All of the work we do at Stonehaven Cats Protection is carried out
by unpaid volunteers, many of whom have full time jobs, and others who
have family commitments. Our branch would not be able to function
without the help from our volunteers who all carry out valuable work.
All CP branches are self-funding, apart from a discretionary grant from
HQ each year. We are responsible for raising funds that are required to
enable us to carry out our work. While we have many willing volunteers,
we are in need of more. Although working as a volunteer is unpaid, you
have the enjoyment of working with the cats we have in our care.
At the moment we are desperately in need of volunteers in the following areas:
Fostering a Cat Cats Protection provides all litter, food, equipment and pays for any cat or kittens in our care. The Group can provide an outside ‘Cat Palace’ which measures approx. 1m x 3m x 1m. The unit has a house and run for the cat and the Group covers the cost of laying a base and installing electric for heating and light. Kittens can be fostered in the home, within a supplied kitten pen. Some fosterers prefer to foster cats in their home but the CP cat must be kept separate from the fosterer’s own cat.
Fostering Kittens Same as fostering a cat but this can be from 1 - 6 kittens.
Foster Relief Provide cover for a fosterer when they are on holiday, unwell or temporarily unable to tend to their foster cat.
Hand Rearing Kittens Orphaned kittens often need our help from as young as a few days to 6/7 weeks. This is a very time consuming and demanding job and is generally carried out by experienced fosterers.
Trapping Cats Usually for the not so friendly cats that need treatment or to come into our care. Equipment is supplied and is often a short notice call to gather trappers together to attend to colonies of cats.
Transporting Cats Again a short notice call to help transport cats to vets, between fosterers or to new homes.
Home Visiting All new homes are visited to ensure that we are matching the right cat to the right home. Training will be given.
Answering the Phones We often need people to take a turn at receiving calls on our behalf and then pass the information/queries to the appropriate person within the group.
Collection Boxes We can provide boxes for people to take to work to encourage donations. Swear boxes are popular.
Collect / donate / store bric-a-brac Again we are known for good and clean bric-a-brac. We cannot sell electrical goods. We sell books, household items, ornaments, pictures etc. Have you space to store items?
Fund Raising Do you have the ‘gift’ to devise fund raising ideas and see them through to
fruition?
Helping at fund raising events Sales are our mainstay and we need a team prepared to help transport goods, bric-a-brac etc. to and from our sales. Many choose to stay and man tables, assisting in selling and packing up at the end. These sales are held in Stonehaven on a Saturday approximately every 5/6 weeks.
Make craft items for sales We are lucky to have some ‘crafty’ folk but are always looking for more ideas and goods to sell to boost the takings, from covered coat hangers to bird boxes to trinket boxes, all add to the variety of choice.
If you would like to tell us anything at this time, please use the box below
Is there a particular area of volunteering that you are interested in?
What prompted you to consider volunteering for CP?
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