Support us

Cats Protection Shop
11 The Triangle 
Tilehurst 
Reading 
RG30 4RN 

Telephone: 0118 9453733 

Opening Hours:

Mon - Sat: 9-5pm

Shoppers Car Park behind the shop, access from Walnut Way.
Easy drop off for donations via Service Yard at rear of shop. 

We are always grateful for donations of good quality items for resale, especially ladies, gents and childrens' clothes, linen, ornaments, jewellery, homewares, pictures,books, CDs and DVDs, shoes, bags, unwanted gift items, unused/unopened toiletries, toys and jigsaws (not broken or pieces missing please). 

We always need more bubble wrap. 

Sorry we cannot accept video or audio cassettes, duvets or pillows, electrical goods, sharp knives or large items of furniture. 

We also accept donations of cat food to help feed our foster cats and used postage stamps and foreign coins for our fund-raising efforts. Anyone wishing to join or renew their branch membership can now do so in the shop. In addition to donated goods we have a selection of Cats Protection new goods for sale including seasonal items such as Calendars, Diaries, and Christmas Cards.

Many of our cats live with fosterers in their own homes. But in addition to our home fosterers we have the use of Cat Cabins which are spacious pens both in the garden of fosterers but also retained at a local cattery. These cabins provide a secure and comfortable home in which the resident cat or cats can rest and recover while awaiting a loving new home. The cabins have heating, lighting, a raised level where the cats can sit and watch the outside world, plenty of toys to play with, and an enclosed area where they can have some privacy, complete with a comfy bed.

Caring for the cats in our care takes funds. Of course we are very grateful to anyone who donates to us via our Shop or any of our fund raising events. But if you feel you would like something a little more personal then perhaps Cat Cabin Sponsorship is the thing for you.

If anyone would like to sponsor a cat cabin, you can sign up via our website, or ask for an application form either from our Shop or through our helpline on 0118 9403005. The minimum donation we ask for is £4 a month via standing order or a yearly sponsorship of £48.
For the branch bank transfer details please use - Barclays bank account 60887137 and sort code 20-42-66, reference ‘sponsorship’. 

Cat Cabin Sponsorship also makes a lovely thoughtful present for someone special. As well as our quarterly newsletter Cat Cabin News, sponsors receive a certificate confirming their sponsorship and recognition at Christmas.

Cat food:
 
Not surprisingly, our cats get through a lot of cat food every year! We have eight cat food collection points:

1. Pets at Home, Brunel Retail Park in Reading (Rose Kiln Lane)
2. Pets at Home, Oxford Road, Norcot Roundabout 
3. Cats Protection Charity Shop, 11 The Triangle, Tilehurst
4. Oakley Vets, Oakley Road, Caversham
5. Castle Vets, Tilehurst Road, Reading 
   
6. Burghfield Vets, Tarragon Way, Burghfield
    
    

Donated food really helps us out over the course of a year meaning we can use the money we raise to pay for veterinary treatment and care for our foster cats instead of having to spend it on food.  Perhaps your place of work might be prepared to have a cat food donation point for us at Christmas time?  We are happy to collect, please email: enquiries@reading.cats.org.uk

Many thanks to all the locations who allow us to site one of our collecting boxes on their premises, and to you for donating the food.

For just £10 per year from April 2023, you can subscribe to receive three issues annually of our magazine Tail End - You’ll be helping us to continue the work we do for cats and kittens in need. If you prefer, you can pay just £5.00 for the year, and we will email you a PDF file of the latest magazine.

To make a subscription payment, you can either:- 

• Post a cheque for £10.00 to Cats Protection Reading & District Branch, PO Box 7961 , Reading, RG10 8WZ
• Come to our shop in The Triangle, Tilehurst and pay at the till.
• Bank transfer to Barclays bank account 60887137 and sort code 20-42-66, reference ‘subscription’.