{"id":4937,"date":"2025-12-05T09:45:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/360wire\/?p=4937"},"modified":"2025-12-05T09:47:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:47:20","slug":"michelle-collins-backs-paws-for-a-cause-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jusmedia.co.uk\/360wire\/2025\/12\/05\/michelle-collins-backs-paws-for-a-cause-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Collins backs Paws for a Cause campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Actor and television star Michelle Collins has backed Paws for a Cause<\/em>, a campaign supporting the charity Support Dogs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Collins, known for her long-running roles in EastEnders<\/em> and Coronation Street<\/em>, said the relationship between people and dogs is ‘one of the most grounding and emotionally restorative bonds we have.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said: \u201cSupport Dogs is an amazing charity with an increasing need for services which can bring such confidence to so many young people who may otherwise struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Collins has spent more than four decades in the public eye, beginning her career in theatre before rising to national recognition as Cindy Beale in EastEnders<\/em> in 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She went on to appear in major dramas, films and stage productions, and later joined Coronation Street<\/em> as Stella Price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongside her acting career, Ms Collins has become a committed advocate for rescue dogs and animal welfare. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Collins\u2019 rescue dog, Humphrey, an older Pug\/Shih Tzu mix who is deaf, arthritic and living with cataracts, was adopted through All Dogs Matter<\/a> and remains a much-loved part of her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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She is a long-standing patron of the dog-rescue charity All Dogs Matter, fostering dogs and judging community events, such as the Great Hampstead Bark Off and the Halloween Dog Walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n