Charities Working Together To Provide Over A Million Meals To The Nation’s Pets

Thousands of dogs and cats across the UK have been enjoying nutritious meals at no cost to their owners, through a programme set up by leading animal charities and the UK’s biggest food waste charity. The Pet Food Partnership, comprising Battersea, Cats Protection, Dogs Trust, RSPCA and FareShare, and supported by Petplan, recently passed the significant milestone of one million meals provided to dogs and cats in England, Scotland and Wales. To date the programme has provided the equivalent of 1,043,095 meals, approximately 154 tonnes of pet food donated by pet food manufacturers across…

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Charities partner with Gone for Good #CharityVan app

Charities including YMCA, Cat’s Protection, Cancer Research, and many others are hoping to transform the way people donate their items to their charity shops with a new partnership with Gone for Good. Gone for Good is a free app that connects charities with businesses and the public, so that unwanted items are donated to good causes instead of being thrown away. Since its creation two years ago, the app has channelled £1,000,000 worth of items to their partnering charities. Along with seven other charities, YMCA is joining the #CharityVan pilot…

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Simon’s Cat helps raise funds for his feline friends

Having supported Cats Protection’s sponsorship programme since late last year by sharing pen updates to his followers, the illustrated internet sensation Simon’s Cat, created by Simon Tofield, is now making an appearance on all six online cat descriptions on the charity’s website. Simon’s Cat and Cats Protection are joining forces on the sponsorship scheme as they are keen to help create an increased awareness of the programme and of the cats in the charity’s care. “This is the next step in our relationship with Simon’s Cat and we’re incredibly grateful…

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Cats Protection Launch #KidsandKitties Campaign

A campaign has been launched today to encourage parents to keep their pets during pregnancy and beyond following new findings that show around half have concerns about cats and children yet few seek advice on the topic. Run by the charity Cats Protection, #KidsandKitties urges people not to give up their pets as survey results reveal that 1 in 12 parents did so because they were expecting a baby or had young children, with two thirds regretting this decision. Supported by Emmerdale star and mum-of-two Samantha Giles, the campaign offers…

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Celebrity chef’s Paw-some support for cats

Celebrity chef and French patissier Eric Lanlard is supporting Cats Protection’s fundraising initiative Pawsome Tea to raise money for thousands of unwanted cats and kittens in the charity’s care. The event, which was launched last year, was met with an enthusiastic response and Cats Protection is looking to make this year even more successful It’s inviting the cat-loving public to sign up now so they can plan to host their own tea parties in April. “I’m a cat lover myself and am owned by two cats,” says Eric, who has…

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