Charities - animal welfare and protection

Taylor Building, Shores Hey Farm, Black House Lane, Halifax Road, Briercliffe, Burnley BB10 3QU
01282 455992
01282 451992
1085211 (England & Wales)

The Horses and Ponies Protection Association is one of the oldest and most respected charities for equine welfare. Founded in 1937 to help fight against transportation of large horses to the continent for slaughter, HAPPA continues to play a major role in all aspects of equine welfare.



136 Baker Street, London W1U 6DU
01743 232559
01743 232559

www.aispa.org.uk

208530 (England & Wales)

The Anglo-Italian Society for the Protection of Animals is a British-based charity that raises funds worldwide to help animal welfare organisations in Italy.

The Society was founded in 1952, following the death of the animal welfare pioneer, Leonard Hawksley. Our aim is to improve conditions for many wild and domestic animals which is so desperately needed.



Room LSG13 Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hertfordshire AL9 7TA
01707 666039
01707 666382

act@rvc.ac.uk

281571 (England & Wales)

Our pets bring us so much joy and thankfully you can do something very special for them in return; include a gift in your will for the Royal Veterinary College Animal Care Trust.
The RVC’s animal hospitals provide specialist veterinary care to thousands of animals each year, pioneer new treatments and train the next generation of veterinary professionals. The Animal Care Trust is the College’s registered charity and raises funds to support these hospitals and their wide range of activities, aimed at improving animal health and care.



Millbank Tower, Millbank, SW1P 4QP
020 7630 3340
020 7828 2179

Animal Defenders International campaigns to protect animals and the environment. Our mission is to educate, create awareness, and promote the interest of humanity in the cause of justice, and the suppression of cruelty to animals, worldwide. ADI is a major international force in animal protection.



Fundraising Department, Animal Health Trust, Lanwades Park, Kentford, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 7UU
01638 555 648

www.aht.org.uk

209642 (England & Wales)

The AHT is a charity dedicated to improving the health of dogs, cats, and horses by addressing the problems of disease and injury – the largest threats to animal welfare today. With the help of its supporters, the Trust achieves this by advancing veterinary science and providing specialist clinical services for animals in need.



Registered offices: Shilton Road, Burford, Oxon OX18 4PF
0300 777 1897
224392 (England & Wales), SC040154 (Scotland)

Established in 1897, Blue Cross is responsible for the welfare of thousands of dogs, cats, horses and other small animals that need our help every year.



Hope Chapel, Rose Ash, South Molton, Devon, EX36 4RF
01884 860084

www.bhwt.org.uk

1147356

Founded in 2003 by Jane Howorth, The British Hen Welfare Trust is the only national charity in the UK committed to hen welfare. The charity re-homes ex commercial hens, saving tens of thousands from slaughter each year. It also works to educate the public about making a difference to hen welfare by opting for free range eggs, and encourages support for the British egg industry.

Its ultimate aim is to see consumers and food manufacturers buying only UK produced free range eggs, resulting in a strong British egg industry where all commercial laying hens enjoy a good quality life.



PO Box 1639, London W8 7ZZ
N/A

www.cat77.org.uk

801245 (England & Wales)

The policy of Cat Action Trust 1977 is to help feral cats by limiting their numbers through neutering and returning to site, by providing veterinary care where necessary, and by finding homes for kittens and tame stray cats. The charity is totally against killing for expediency.



High Street, Wadhurst, East Sussex TN5 6AG
01892 783820/783367
01892 784882
293787 (England & Wales)

Thousands of healthy cats and dogs, kittens and puppies will die today and every day. Why? They were born into a world where there are not enough homes to go round.



60 Blackford Avenue, Edinburgh EH9 3ER
0131 668 3633
0131 668 1063

enquiries@dogaidsociety.com

www.dogaidsociety.com

SC001918 (Scotland)

The Dog Aid Society of Scotland is a small dog re-homing Charity based in Edinburgh. DASS re-home all breeds of dogs through a home from home basis all over Scotland. Run solely from donations, all dogs are neutered, vaccinated and micro chipped. DASS conducts home visits to make sure all of the dogs go to loving homes. As the dog stays with their current owner until a new home is found, the dog does not need to go into kennels which many find very stressful.



The Donkey Sanctuary, Slade House Farm (Dept LG), Sidmouth, Devon EX10 0NU
(01395) 578222
(01395) 579266
264818 (England and Wales)

About our work:
The Donkey Sanctuary is a registered charity and the largest of its kind in the world. We provide specialist care and refuge to donkeys in the UK, Ireland and Europe. We also work in Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Kenya and Mexico to improve donkey welfare with donkey-owning communities through education and veterinary work.



Russell & Burch House, 96-98 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham NG1 4EE
0115 958 4740
0115 950 3570
259464 (England & Wales)

FRAME (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) is a charity, founded in 1969, which aims to eliminate the need for live animal experiments and put an end to the suffering inflicted upon millions of laboratory animals.



408 Bearwood Road, Bearwood, Warley, West Midlands B66 4EX
0121 420 4201 & 01983 522511
1000249 (England & Wales)

‘Friends of the Animals’ helps: dogs, cats, horses, donkeys, farm animals, wildlife and birds.

Your wish to help animals will be assured by including a gift in your will to “Friends of the Animals”. The primary objective of the Charity is to help animals NOW we do not ‘sit on funds’. Concentrating on ‘preventative’ work such as: spays, neuters, inoculations, boosters and free engraved discs; we never destroy a healthy animal and keep admin costs to a minimum.



The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire AL4 8AN
01582 831919
01582 831414

www.hsa.org.uk

209563 (England & Wales)

The HSA is unique: it is the only charity working exclusively to improve food animal welfare in markets, during transport and to the point of slaughter. For over 100 years its specialist, technical staff have worked to ensure that the best welfare standards are developed and used for the care of food animals after they leave the farm. The HSA concerns itself with the care of a vast range of food animals, from cattle to crustacea.



Lime House, Regency Close, Uckfield, East Sussex TN22 1DS
01825 767688
01825 768012
1118277 (England & Wales)

At International Animal Rescue we do exactly what our name says: we save animals from suffering around the world. In India our clinics sterilise and vaccinate stray dogs and cats to regulate their numbers and protect them from disease. Our vets also treat cattle and wildlife.



Lyell House, 51 Greencoat Place, London SW1P 1DS
020 7630 5563
020 7630 5563
244534 (England & Wales)

The Japan Animal Welfare Society ( JAWS UK) was founded firstly in Japan in 1945 by British and other foreign residents who were appalled by the general ill treatment of animals there, in particular the cruelties inflicted upon dogs awaiting unregulated vivisection in the teaching hospitals.



Millbank Tower, Millbank, London SW1P 4QP
020 7630 3340
020 7828 2179

The Lord Dowding Fund for Humane Research (LDF) supports, sponsors, and funds better methods of scientific and medical research for testing products and curing disease, which replace the use of animals. We also fund areas of fundamental research which lead to the adoption of non-animal research methodology.



Raginnis Hill, Mousehole, Penzance, Cornwall TR19 6SR
01736 731386
272145 (England & Wales)

Founded in 1928 by Dorothy and Pog Yglesias, the hospital depends entirely on donations and yearly subscriptions to Hospital Membership. Caring for both land and sea birds, its aim is always to release, but it gives permanent sanctuary in cases where this is impossible. Support is particularly needed for our continuing programme of essential improvements and modernisations to help us in our work.



Millbank Tower, Millbank, London SW1P 4QP
020 7630 3340
020 7828 2179

Unreliable, unethical, unnecessary: every year millions of animals suffer and die in cruel and futile experiments.

The National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) is the world’s leading group working to end the suffering of animals in laboratories. Working within the law, we lobby parliament, produce scientific reports, educational materials and videos for parliament and public; we conduct undercover investigations and expose law-breaking;we fund non-animal scientific and medical research. We can do more, but only with your help.



Millbank Tower, Millbank, London SW1P 4QP
020 7630 3340
020 7828 2179

www.navs.org.uk

Unreliable, unethical, unnecessary: every year millions of animals suffer and die in cruel and futile experiments.

The National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS) is the world’s leading group working to end the suffering of animals in laboratories. Working within the law, we lobby parliament, produce scientific reports, educational materials and videos for parliament and public; we conduct undercover investigations and expose law-breaking; we fund non-animal scientific and medical research. We can do more, but only with your help.



Head Office: PO Box 56, Wadebridge,Cornwall PL27 9BJ Sanctuary: La Ferme du Vilage, Questrecques, Nr Boulogne, 62830, France
01208 816640
3098847

A non-profit making company, limited by guarantee. Reg. No. 3098847.

N.E.D.D.I. is established to offer care and safety to donkeys (and to a lesser degree ponies) within Britain and Europe at risk from neglect, cruelty or mal-treatment. We offer rescue to such animals from undesirable situations, with the financial and practical constraints prevailing at the time, whilst working at all times to try to change attitudes and to educate donkey owners to better practices.



PO Box 84, St. Neots, Cambs PE19 2LB
01480 390040
01480 390040
1056409 (England & Wales)

Fred, the inspiration for our logo, chained to a 12-inch perch for 19 years! Imagine his suffering.

New Life Parrot Rescue & Helpline Service, founded in 1995, offers a specialised and unique service.

Our fundamental aim is to take in unwanted, neglected, traumatised and abused companion psittacines. Our objective is to care for each of them and, where necessary, restore them to good health.



Hapton, Norwich NR15 1SP
01508 481000
0870 458 1947
1068911 (England & Wales)

Redwings Horse Sanctuary was established in 1984 and has grown to become the largest horse sanctuary in the UK, working to provide and promote the welfare, care and protection of horses, ponies, donkeys and mules. The charity’s work has three main themes - rescue and rehabilitation, specialist sanctuary care and prevention through education.



62-64 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2AF
020 7202 0743
230886 (England and Wales)

Modern veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses face the challenges of a rapidly changing world, where animal and human health needs are interlinked as never before. We help the veterinary profession, especially veterinary teams in practice, to maintain the highest standards of knowledge, treatment and care for all animals.



Manor Farm, Ascott-u-Wychwood, Oxon OX7 6AL
01993 830 278
01993 830 395

johngrippervet@compuserve.com

www.blackrhino.org

328461 (England & Wales)

The Sebakwe Black Rhino Trust was formed in 1989 to help save the endangered black rhino in Africa. The Trust supports the Midlands Black Rhino Conservancy in Zimbabwe, where the rhino are free to roam an area of 95,000 acres and are protected from poachers by our Conservator and his rhino guards. Farmers and National Parks have provided this wildlife haven for a group of black rhino.



Dept LSG, Sussex Wildlife Trust, Woods Mill, Henfield, West Sussex BN5 9SD
01273 492630
01273 494500
207005 (England & Wales)

The Sussex Wildlife Trust is the largest voluntary organisation devoted to nature conservation in Sussex. With more than 33,000 members, the Trust owns or manages nearly 5,000 acres of land in 33 nature reserves.



PO Box 1008, Maidenbower, Crawley RH10 7PY
01293 883912
01293 883912
265069 (England & Wales)

We've been helping sick and injured dogs and cats, with no other hope, since 1928. Every case is URGENT. So please help us NOW with your donation. Please also help us with a gift in your will, and your legacy will be to save more lives.



Trenmar Gardens, London NW10 6BJ
020 8968 2353
020 8969 3902

info@mayhewanimalhome.org

www.mayhew.org

1077588

The Mayhew Animal Home has been rescuing and rehoming unwanted and abused animals for more than a century.
Leaving us money in your will could help to continue our vital work for years to come and secure a brighter future for thousands of domestic animals. Your donation would be tax free and you could leave as little or as much as you like.
We are a small independent charity which receives no government aid. We are
entirely dependent on the generosity of the general public.
If you have any enquiries, please call 020 8968 2446 or visit the www.themayhew.org/donateinyourwill



Aston Road, Haddenham, Aylesbury, Bucks HP17 8AF
01844 292292
01844 292640
286447 (England & Wales)

Specialising in hedgehogs, Tiggywinkles has been working for over 30 years rescuing, treating and rehabilitating sick, injured and orphaned British wildlife. We have proved beyond doubt that most wild animal and bird casualties can be saved and returned to the wild.



The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Herts AL4 8AN
01582 831818
01582 831414

www.ufaw.org.uk

207996 (England & Wales)

UFAW is an internationally-recognized, independent, scientific and educational animal welfare charity concerned with promoting high standards of animal welfare.



Slimbridge, Gloucester GL2 7BT
01453 891150
01453 890827
1030884 (England & Wales), SC039410 (Scotland)

The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) was founded in 1946 at Slimbridge, Gloucestershire by naturalist and artist the late Sir Peter Scott. It is the only UK charity with a national network of specialist wetland visitor centres. It works to save wetlands and their wildlife by identifying and acting to counter the threats that affect their survival. It is also dedicated to enhancing people’s lives through learning about and being close to nature, and to inspiring people to take action for wetland conservation.



King’s Bush Farm, London Road, Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire PE29 2NH
0844 248 8181
01480 832 815
298348

Wood Green Animal Charity was founded in 1924 to help alleviate the problem of abandoned and injured animals on the streets of London.



190 Scudamore Road, Leicester LE3 1UQ
0116 2336677
222621 (England & Wales)

Woodside Animal Centre is run by the Leicestershire Branch of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and has been based at Scudamore road for 37 years.

Our mission is to promote animal welfare and alleviate unnecessary suffering through education and direct intervention and support.



Room LSG13, Regents Park, London NW1 4RY
020 7449 6206