9 days to go before YOU could win £10,000 (while helping dogs and kids!)

On Sunday 6th September you could win a credit-crunch busting £10,000. And whether you win or not, you'll be helping dogs and children across the UK.

That Sunday the Great British Duck Race takes place, and Dogs Trust is taking part. Each duck you adopt costs just £2, half of which goes to Dogs Trust and the other half to the chosen main charity, the NSPCC. However, if you adopt enough ducks, we'll start getting the whole £2 from those later ducks.

If your duck wins the race, you're in line for a fabulous £10,000 prize. Thirty runners up get further prizes and if you adopt a duck now you'll be in time for August's prize draw, too. So far six lucky racers have been lucky enough to scoop a cash prize in the monthly prize draws.

Just £2.50 is enough to feed a dog in one of our centres for a week, so even by adopting one duck you'll be making a valued contribution to our work.

Good luck - I'll be egging my ducks on down the Thames!

Ducks for Dogs: Join the Great British Duck Race!

We're all for the colour yellow around here, and last week I spent the afternoon in the company of my aunt's fabulous tufty ducklings. These rubber duckies probably won't waddle quite as delightfully as the real thing, but there will be many many more of them...

The Great British Duck Race organisers are hoping to release a quarter of a million yellow rubber duckies down the water at Molesey Lock, near Hampton Court Palace. The winner of the race is up for a £10,000 prize, and anyone can 'adopt' a duck for just £2, with proceeds going to charity.

The £2 donation goes to WaterAid, The Down's Syndrome Association and NSPCC but if you make a larger donation you can choose from a list of additional charities, including Dogs Trust!

The race is on Sunday 31st August, and don't worry - there's an environmental policy ensuring no duck remains in the water to affect wildlife and everything is fully recyclable.