The BTRF Team are a dedicated group of people who all volunteer their time and resources for free because they are passionate about the breed we all represent.
We have several Rehoming Support Coordinators on the team who have many years experience of breeding, showing, owning and even judging Bedlingtons. They know the breed inside out and can offer excellent advice to people thinking about rescuing a Bedlington Terrier or their crosses.
We are also very fortunate to have two members of the team who are very experienced professional positive reward based trainers / behaviourists who are always on hand to give training backup and support to owners if needed and help dogs that come to us with behavioural 'baggage'.
The team also includes medics, both vets and a vet nurse. They cannot diagnose of course, and their time is always very limited but we are grateful to them for volunteering to help and advise us where needed.
Dr Hefin Jones OBE
BTRF Patron
We are very fortunate to have a very informed and experienced Patron as a consultant to the Rescue. Dr Hefin Jones OBE. Hefin is an experienced Bedlington owner, breeder, judge and is also Treasurer for the Bedlington Terrier Health Group. We are very honoured to have him aboard.
Frances Fuller
Director / Trustee
Frances took over as Director from our Founder, Barbara Butcher in 2004. She is responsible for the smooth running of the Charity but one of her other many roles is as the Area Coordinator for Wales! She is always there to help and support the other Coordinators and works tirelessly to help Bedlingtons find their new homes.
Natalia Shvarts
Rehoming Support Coordinator
Natalia looks after our team of rehoming officers. She is also one of the charity's Trustees and our legal representative.
The first Bedlington came into her life when she was 7 years old and ever since then has had a real passion for the breed. She is the adopter of 2 BTRF dogs and she can’t imagine her world without them.
Julia Davies
Rehoming Support Officer
Julia looks after our potential adopters, liaising with them at all stages of the rehoming process. She is also the editor of our eNewsletter, responsible for our email marketing and a very busy member of the Fundraising Committee.
She tells us that joining the BTRF team is her way of being involved with Bedlingtons without getting any more - "I just love them to bits, they have so much personality, so much love to give and they just make me laugh all the time."
David Scott
Rehoming Support Officer
David has been part of the BTRF team for a number of years now, volunteering his time as one of the Rehoming Support Officers as well as Chair of the Fundraising Committee.
He has been around dogs all his life and currently has two dogs, a Bedlington Cross Whippet called Reuben and a Bedlington Terrier called Tweed!
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Amanda Mawson
Rehoming Support Officer
Amanda also volunteers her time as one of our Rehoming Support Officers and is also on the Fundraising Committee.
As the adopting family of our two boys, Benji and Taffy she went through our Adoption Process, and so understands first hand what we look for in our adopting families. Therefore we were very happy that she wanted to become part of the BTRF Team.
Cheryl Lapham
Fundraising Committee
Cheryl is on our Fundraising Committee and she and her husband Steve, are also foster carers currently fostering one of our long term foster dogs needing lots of complex medical support.
Their Beddie, Chester was a rescue over 11 years ago. He was in a very bad state both physically and emotionally and it took quite a while to turn him into the absolutely adorable character he was! Sadly, they lost him in 2022 at the amazing age of 18 years.
Kaye Scott (MAPDT)
Training & Behaviour Advisor / Trustee
Kaye got involved with the BTRF shortly after getting her two dogs, a Bedlington x Whippet boy and Bedlington girl from Frances, our Director, about 10 years ago!
As a professional dog trainer / behaviourist and full member of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, she liaises with our appointed behaviourists around the country working with our dogs needing training / behaviour support and backup in their foster or adopted homes.
Trish Mahon
Behaviourist & Foster Carers' Liaison Officer / Trustee
Trish is a professional behaviourist who specialises in reactive dogs, separation anxiety, nervousness and much more so we are very fortunate to have her on the BTRF Training and Behaviour Team.
Trish graduated from the Karen Pryor Academy with Distinction and is a member of the Animal Behaviour and Training Council and the Pet Professional Guild. Over the past several years she has attended seminars, workshops and dog training master-classes with some of the most renowned Dog Trainers and Behaviourists in the world.
Allie Langridge APVN (Avian) MSc PGDip RVN BA(Hons) FHEA
Veterinary Liaison Officer
Allie has always had a passion for animals and voluntary work. She spent all her university years volunteering in Community Action and headed up her own volunteer project with the local Riding for the Disabled group. She also spent many years volunteering with a local rabbit rescue in Hertfordshire where she lived until this summer before moving to Wales.
We are excited to have Allie with us to help liaise with vets caring for our foster and adopted dogs where needed.
Natalie Corstorphine
BVetMed (Hons) MRCVS
Natalie graduated with distinction from the Royal Veterinary College in 2010 and has worked in small animal practice ever since. She enjoys working together as a team with clients to achieve the best care for their animals, and enjoy the challenging variety of cases and species that general practice presents. I have a particular interest in surgery
Natalie has a passion for rescued Greyhounds and owns a little girl called Clara and more recently rescued a Greyhound cross called Finn. She has a young daughter called Sophie born late in 2019.
Anna Lhermette
BSc (Hons) BVM&S MRCVS
Anna graduated from Edinburgh University veterinary school in 2015 having firstly completed a degree in Animal Sciences at Nottingham university.
She has worked in small animal practice since graduating and enjoys all aspects of pet and client care within veterinary medicine. She is currently studying towards a certificate in endoscopy and laparoscopic endosurgery and is already experienced in carrying out keyhole bitch spays.
She has a dog of her own as well as numerous other animals at home!