Charities

Jul- 2022 -

14 July

Cats Protection appoints new chair of Trustees

Cats Protection has appointed a specialist in small animal internal medicine, Dr Kit Sturgess as its new chair of Trustees. Sturgess will lead the charity’s board of volunteer trustees who are responsible for values, strategy and overall performance at the cat charity, which helps 166,000 cats each year. He takes…

8 July

RSPCA warns of ‘spike’ in animal cruelty over summer

New figures have shown that the RSPCA sees a “spike” in reports of cruelty during the summer months. The charity has now warned that with pet ownership on the rise, coupled with ongoing financial pressures, it is “braced for a summer of suffering”. While the RSPCA typically receives around 90,000…

Jun- 2022 -

30 June

Battersea partners with NetSuite to help animals

Battersea Dogs and Cats Home has partnered with Oracle NetSuite in a bid to unify financial management, planning and budgeting operations to free more of its time and resources so it can focus on business priorities. Founded in 1860, Battersea has rehomed over three million animals across its centres in…

Apr- 2022 -

21 April

Percuro donates £2.5k worth of pet food to dog charity

Percuro has made a donation of pet food worth £2.5k to Stokenchurch Dog Rescue. Stokenchurch was set up by local residents to help save and rehome abandoned, stray and unwanted pets. With a non-destruct policy, the registered charity has since rehomed “thousands” of dogs, including those impounded by the police,…

Mar- 2022 -

24 March

Scampers donates essential supplies Ukraine

Pets Corner’s Scampers store announced it has donated essential items such as food, clothing and beds to Ukraine. The retailer said with the situation in Ukraine ongoing, it’s been “touching” to see communities come together to offer support. According to Scampers, its store team collected £1,000 worth items to send…

8 March

Natural Cornish to support animals in Ukraine

Natural Cornish Pet has announced it has teamed up with The Dog Groomery in order to help animals in need at the Ukrainian border. It revealed it is sending a van full of supplies to the border on Wednesday 8 March. Dog Groomery have planned to travel in convoy and…

Feb- 2022 -

18 February

Beco to donate over 4,000 meals to dog charity DOTS

Over the next two months, Beco will donate more than 4,000 meals for dogs charity, Dogs On The Street (DOTS) with its new Get One, Gift One initiative. It revealed homelessness is “sharply” on the rise in the UK, and so Beco wants to support the pets that bring “companionship,…

Jan- 2022 -

28 January

RSPCA to make UK ‘global leader’ for animal welfare

After a successful first year of its new strategy, the RSPCA has announced its upcoming plans to make the UK a global leader for animal welfare. It revealed the new strategy saw “many successes” such as tougher sentencing for animal abusers, increasing supporter numbers and the introduction of flexible working…

17 January

Cat charity unveils plans for Chelmsford upgrade

Cats Protection has unveiled plans for a ‘major upgrade’ of its Chelmsford Adoption Centre, set to begin in February and conclude by the end of 2022. The new centre will incorporate learnings from across the national charity’s network of 37 centres to deliver an ‘upscaled’ level of cat care excellence…

Dec- 2021 -

23 December

RSPCA fears animal neglect will rise this Christmas

87% of it’s frontline rescuers fear neglect of pets will rise this festive season, according to the RSPCA’s survey results. Rescuers fear that the rise in pet ownership during the pandemic and pets bought on impulse will result in more animals being neglected this year. Some 84% are also concerned…