CLEAR out your cupboards to help cute canines this Christmas.

Dogs Trust Manchester is in urgent need of donations for its Christmas fair at their rehoming centre on Sunday.

The event raises thousands every year to help them care for their homeless hounds.

Around 100 dogs will spend Christmas there and the team are hoping generous members of the public and local businesses will help make the fair a success by donating everything from bottles of wine and chocolates to toys, toiletries and good-as-new items for dogs.

Visitors and their four-legged friends will be able to have their picture taken with Santa Paws, there will be gift and craft stalls as well as cake stalls, mulled wine, face painting, a children’s craft corner and games for everyone, all between 10am and 4pm at Parkway, Denton, M34 3SG, where you can also drop off donated items.

Their Denton-based contact centre has now taken its one millionth call with almost 200,000 of those conversations being about how to adopt a homeless hound.

Since opening in September 2014, the 55 strong contact centre team has answered on average 1,000 calls every day and responds to around 2,600 e-mails every month for the UK’s largest dog welfare charity.

Paul Roelake, Dogs Trust contact centre manager, said: “The contact centre was opened to take the pressure off the reception staff at our 21 rehoming centres across the UK and Ireland. The team being here means the rehoming centre staff can concentrate on helping even more dog lovers find the dog of their dreams.”