaks Trust operates rehoming kennels in Elmdon, and that adoption begins with a visit to those kennels. However, this site is presented by the organisation as being in Solihull, and it does not correspond to any of the supplied Birmingham ward or place identifiers.
- The available evidence does not establish any current service site, event venue or other direct operational base within Birmingham’s administrative area. It would therefore be inappropriate to assign the organisation to nearby Birmingham wards, including Sheldon, solely because of proximity to the city boundary.
- The Trust recruits home-checking volunteers in unspecified 'different areas'. This is reasonable evidence that some adoption activity extends beyond the kennel site, but it does not identify whether Birmingham is included, which wards are covered, or the scale and frequency of this activity.
- Fivelands Veterinary Centre is identified as a supporter of the Trust, but the evidence does not show that this relationship creates an additional Daybreaks-operated service location or a material, geographically defined delivery footprint.
- The district coverage classification is a reasonable interpretation of a single, local rehoming-kennel operation with some outward home-checking activity. The evidence does not support a conclusion that the Trust currently operates citywide across Birmingham, regionally, or nationally.
Additional evidence needed
- A current statement from Daybreaks Trust identifying the geographic catchment for adoptions, fostering, home checks and post-adoption support.
- A current list or map of regular outreach, fundraising or adoption-event venues, including any venues within Birmingham.
- Confirmation of whether home checks are undertaken in Birmingham and, if so, the Birmingham wards or places in which they are routinely delivered.
- Evidence from the Trust or Fivelands Veterinary Centre clarifying whether veterinary provision is delivered at a separate location and whether it forms part of the Trust's operational service model.
Areas of work
- Animals
Who they help
- Other Defined Groups
How they help
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A specialist bridge from racing to family life
The Trust appears to operate as a transition service, turning the end of a registered greyhound's racing career into a supported route toward domestic adoption rather than providing only emergency rescue.
Why it matters
This clarifies its distinctive role in the local animal-welfare ecosystem: its value may lie in specialist knowledge of retired racing greyhounds and the practical work of making them adoptable.
Show evidence
“The charity's objects concern relieving the suffering of greyhounds registered with the Greyhound Board of Great Britain and maintaining rehoming kennels.”
Source:Charity Commission“The website says it has found loving homes for ex-racing greyhounds since 2006.”
Source:Organisation
Adoption is treated as a matching process, not a simple handover
The Trust appears to reduce the risk of unsuccessful placements through in-person visits, discussion of household needs, dog-specific information, reservation and home checks.
Why it matters
This suggests that the kennels are not merely a holding facility; they are a setting for assessment, relationship-building and informed matching between dogs and prospective adopters.
Show evidence
“Adoption begins with a visit to the kennels, followed by meeting dogs, reservation and a home check.”
Source:Organisation“Dog listings include statuses such as available, reserved, fostered and coming soon.”
Source:Organisation
The organisation cultivates a continuing adopter and supporter community
Public comments about adoptions, individual dogs and bereavements suggest that Daybreaks maintains relationships beyond the point of placement and gives supporters a shared space around the dogs' lives.
Why it matters
This may be an important operating asset: an active community can support fundraising, word-of-mouth adoption, volunteering and informal knowledge-sharing about greyhound care.
Show evidence
“The website publishes comments from adopters and supporters about individual dogs, adoptions and the death of a former dog.”
Source:Organisation“The website invites people to adopt, donate, volunteer, fundraise and foster a dog.”
Source:Organisation
- The number of dogs cared for, rehomed, fostered or returned each year is not provided.
- There is no evidence about referral relationships with racing industry bodies, other rescues, local authorities or veterinary providers.
- The financial resilience of the supporter- and donation-dependent model is unclear.
Remaining uncertainties
- Annual reports with intake, rehoming, foster, return and waiting-time data over several years.
- Information on referral sources, partner organisations, volunteer capacity and veterinary-care arrangements.
- Financial accounts showing income mix, kennel costs and reliance on donations or fundraising.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
FUND RAISING AND PROMOTION OF AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS OF RETIRED AND RESCUED GREYHOUNDS. USE OF FUNDS RAISED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF DOGS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION, AND TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN RESCUE KENNELS FOR THE CARE OF SUCH DOGS.
Charity objects
The Trustees must apply the income of the charity for the benefit of the public to relieve the suffering of greyhounds registered with the Greyhound Board of Great Britain in need of care and attention in particular, to provide and maintain rehoming kennels for the care of such registered greyhounds.