Worcester & District Cats Protection
Celebrating 30 years of cat care in Worcestershire

Registered Charity 203644

Volunteer

Help our branch to shine

Have you got a few hours a week that you would like to spend helping the welfare of local cats? We are always in need of extra help, this can be anything from helping to raise funds, administration work, to becoming a fosterer.

Everything we do, we do for the cats - whatever your talents are, we can always use your help.

Please contact us for further information on how you can help us.

Phone ‘angels’ You could help by answering the telephone lines for homing requests, the lost and found register and dealing with the neutering vouchers. Ideally you would be able to use spreadsheets and e-mail for these tasks. The more people we have for this, the less chance people will be diverted to our recorded answer phone message.	Handymen The charity needs people to help with the set-up and maintenance of the cat pens. This includes electricians for the necessary wiring and people to lay slabs for the pens to stand on. Help with transporting the pens would be appreciated, too.
You could help by answering the telephone lines for homing requests, the lost and found register and dealing with the neutering vouchers.	We need people to help with the set-up and maintenance of the cat pens we provide to the fosterparents, like the one pictured left.
Foster Parents Animal lovers are needed from across the county to look after cats awaiting new owners. The pens and equipment are provided and all expenses are paid for. You just need to provide the love, care and attention the cat needs. Foster parent Valerie Briggs has one cat pen in her back garden, but there are double or treble pens available. A single pen could hold up to three cats from the same household, a mother and kittens or a litter of kittens which are self-sufficient. Similarly, double and treble pens can hold two or three times this number – if you have the time and space. Pens have electricity and the branch supplies lamps and heated beds to keep the cats cosy.	Fund - Raising This is a key part of the branch’s day-to-day survival and you could help raise money to buy more pens or to pay for the cats in the branch’s care. Tasks range from working in the shop, committee roles, transporting a cat to a vet, or visiting a prospective home for a cat. We need volunteers to help in the shop or to provide items to sell. Help with collection, sorting, preparation and pricing of the items is always appreciated, too. One member ran the London marathon to help raise funds, while events are regularly held such as car boot sales, fairs, coffee mornings and raffles.
Worcester Cats Protection foster parent Valerie Briggs feeds one of the cats in her care	Cats Protection manager Fran Holder, centre, at the branch shop in St John’s, Worcester, with volunteers Margaret Tatler, left, and Fay Grist

Volunteer

Help our branch to shine

Phone ‘angels’

Handymen

You could help by answering the telephone lines for homing requests, the lost and found register and dealing with the neutering vouchers.

We need people to help with the set-up and maintenance of the cat pens we provide to the fosterparents, like the one pictured left.

Foster Parents

Fund - Raising

Worcester Cats Protection foster parent Valerie Briggs feeds one of the cats in her care

Cats Protection manager Fran Holder, centre, at the branch shop in St John’s, Worcester, with volunteers Margaret Tatler, left, and Fay Grist