We help children and dogs across the world.
By supporting the Great British Bark Off, you help us make a difference to children’s mental health, animal welfare, stray dog populations and improving cultures across the world.
Changing lives
Children helping dogs. Dogs helping children. That’s the motto of Underdog International – a global charity that brings therapy dogs into schools, runs dog rescue schemes and manages animal welfare projects all around the world. We aim to positively impact one million children and dogs by 2025.
Your donations make our vital work possible - from Romania to Uganda, China to the UK - we have dogs in schools helping children build confidence or learn essential life lessons and skills.
Dogs are teachers, therapists, friends and confidants. They are soft and gentle comforters and non-judgemental listeners and they don’t even realise it! We see it time and time again - dogs are our very best friends and help children (and adults) in so many ways.
Watch our videos showing how our work changes lives
From tragedy to hope - the Romanian stray dog story
How underprivileged children and stray dogs learn to trust
One man’s mission to save all the dogs
Ugandan war survivors partnered with therapy dogs
Rescuing and rehoming homeless dogs
From Underdog to Wonderdog - Birdie’s story
Helping dog-owners during COVID-19
The reason Underdog International was founded
There are many ways you can raise funds with the Great British Bark Off.
What your money can do
£50 Feeds a rescue dog like Birdie for a month
£100 Rescues a dog from the streets and get their essential vet treatment
£450 Pays for a dog to get to their forever home in UK
£2,000 Pays for five kennels in our new puppy shelter build in Romania
£10,000 Funds our schools’ campaign in Uganda educating 40,000 children