Who are Pawz for Thought?
Pawz for Thought is an animal charity based in Sunderland but operating throughout the North East of England. We were formed 23 years ago in 2003, as a positive hands on response to the distressingly high number of animal welfare issues in the region from those small beginnings we have steadily grown into a very busy and vibrant organisation. We have grown to the point where we successfully handle over a thousand animals each year. The Charity has only one paid site manager and everything we achieve is through the hard work of our volunteers and supporters who give us their time and money.
Animals are never cheap and to meet our annual running costs we have a continual fundraising programme. Our Charity shop in Fulwell Road, Sunderland, is the major contributor. We always appreciate donations of saleable goods and if you are a team player and could spare a few hours each week to help in the shop please contact us.
Pawz for Thought in the Community
We attend many local and regional events, community fairs and shows. Increasingly our supporters are taking part in the major sporting events in the region or setting their own challenge and collecting sponsorship.
Sadly we cannot not help every animal or owner but each year we are finding more and more permanent new homes for companion animals. The majority of these are cats, kittens, dogs and rabbits although we also rehome guinea pigs, rats, gerbils and many others. However, not being a cat and dog shelter we are limited in the number of animals we can take into our care at any one time as most of our animals are cared for in foster homes while awaiting a new home.
How We Re-home companions
When re-homing we operate an exhaustive vetting process always seeking to place the right animal with the right owner. Anybody looking to adopt from us should expect a home visit and vet check. We operate a very strong neutering policy and all our animals are micro-chipped, neutered and vaccinated, where appropriate, before they leave us. If we take on the task of re-homing an animal it remains our responsibility for life and the adoptive owners sign a contract to this effect asking them to contact us if their circumstances change.
Although we will not re-home to those under 18 years of age an elderly person’s age is not necessarily a negative as we have a system which will allow older people to adopt in the confidence that their pets will be cared for in an emergency.
Wild animals & Birds
Most of our work is with companion animals but we have a few volunteers who are particularly interested in wildlife. However, we are very restricted by space limiting the number of wild birds and animals we can handle at any one time but will help where we can. Wild animals must be returned to the wild as quickly as possible and in most cases we can succeed in this ourselves. With some more difficult species we will give immediate first aid and stabilise them, they are then passed on to specialist centres. Please remember young birds are best reared by mother birds!
Donations
Paypal Monthly Subscription
Support Pawz for Thought by setting up a monthly PayPal donation, helping rescue and care for animals in need!
Online Donations
If you would like to make and online donation you can do so via the links below to either our Just Giving Page, Charitable giving page, CAF page, or Paypal Donate.
Do you shop online? Would you consider doing it through easy fund raising? It costs you nothing and the charity will receive a donation for each purchase you make. Click on the Easy Fundraising button bellow and follow the instructions and you will be prompted every time you contact a participating retailer.
Working to help animals throughout
the North East. Reg Charity No: 1103331
Contact
Call: 0191 580 8880
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Press 2 for General Enquiries
Press 3 for our Charity Shop
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