In addition to the four main events above, we have other ways of raising funds:-
1) Standing Orders/Donations/Legacies
2) Friends of Colchester Cat Rescue
3) Lottery Club
4) Sponsor A Cat
5) Colchester Cat Rescue Charity Shop
1) Monthly Standing Orders/Donations/Legacies -
If you would like to help with the running of the Sanctuary, please email for our standing order form. Any contributions
from £5 per month are welcomed.
Under the Gift Aid scheme we can reclaim 28p in every £1 if you are a taxpayer. So many kind people send us donations,
but please let us know if you are a taxpayer so that we can send you one of our Gift Aid forms - we reclaim a substantial
amount back from the Inland Revenue each year!
We have been fortunate enough to be remembered by some supporters in their wills, and these legacies have
now enabled us to build an isolation unit to help cats that need to be confined to a pen due to injury, or to be kept isolated
from our other residents.
2) Friends of Colchester Cat Rescue - if you wish to become a member please write to us at the
Sanctuary address in Bromley Rd, or email us. For £12 a year from 1st January we publish a quarterly newsletter informing
members on what is happening behind the scenes at the Sanctuary, and updating you on stories about some of the cats. Payment
preferred by standing order if possible rather than cheque, please write/email for a standing order form.
3) Lottery Club - For £12 a year (January - December, but pro rata if you join during the
year) members are allocated two numbers and we use the National Lottery Bonus Ball numbers drawn on the first Wednesday and
first Saturday of the month. If there is no winner the next Wednesday/Saturday numbers are checked, etc. (Colchester Cat Rescue
is registered with Colchester Borough Council under the Lotteries & Amusements Act 1976.) If you wish to join, please
write to us at the Sanctuary, or email us. Payment preferred by standing order rather than cheque, please write/email for
a standing order form.
4) Sponsor A Cat - we have a large number of resident cats that we have been unable to home,
for a variety of reasons. Some have medical conditions or behavioural problems, or are elderly, or are not able
to cope with a domestic environment. However, they live out their days in peace and comfort with us, and for a minimum
donation of £12 per year contribution (can be paid by standing order) to their upkeep you will receive a birthday card
from your chosen cat(s) on your birthday. Pictures of the cats may be viewed at the Charity Shop, and also at the Sanctuary.
Please write to the Sanctuary or email us if you wish to contribute.
Please choose from one (or more!) of the following cats:
Aslan - long-haired ginger male (like a small lion)
Whiskey - long-haired black and white male
Pudding - black female with a large tummy!
Fluffy - long-haired black female
Cindy - torti and white female
Tinker - tabby male
Rupert - tabby and white male
Lucky - torti female
Rupert - British Blue type male with a lovely grey coat
Twinkle - black and white female
Rocky - brindle torti female
Blackie - black male
Bob - white and tabby male
Mindy - tabby female
Susie - black and white female
Frilly Drawers - long-haired tabby and white female
Nelson - one eyed pure white male
