Cats Protection
Newcastle upon Tyne Branch
If this is your first visit to our website, Welcome! We hope you find it interesting and that it holds the answer to any questions you may have regarding the work Cats Protection does, or indeed the answer to a question you may have regarding your own cat or indeed, adopting a cat.
This page is for all our urgent news and appeals, but dont worry, this site is here to help and assist you with your cat queries as well as for us to appeal for your help.
Please spend a little time with us, look around the many pages, visit our newly updated fun page and relax a little.
Register and take part in our very popular FORUMS, where you can receive direct help with a problem, and while you are here, have a quick look at the cats we have available for adoption.
Enjoy Your Visit !
£5 Neutering
AT YOUR LOCAL PARTICIPATING VET !
Contact your local Vet and ask if they are participating in the £5 Cats Protection Neutering Scheme,
If they are, they will book an appointment for you, and assist you in completing the necessary voucher for each cat.
If you don't know who your local Vet is, then phone 0845 606 3036 simply give them your post code and they will give you the address of a participating Vet local to you
On contacting the Vet, they will ask if you are on low income or benefit, then arrange an appointment for neutering your cat/s.
A voucher for each cat will then be made out for you at the Vets, and all you need to do is pay your £5.00 per cat, regardless of sex.
PLEASE NOTE:- FIRST VETS ARE NOT PARTICIPATING IN THIS SCHEME
PLEASE
NOTE; THIS SCHEME IS NOT BEING OPERATED BY THE BRANCH, SO APPLICATIONS
CANNOT BE MADE VIA THE BRANCH AS PER PREVIOUS CAMPAIGNS.
if you visit our adoption pages you can complete an application form now for kittens.
HOWEVER PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:-
WE DO NOT REHOME SINGLE KITTENS INTO HOUSEHOLDS WHERE NO ONE IS HOME ALL DAY UNLESS YOU HAVE A CAT ALREADY AND ARE WILLING TO ARRANGE FOR SOMEONE TO CALL IN DURING THE WORKING DAY FOR THE FIRST FEW WEEKS.
PAIRS OF KITTENS WILL ONLY BE REHOMED INTO WORKING HOMES PROVIDING SOMEONE CAN CALL IN DURING THE WORKING DAY FOR THE FIRST FEW WEEKS.
DONATIONS IN THE REGION OF £50 ARE EXPECTED FOR A SINGLE KITTEN, ANY AMOUNT OVER THAT IS RECOMMENDED FOR A PAIR
However, most people wanted to be 'FRINGE WORKERS' and by this I mean, assist with Fundraising, Help with the phone calls or the lost and found, but not one person wanted to help us in Newcastle with fostering.
- Without fosterers we cannot use the extra funding that comes from fundraising.
- Without fosterers we have little use for Home Visitors
- Without fosterers we cannot take more cats into care, so the helpline will only be saying No to those in need of our help.
We rely totally on the goodwill of volunteers to help the cats.
Why is no one applying to foster cats?
Well I dont know the answer to this.......
Fostering does mean either having no cats of your own, or a spare room, at least to begin with, once you know fostering is for you we will supply an outdoor pen.
Fostering offers the joy of a cat without the restrictions of owning a pet. for example holidays are not a problem.
Yes there are rules to follow, but they are there for the benefit of the fosterer and the foster cat.
And lets face it, if I can do it, then you can......
PLEASE, WE SERIOUSLY NEED PEOPLE COMING FORWARD WHO CAN HELP BY FOSTERING
Drop me an email, or give me a call on 0191-2963512.
We need people in North Tyneside and Newcastle now...
If you are at home all day, then perhaps you could help us out with kittens?
Chris Heseltine
Branch Co-ordinator and Webmaster
The Newcastle upon Tyne Branch urgently need the following volunteers
Our recent Volunteering Event on the 19th April brought forward many new people, but most people are interested in fundraising events and Home Visiting, which is wonderful, but without the cats in care to rehome we cant utilise these roles.
Fosterers are what is needed !
Maybe you are put off fostering because of knowledge of commitments, holidays etc., but that need not stop you fostering. Unlike owning an animal, this is not a lifelong commitment. When a cat is taken into our care it has to be kept away from your own pets. So, a spare room or no cats of your own are the main essential for this role. The cat is then given a treatment for worms and fleas ( a simple two minute job ). After that you simply assess the animal by observation and interaction. Then once you have an idea of any problems (dont worry we will teach you how to do this ) you take the animal to a CP Vet, tell them any observations you may have, and the Vet will then check its medical wellbeing, arrange for neutering, chipping and vaccination. After 14 days, if all is well the animal is then up for rehoming. And that doesnt need to be your job, you simply inform the Homing Officer that all is well, and she will arrange for the cat to be transferred to her, when she has space and it will be rehomed from there.
If you have holidays booked etc., your foster cat will be transferred to another fosterer, so no worries there.
If you dont work full time, you could foster litters of kittens, which can be tremendous fun, again, you dont have to deal with the rehoming if you dont want to.
Once a new fosterer feels that this is a role they enjoy and want to continue doing the Branch will consider placing an outdoor pen in the garden, we never do this immediately as the cost to the Branch is thousands of pounds, and we need to be sure a fosterer is dedicated before spending this sort of money.
Transport is a bonus but not essential as we hope to have one or two people who want to transport for us, you would simply ask them if they could take you to the Vet.
So come on ......give it a try !! We so urgently need YOU !
• Adult Cats – This can be done by people who could be at work full time or part time. Transport and a spare room are essential to this role.
Food and Litter will be provided by the Branch
• Kittens – This can be done by people who are at home the majority of the working day. A spare room are essential to this role. The role can be seasonal, and a willingness to foster an adult cat out of season would be helpful. Food and Litter will be provided.
Home Visitors
• We urgently need people who have their own transport and are free during the working day and/or early evenings.
• The role involves meeting people within their own homes and assisting them in choosing the right cat or kitten to fit in with the family lifestyle.
• Other aspects of this role are to perform an educational role over animal welfare issues and promoting CP and its role in the community.
Drivers
• Various driving roles exist within the Branch.
• We do have a van of our own and an experienced driver with a clean license who can offer regular time during the working day is needed by our shop to help with collections of donated goods. For this role a certain amount of physical fitness is required as goods have to be carried up a flight of stairs for sorting within the shop premises
• We also need owner drivers who would be willing to assist with the delivery and collection of cats from the various Veterinary Practices we use. This would involve collection from the foster home around 8:30am and delivery to the Veterinary surgery, then collection from the surgery around 4pm to be taken back to the Fosterer. Also, a driver could be requested to collect an animal which urgently requires our care, this would involve bringing a cat basket with them, getting the cat signed over to CP and then bringing it to a fosterer.
• Mileage for own car use would be paid at the standard Branch rate of 20p per mile.
During the last three years so many of you came to our aid with donations of food, Gift Vouchers & Cash Donations, but we still need your help to continue maintaining these feral cats.
2008 has brought many more feral cats to be monitored by Cats Protection Newcastle Branch, and with them, more pressure to obtain donated food.Pictured are some of the cats at one of these locations, I cant give the
name of the location as there are some sick people out 
there who would go along just to use them as target practice. These cats are cared for by a lovely lady called Sylvia, who feeds them daily,
and generally sees to their wellbeing. But as you can see there are
many of them, and we still need your help to buy food for them. If you can donate some food or a shopping voucher, we would be most grateful.
Donated food can be dropped off at our shop at 164-166 High Street East Wallsend, which is open 10am - 4pm everyday bar Friday when it closes an hour earlier.
Please visit this link to read a little more on this urgent appeal
http://www.cpnewcastle.co.uk/foodforferals.htm
You can now send donations direct to us.
Cheques and Postal Orders need to be made out to:-
Cats Protection
Newcastle
and sent to our Shop Address
Cats Protection Newcastle Branch
164-166 High Street East
Wallsend
NE28 7RP
From as little as £1.00 per week you could give your
support to Hundreds of Cats
and receive regular updates on how they are all doing
Click the CP logo button below to find out more
If you are looking for that special Birthday or
Anniversary gift, this could be it !
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THAT SPECIAL PRESENT, BUT DONT WANT TO COMMIT TO
SPONSORING ALL YEAR WHY NOT BUY A SINGLE GIFT SPONSORSHIP?
FOR A ONE OFF PAYMENT OF £10 OR INDEED MORE, YOU COULD BE SENT NEWS OF THE CATS CURRENTLY OCCUPYING ONE OF THE PENS, ALSO A COPY OF OUR POPULAR CAT CHAT MAGAZINE !
YOUR DONATION WILL STILL GO TOWARDS HELPING THOSE CATS THAT WILL OCCUPY THAT
PEN IN FUTURE !
If you would like copies of our Magazine, why not join the Branch as a member, just visit the page marked 'Membership' and complete the form. Membership only costs £6.50 per year for a family and £4.00 for those on low income, students etc.
Come on....join us !
You dont have to live locally to be a member !
LOST AND FOUND CATS
This will save this site having to host as many photographs as we currently do. The cost of putting a website such as this one on the web is considerable, so if you make use of this new service, it will actually save us having to increase the webspace we occupy to accommodate photos
You will need to register to use this forum, but dont worry, you wont be asked for personal details, just an email address, user name, and your date of birth. The date has to be given to conform with US security regulations, as they host the forums.
Watch the Video to See How YOU Can Help Us
Click the play button, hold it down a second or two, it could take a little while to load, but its worth it !
Those of you who want us to rehome older cats, would you please consider that a cat who has been used to a home, will suffer greatly by being placed into an outdoor pen, imagine how stressful that would be for it, and a cat who is stressed can become very ill indeed. So please try to rehome your cats yourself before placing them in a situation that no matter how good the care is, will possibly make it very ill.
DONATE A POUND THROUGH PAYPAL AND HELP A CAT
If you check the side navigation bar you will see the new link called 'Donate a Pound'
Every single penny that is donated to Cats Protection is used to help the cats in our care, our workers are all volunteers, so we have no paid staff within the branch. We finance the branch by selling second hand goods in our shop in Wallsend, and by asking for a cash donation when we rehome the cats and kittens in our care, and although we hate to have to keep asking for more, we must do it for the sake of the cats.
At this time of year we have to find more money than at any other, we need to pay for the electricity to heat the pens where the cats are kept outdoors, we need to provide them with extra warmth and comforts, and as we dont rehome as many cats during this period, our income in lower, but our outgoings are more. The cats stay longer in our care, they need to be fed, and good health maintained, so if you can spare that Pound we would be so grateful..... and so would the cats and kittens.
A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE DONATED !
Click the Logo Button to donate today !
So please, take the time to look around our site, learn about who we are, what we do, and how we may be able to help you. Everyday we put something new on the site, whether it be another cat for adoption of information that could be of use to you.
Be Patient when you contact us, we will help as soon as we possibly can
Help Us to Help You !
NOTE :-If you are emailing to ask about the availability of cats or kittens please check the Cats for Adoption and Kittens for Adoption pages first
We do not accept email applications