The National Foundation for Retired Service Animals (NFRSA)

The National Foundation for Retired Service Animals (NFRSA) is a registered charity (1200949) supporting retired dogs and horses from the Police, Fire & Rescue, Prison, Border Force and National Crime Agency services.

Associated Group: Cirencester

What we offer

We are proud to support NHS specialist search dogs and retirees from the MOD Police and RAF Police Military Working Dogs. With more than 650 members (dogs and horses) we have gifted more than £275,000 in grants since being founded in 2022.

What Do We Do?

When serving dogs and horses retire, the financial support they have enjoyed whilst working, including food, kennels or stables, medical and veterinary requirements, training and equipment ends. The NFRSA assists with veterinary costs for retired service animals across the UK.

Why Are We Needed?

Unfortunately, affordable insurance can sometimes be a challenge due to their age and training. This is obviously a worry for handlers who have their own financial obligations, and medical bills can become a concern.

Why Should We Help?

As is widely acknowledged, the relationship between a handler and their working partner is second to none, and it is unthinkable the pair may be broken up due to financial pressure. Unfortunately, this does happen, and it causes great distress for the handlers, their families, and of course the animals themselves.

Part of Our Mission

The NFRSA is there to help to ensure these wonderful animals can stay happily and healthily with the families they love, or with wonderful new owners, as the years advance. It’s the least they deserve when they’ve devoted most of their lives to keeping us, the public, safe.

Our job, quite simply, is to ‘Protect Our Protectors’.

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