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Meet the team

Step into the world of Pointers and discover a global community who join together for the love of the breed.

We’re all volunteers with jobs and dogs and we’re assisted by a very able team of dedicated helpers who give their time and expertise to save and support these deserving animals.

Claire Stokes-Gouzoulis
Co-founder, CEO and Coordinator – World-wide
Having grown up with Cocker Spaniels, I decided when I lost my boy Benji, at the ripe old age of 15 that I would have a totally different breed.
Jan Britton
Co-founder and Coordinator – Spain
My love of Pointers came from adopting Hugo in the 1990’s, it has gone on from there. Five rescue Pointers in the UK.
Freya North
Patron
What a very great honour to be Patron of Pointers In Need. And what a very great privilege to have adopted our beautiful Greek boy Milo from Pointers In Need. As I child I was terrified of dogs however, close family friends had a black…
Karin Ringrose
Trustee, Volunteer and Fosterer
I have grown up around dogs, mostly Labradors and Retrievers. In 2014,  I rescued a cute black and white puppy from Spain Rudi from the local rescue centre. On his passport his breed was described as Pointer. Completely unaware of the breed, my life was…
Matt Jefford
Chair Of Trustees and Working Gundog Expert
I was lucky enough to be introduced to the world of Pointers by Claire and her team. I had been on a search for a new working dog and we had decided that we wanted to rescue if we could. A friend had mentioned how…
Lynsey Phipps
Trustee
I’m a full time Mum and Grandma with a busy working life. I have worked for the NHS for the last 19 years in various roles but currently proud to work for a GP surgery that has been rated outstanding twice by CQC. I’m  a…
Karen Tregaskis
Volunteer and Fosterer
My life is all about dogs! I had a mix of crossbreeds and Golden Retrievers in my life for 40 years. Then 12 years ago, I was able to have a Pointer pup – and have now three generations, with five Pointers, living in the…
Colin Lipscomb
Volunteer
It took me many years to get my first Pointer, Pearl the black & white one. Wanting a companion for her I contacted Claire Stokes to adopt a rescue pointer and as they say, the rest is now history. She found me Hope and then…
Julie Lipscomb
Volunteer
All my life I’ve been lucky enough to know dogs who each lived a long, loyal and happy life. So it comes as a shock but no surprise to find that other dogs do not have that experience. Because we have become a pointer family…
David Britton
Volunteer
I have worked with dogs, mainly American Pitbulls. But 30 years ago I left the UK because of the DD.Act. I’ve rescued many breeds but rehabilitation of abused Pointers has now become my way of life.
Margherita Pende
Volunteer and Instagram and Website Support
I have loved dogs since I was a child to the point where I would walk around my hometown in Italy pretending I had an invisible dog on the leash (…weirdo!). When I started dating my now husband, we made a list of what we…
Clare Harvey
Volunteer, Fosterer and Fundraiser
I’ve always had rescue dogs, but fell in love with a friend’s Pointer. So for my 40th I got a puppy called Bentley. I wanted a play mate for him, so I decided to adopt a Pointer in April 2015. Lisa arrived from Spain and…
Rachel Larter
Volunteer, Fosterer and Foster Coordinator
My love for animals started at a very early age. It wasn’t until I was 12yrs old that we got our first family dog. A golden Labrador. He was my shadow and even came to college with me when I studied an animal care course.…
Sarah Baldwin
Volunteer and Fosterer
My first Pointer arrived into my life when I was around 9. O/W, she was beautiful, a typical Pointer with all the usual characteristics of the beautiful breed and that’s where it began. Never been without one since in the family!  We then had Boswell who was…
Penny Nichol
Volunteer and Re-homing Coordinator
My husband Bob and I live in a village surrounded by country walks just outside Oxford. I have had many different breeds of dogs in my life, all of which were special in their own way but we fell in love with Pointers about  20…
Sara Caine
Volunteer and Re-homing Coordinator
I’m a recently-retired GP. I grew up in a dog-loving family and have had dogs myself for around 28 years. My first was a rescued working lab puppy, who lived until she was 13, and had a little brother whom we lost when he was…
Gemma Anne Hughes
Volunteer and Website Content Support
I live in Derbyshire with my two cats and dogs – Morrighan a Vizla-Cocker Spaniel cross, and Potus an English Pointer-Vizsla-Weimaraner mix. I grew up always having cats and as an adult never had a suitable lifestyle for a dog, but when I found myself…

Our Trustees

Karin Ringrose
Trustee, Volunteer and Fosterer
I have grown up around dogs, mostly Labradors and Retrievers. In 2014,  I rescued a cute black and white puppy from Spain Rudi from the local rescue centre. On his passport his breed was described as Pointer. Completely unaware of the breed, my life was…
Matt Jefford
Chair Of Trustees and Working Gundog Expert
I was lucky enough to be introduced to the world of Pointers by Claire and her team. I had been on a search for a new working dog and we had decided that we wanted to rescue if we could. A friend had mentioned how…
Lynsey Phipps
Trustee
I’m a full time Mum and Grandma with a busy working life. I have worked for the NHS for the last 19 years in various roles but currently proud to work for a GP surgery that has been rated outstanding twice by CQC. I’m  a…