Although we are only a small group we sometimes find ourselves in a position to make donations to groups, nominated by our members, which are working directly for the welfare of animals. Below are some details of groups to which we have donated.
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The Flicka Foundation Donkey Sanctuary is based in South Cornwall. It was founded in 1995 and now provides a safe haven for over 100 donkeys, ponies and horses all of whom have been rescued from abuse, neglect and abandonment. | |
Yorkshire Cat Rescue exists to save the lives of abandoned and unwanted cats and kittens in Yorkshire and beyond. They help cats in need have a good life, and inspire everyone to treat them with the compassion and respect they deserve. They are cared for by their many fosterers across Yorkshire or at their centre in Keighley. | |
Margaret Green Animal Rescue looks after dogs, cats, horses, farm and small animals across two centres in Dorset and one in Devon. They take in animals who have become homeless due to a change in circumstance, as well as those who have experienced neglect, mistreatment or abandonment. | |
Wood Green opened their first centre in north London in 1924 to help care for abandoned and injured animal after the First World War. Today their centre in Godmanchester provides treatment and care facilities which enable pets to get the specialist care they need. Recently they have been developing the support they offer pet owners in the community and online-keeping more pets in loving homes. | |
Replacing Animal Research was founded in 1969 to work with researchers and institutions to end animal testing and research, believing the arguments of anti-vivisection societies were too simplistic and unlikely to achieve their purpose. | |
As their name suggests, they work all over the world to, amongst other things, stop animals suffering in circuses and the entertainment world, being used in experiments and for fur. | |
Established in Birmingham in 1999, they are well respected for their work in neutering, rescuing and rehoming abandoned and needy cats and kittens. Their main objective is neutering, helping people on low incomes to get their cats neutered, trapping feral cats and rehoming stray and abandoned cats and kittens. | |
Feline Friends (London) was founded in July 2013 with the aim of offering sanctuary to cats at risk of unnecessary euthanasia and to help cats in need in Hackney. Since then they have grown into a network of experienced cat rescuers and veterinary and other professionals. The scope of the charity now encompasses all of London and they have volunteers and fosterers in most boroughs, including those areas with large stray and feral populations and where the need for help appears to be greatest. | |
Hugo's Small Animal Rescue (Blackpool) are an organisation helping those unable to care for their small animals due to unseen circumstances, by offering advice. If for whatever reason owners can no longer care for their animals they will step into place and help with the rehoming process. | |
Harmony Fund is a charity based in the USA which offers a lifeline to underdog animal rescue squads across the planet. Their partners are the small but incredibly courageous animal rescue teams who operate in parts of the world where animal welfare is quite poor. Their supporters are dramatically impacting thousands upon thousands of animals who might otherwise go without food, shelter and veterinary care. | |
Animal Asia was founded in 1998 by the world’s leading authority on bear bile-farming and has been changing the world for animals for over two decades. Based in Hong Kong, they work across Asia to replace cruelty with compassion and create lasting change. They also work to end the dog and cat meat trade, improve the welfare of companion animals, and campaign for better conditions for captive wildlife in zoos and safari parks. | |
Hollytrees Animal Sanctuary (Birmingham) is one of the busiest rescue centres in the area. Covering the practical aspects of animal welfare including catching, spaying/neutering, re-homing, rehabilitating and educating. They also run an emergency pet care scheme, working alongside the emergency services and other animal welfare organisations 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There is emergency accommodation to cater for most animals or birds. | |
Safe Haven for Donkeys was set up in 2000 to help the thousands of working donkeys in Israel and the Palestinian Territories (the West Bank).Their sanctuary in Israel is providing life-long care to around 180 unwanted and abused donkeys of all ages, and they also have a rescue centre in Arrana, in the West Bank, which is home to donkeys who have suffered abuse and neglect. | |
Sentient Vision was set up by a woman who rescued a herd of heifers, buying them from the farmer and looking after them. They have since been joined by some pigs. The founder has an inspiring vision for a centre helping humans develop compassion for other species. | |
Quaker Vegan Witness is a group formed in 2025 to provide an online space for Quaker Vegans. They are a small group but have produced the SPICES leaflet and the Green Feast initiative, and have two thriving WhatsApp communities, one for Quaker Vegans, and the other for Quakers who are Vegan-Curious. |
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Animal Aid peacefully fights animal abuse and promotes a cruelty-free lifestyle. Animal Aid's educations team delivers 100s of talks in schools and colleges across the UK every year. Recently funding from Animal Aid helped develop a non-animal test to replace lethal dose animal tests. For the second year running Animal Aid has organised a Future of Science Student Conference encouraging young people to pursue a career in animal-free research. Animal Aid's petition to ban snares achieved the 100,000 signatures necessary for it to be debated in parliament. Later that year Wales banned snares. | |
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| The Animal Interfaith Alliance (AIA) is a unique alliance of the world’s most influential faith-based, animal advocacy organisations. It speaks out on the moral treatment of animals by drawing on the combined wisdom of all faiths and worldviews. It promotes social harmony by bringing the faith groups together on an issue they all share a concern for. AIA’s activities include animal advocacy and education. This Golden Rule video on their website is so joyous: https://videopress.com/v/hFHklwOv |
Set up in 2009, Beneath the Wood is a Viva! award-winning vegan sanctuary based in Wales that provides permanent homes for dogs with behaviour issues, pigs, sheep, cats and horses. In 2019 they were involved in a high-profile case that rescued 53 pigs from truly horrifying conditions at an illegal slaughterhouse in Pembrokeshire. They now have over 90 pigs, and over 135 animals in total. | |
They are a specialist Border Collie Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre based in Pencader in Wales They have been rescuing and training Border Collies for 30 years. | |
Brooke is an international charity that protects and improves the lives of the horses, donkeys and mules which give people in the developing world the opportunity to work their way out of poverty. | |
This group in South Manchester was set up to provide educational resources to aid with owners' understanding of cats and their care, to support and encourage the neutering of cats and assist with reuniting lost cats and their humans. | |
Harmony Fund is based in the USA but supports projects worldwide. | |
Hillside Animal Sanctuary was founded in 1995 to help and campaign for animals in need and most importantly, to bring public awareness to the millions of animals suffering every day in the intensive factory farming industry. Although at Hillside we have given sanctuary to 2500 horses, ponies and donkeys, many of our residents have been rescued from the farming industry. Anyone can sponsor a whole range of animals and receive a photo and news of them twice a year. | |
Set in Carmarthenshire, this group celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2025. It was formed in response to the appalling condition and handling of wild hill ponies and foals in local sales and offers a refuge and safe haven. It is a member of the National Equine Welfare Council. | |
Based in Carmarthenshire, Many Tears takes in animals from difficult situations, rehabilitates them both physically and emotionally, and finds them loving homes. They rescue dogs from breeders, where they are often subjected to neglect, poor living conditions, and overbreeding. They also take in abandoned and stray cats and dogs from pounds, unwanted pets directly from homes and dogs from overseas, when they have space. | |
A well-known charity which delivers animal welfare in Afghanistan and Ukraine. They help horses and donkeys and injured animals, mainly cats and dogs. | |
ROLDA is an internationally supported charity working in Romania to solve the appalling problem of the country’s homeless animals – estimated to be in the millions – in a humane, efficient and responsible manner. | |
Sulala Society is the first and only animal rescue in the Gaza Strip. It was founded by Mr. Saeed Al Err, a man with great love for animals. Unable to bear seeing poor stray animals hungry in the street, he went on daily feeding tours for stray animals since the early 2000s. In 2006, he was able to translate his love and charitable work to the establishment of a registered organisation, Sulala (Arabic for “animal breeds”). Today, Sulala has a dog shelter and a cat shelter, and a donkey. | |
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Working since 1977, they use peaceful means to end animal cruelty and change the status and perception of animals from “objects” that can be used for human gain to sentient individuals whose rights should be respected. | |
This group is based in Carmarthenshire but has dogs in foster homes throughout the UK. They mainly take in and rehome ex-breeding dogs many of whom have never seen the outside world before. | |
Founded in 1991, their mission is to end animal cruelty and advance animal welfare standards around the world. | |
They are the first domestic abuse charity in the UK to offer an in-house pet fostering service to enable those with pets to flee an abusive household without surrendering or leaving animals. |
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Founded in 1994, this is a vegan campaigning charity specialising in undercover investigations and high-profile animal campaigns.Text | |
This is a leading force for animal protection with active campaigns to protect British wildlife, to reduce and replace animal use in scientific research and product testing, to expose and stop the sale of fur and to reduce the number of animal suffering on farms. | |
This is a local Devon animal rescue group working to rescue and rehabilitate stray cats alongside other local charities. They provide for those cats who need extra care before they can be rehomed. | |
This group work in Turkey providing shelter and clinical support for hundreds of dogs. | |
This is an alliance of the world’s most influential faith-based, animal advocacy organisations which speaks out on the moral treatment of animal by drawing on the combined wisdom of all faiths and worldviews. | |
A group working to ban the killing of animals for sport. | |
It works to create a world where no animal suffers in a laboratory. | |
This was established in 2003 in Phuket, Thailand to help the street dogs and cats who had no one else to care for them. It provides a humane and sustainable solution to managing the stray population and to address their medical needs. | |
This is a sanctuary in Ceredigion in Wales which provides permanent homes for dogs with behavioural issues, pigs, sheep, cats and horses. | |
They are working to stop the primate pet trade and to protect primates and their habitats worldwide. | |
This group works to aid abused and neglected animals in Romania. They care for hundreds of cats and dogs in 3 shelters, and help poor communities to look after their animals and run education campaigns. | |
Working since 1977, they use peaceful means to end animal cruelty and change the status and perception of animals from “objects” that can be used for human gain to sentient individuals whose rights should be respected. |