Trustees’ Page The year so far has been a very busy time for GIN and this looks like continuing. You will be able to read in this newsletter about all our activities helping galgos and greyhounds at home and abroad. I would like to draw your attention to some of our new initiatives. We have been truly staggered by the worldwide support for our on-line petition to the Spanish Government.  This has attracted signatures from over 40 countries and all the 50 US States.  What encourages us most is the very large number of Spanish people who have signed and so often added impassioned messages calling for action by their                Government.  This shows us that there are many in Spain who have      become aware of this problem and who really want to see improvements in their nation’s standards of animal care.   The petition is shown on pages  6 and 7 of this newsletter. We feel that this awareness will be advanced in the future by our new education initiative aimed at primary schoolchildren in Spain (please see pages  8 and 9  for more details) Our new shop in Brighton has got off to a good start, thanks to the    efforts of Christine and her helpers.   Do take a summer-time trip to sunny Brighton and visit our shop where all supporters are sure of a great welcome.   More news on the shop on pages 20 and 21.   As ever our thanks are due to Carolyn  and her helpers at HQ who      have cheerfully borne all the additional work involved in these new              enterprises.                                                           Martin     5