Volunteer chalet staff - can you help by spending a morning or two looking after the cats? We need people
(male or female) to help by cleaning out the cat chalets daily - cleaning out litter trays, replacing litter trays with fresh
litter, providing fresh bedding, fresh drinking water, and cat biscuits, and putting on the laundry for the cat bedding that
needs to be washed each day.
It is hands on work and very physical, so you will need to be able to lift/carry/bend when cleaning out. It
needs to be done seven days a week - either one weekday or weekend depending on your availability, from approx 9am - lunchtime.
Please visit the Sanctuary during opening hours 12 - 3pm Sat/Sun/Mon/Wed/Thurs or email us. You would need to have your
own transport to get to the Sanctuary as we are not on a regular bus route.
Regretably we can only take volunteers of 18 years and over.
Volunteer feeders - we feed morning and evening. It takes about an hour or so every evening from
approx 4 - 5 pm to help feed about 150 cats. Can you help us? If so, please visit us or email us.
Charity Shop assistants - Sandra is looking for volunteers for the Charity Shop, particularly as
she is trying to keep the shop open every Monday - Saturday from about 10am to 4pm. We are currently looking for
another person on Wednesday or Thursday afternoons to cover 2pm - 4pm, if either of these afternoons suit you and
you are over 18 years old then please phone Sandra at the shop on Col. 823700 on Saturdays.
Volunteer fundraisers - can you do a stall for us at local events? We would like to have a stall in
the Hospital Radio day at Colchester Castle Park, or at the Wivenhoe May Fair, West Mersea Lifeboat Day, Stratford
St Mary Village Fete, the Five Parishes show, etc.
Or can you hold a Coffee Morning or Garage Sale at home, or have a stall at a car boot sale? We can supply items
for sale on your stall via our charity shop which receives a lot of donated goods.
Sandra would like to hear from you at the Charity Shop on 01206 823700 (on Saturdays) or please email us.
Volunteer events organisers - alternatively, are you able to help with co-ordinating the above events,
and also our Flag Day, Summer Garden Party (formerly Cheese & Wine evening) or Christmas Fayre? You would be a good
communicator, liaising with volunteer fundraisers, booking venues, arranging advertising, etc. If so, Sandra would like to
hear from you (at the Shop on Saturdays tel 01206 823700) or email us.
Volunteers for maintenance - we have a large site at the Sanctuary and would be pleased to hear
from anyone who would like to help with the upkeep of the gardens, or painting and repair of the cat chalets/sheds,
etc. Please contact Mandy by email or Saturdays at the Sanctuary.
Thank you.
