Helping dog and cat charities at Newcastle University Students’ Union

Make snuffle mats to help our four-legged friends!


Location
Newcastle centre
Newcastle
NE1 4LF
Date and time
18:15 - 20:00
Monday, 9th of February 2026
Who this task will support
Newcastle University Students Union

Meet at Stepney Bank Stables from 6pm for a 6:15pm start for a visit to Newcastle University Students’ Union. This will be approximately 1.25 miles, or 2 kilometres, each way. Please try to get there ready to leave at 6:15pm as we are joining this event after the start time.

Have you ever seen a snuffle mat?

We would love you to come and help make some to donate to charities for their dogs and cats to enjoy. We have connections with Hearing Dogs, Newcastle Dog and Cat Shelter and will also be donating to Battersea Dog and Cat Home. They welcome these products and we are also doing a service recyling unusable branded clothing which is otherwise destined for landfill.

The materials and directions are all given during the sessions where all are welcome. We hope you can give yourself a break and come along to make some new connections while you do good and feel good!

Who's going

  • Newcastle runner

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This is a GoodGym group run, where we run to help a local community organisation and then run back.

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Location
Newcastle centre
Newcastle
NE1 4LF
Date and time
18:15 - 20:00
Monday, 9th of February 2026
Who this task will support
Newcastle University Students Union
Options are available to run between 4km and 4km in total

Remember that we run to and from the task, so you'll only be running for half this distance in one go.

This is a standard GoodGym group run. If you can't run for more than 15mins without stopping or you're worried about any aspect of the session, contact us.

Ideal for beginners

Newcastle centre
Newcastle
NE1 4LF


Richard
Led by Richard

Regular runner who enjoys volunteering. Qualified run leader & coach.


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