A privately funded dog welfare network that recruits security guards with empathy for dogs and puppies, supports their families, and improves life for street dogs — street by street. It is personally funded by James Corden-Lloyd from his tennis coaching, online English income and book sales. We never ask for donations. As the sport roof business grows, it will accelerate the rollout.
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Our vision is to give vulnerable street dogs safety, nourishment and a meaningful future — beginning street by street in the Philippines and growing responsibly across Asia.
Today the mission is funded personally by James Corden-Lloyd from his tennis coaching, online English income and book sales. Sport-roof projects are the growth engine that will let us add more streets, more local carers and more opportunities for young dogs — and the market is far wider than racket sports. We cover tennis, padel and pickleball courts, netball courts, swimming pool complexes, basketball courts and multi-use facilities. Every covered project helps fund the next street.
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“Street Paws Network is built on the belief that the people already watching the streets — security guards with empathy and emotional intelligence — can become the most effective dog welfare force in their neighbourhoods.”
Founded by James Corden-Lloyd whose past background included operations in conflict zones across South Asia and South East Asia. The network is built on relationships with the people already watching the streets.
We recruit security guards who show a natural kindness to dogs and puppies and a high degree of emotional intelligence — the people already watching the streets.
We prioritise guards with young families and responsible mothers — people working hard to feed their children. Funds arrive directly from James Corden-Lloyd's personal coaching and education income.
They buy good, fresh food — chicken, pork, beef, rice and vegetables — for their family, then share nourishment with the street dogs on their route.
Every guard is recruited, vetted and funded directly. Each street added to this register is verified proof that the system is working.
St. Lawrence Street, Lahug
Cebu City, Philippines
St. Lawrence Street, Lahug
Cebu City, Philippines
Gomez Street, Poblacion
Makati City, Manila, Philippines
Gomez Street, Poblacion
Makati City, Manila, Philippines
Expansion is deliberate and street by street — across South East Asia, South Asia and post-conflict regions where guards meeting our criteria can be recruited and supported. Every new street is published here.
A street-level view of the streets currently active in the network. Pins are placed at approximate neighbourhood points to respect guard and family privacy — exact house numbers are never published.
Unposed photographs taken on the rounds in Cebu City and Metro Manila — the same dogs, the same streets, the same guards, every single day.
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Each dog and puppy under Street Paws Network is now fitted with an engraved collar tag carrying its name and a direct emergency telephone number. If a dog or puppy is injured, picked up or found off its usual street, whoever finds it can call us straight away — no shelter, no guesswork, no lost dog.
The first tags went to Joshua and his mother Andrea at Sub-Section 6, Makati City Police Station, where they are looked after daily by our guards Nik Gaurino and Ernest. The initiative is being rolled out to every dog and puppy on the network, funded entirely from James Corden-Lloyd's personal coaching and education income.
Our partnership with Sub-Section 6, Makati City Police Station in Poblacion is proving successful. The station provides shelter and a safe base for Joshua and the dogs on that street, while our guards deliver daily food and care.
The presence of the dogs is also calming for people who come into the station under stress — including offenders and distressed individuals. A quiet, fed and trusting dog on the premises helps lower tension in a place where emotions often run high.
On St. Lawrence Street, Lahug, security guard Ruel Abico puts fresh food down for Elizabeth and Grace, the dogs on his route. This is Street Paws Network as it is meant to work: local, consistent and built into the rhythm of the street.
At Sub-Station 6 police station in Poblacion, Makati, Street Paws Network agreed a housing arrangement with law enforcement: the station gives the dogs a permanent, protected home and the network funds their care. Joshua was born at the station and was vaccinated by Street Paws Network immediately. All of his food is funded by the network, alongside the other dogs and a kitten living safely on site.
Police officer Nik Gaurino and Ernest — who cooks for the police and is given funds to buy fresh food at the market — run the daily care. Both are listed in the guard register above. This is the working model of a law-enforcement alliance we intend to duplicate, station by station, across the Philippines and beyond.
A permanent, protected home for the dogs inside the police station compound, agreed directly with Sub-Station 6.
Joshua was vaccinated by Street Paws Network as soon as he was born at the station, as are all dogs taken on.
Ernest cooks for the police and is given network funds to buy fresh food at the market for the dogs and the kitten.
One station at a time: empathetic officers and staff, a safe space, funded food and vaccinations, verified on the ground.
This page is for the Street Paws Network mission. James welcomes direct contact from NGO collaborators, security guards who want to join the network, and organisers interested in mission-led speaking.
Dog welfare, community support or social enterprise organisations looking to partner or share knowledge.
Guards with empathy for dogs and puppies and strong emotional intelligence who want to be considered for a funded street.
NGO leaders, schools and conferences looking for a speaker on social enterprise, conflict-zone operations or dog welfare.
Authors, publishers, journalists and podcasters interested in books, commentary or collaboration.
Any other partnership, sponsorship or opportunity that directly supports the Street Paws Network.
Governance & social purpose
A Community Interest Company is a UK social enterprise structure that combines commercial trading with legal protection of community benefit. It is the framework behind our tennis and ESL/ESP English school, our camps and Street Paws Network — and it gives accreditation and governing body assessors a documented governance trail to review.
Legal structure
Topball is incorporated as a Community Interest Company (CIC) — a UK limited company created specifically for social enterprise. It trades commercially, but its purpose is written into its constitution: activity must benefit the community, not primarily maximise private profit.
Asset lock
A CIC carries a statutory asset lock. Assets and profits must be reinvested into the community purpose or transferred to another asset-locked body. This is not a policy that can be quietly changed — it is a legal restriction that survives changes of management.
Governance
Because a CIC is regulated, governance is documented rather than described. We hold constitutional documents, annual accounts and an annual community interest report, alongside the school's own quality assurance, CPD and safeguarding records.
Track record
Topball CIC has a five-year track record of trading and community delivery. For accreditation bodies and sport governing bodies, that history matters: it evidences continuity, financial reporting discipline and a stable entity behind the programmes.
Assessors and partners may request our constitutional documents, filed accounts and the annual community interest report alongside curriculum and observation records. Contact the Director of Studies & Director of Tennis to arrange a review copy.
For assessors, partners and governing bodies
Street Paws Network sits inside a registered UK Community Interest Company with a five-year track record. These answers explain the asset lock, accountability and the evidence we can share.
Topball is a UK Community Interest Company (CIC), so its assets and surpluses are legally 'asset locked' to the community purpose. For Street Paws Network this means the funding cannot be privately extracted: profits from Topball's commercial work must be reinvested into the mission or transferred to another asset-locked body. The asset lock is a statutory restriction, not an internal policy, and it survives changes of management or ownership.
Evidence available on request
Rescued puppies and young dogs are housed, fed, health-checked and ID tagged. Those with the right temperament are referred to a separate K9 training consultant for narcotics, currency and explosive detection, search and rescue, active-shooter response and protection duties. That consultant is funded from courseware sales; Street Paws Network itself does not train dogs.
Working alongside serving officers showed us a second gap. English is tested at selection and again at promotion, but no one trains it against real duties. So Topball wrote a CEFR-aligned English programme for police and security officers — B2 for standard field officers, C1 for legal and public information officers — with handler English included. It is sold as professional courseware at $19 per officer, with unit and academy licences. Philippines first, then other Asian ESL countries.
Street Paws Network is personally funded by James Corden-Lloyd from his tennis coaching, online English income and book sales. We are a new breed of social entrepreneur: we never ask for donations, and we never rely on charity. Sport-roof manufacturing is the strongest growth engine because every successful project — tennis, padel, pickleball, netball, basketball, swimming pool complex or multi-use facility — will expand responsible street care, support local carers and create better futures for vulnerable dogs. Every Topball activity contributes — including sales of James's tennis and English-learning books.
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