celia hammond animal trust
celia hammond
animal trust
We’re thrilled to share some of the amazing fundraising efforts currently underway in support of Celia Hammond Animal Trust. From marathons to mountain climbs, our wonderful supporters are taking on
We’re delighted to announce that we have teamed up with Ultra Challenge® and Charity Challenge to help raise funds for Celia Hammond Animal Trust, and we invite you to join us in getting active for animals. Every step, peddle, or paddle you take will help us continue our life-saving work!
A huge thank you to Cheryl Wilde and her wonderful team of supporters, who recently raised an incredible £400 for the Celia Hammond Animal Trust at the Burnham Almost Donkey
Step out and make a difference for stray, abandoned, and unwanted animals by joining us on Saturday 10 October 2026 for the Kent Downs 50 Ultra Challenge®. 10km, 25km, and 50km options are available and you can walk, jog or run – which distance will you choose to raise funds for Celia Hammond Animal Trust?
Please join us in London on Saturday 12 September 2026 for the Ultra Challenge Series Thames Bridges Trek and help raise funds for Celia Hammond Animal Trust. Whether you choose to walk 10km or 25km, every step you take will help us to care for stray, abandoned, and unwanted animals.
We are incredibly proud to share that Dr David, one of our dedicated vets, completed the London Marathon yesterday in an amazing 4 hours and 27 minutes. Alongside his vital
We were delighted to welcome 10-year-old Imogen to our Lewisham Open Day on Saturday, 11th April, where she attended our Open Day tour with her dad, John, and had a
FROM CATWALK TO CAT RESCUE – Celia Hammond has helped rehome over 73,500 stray, abandoned, and unwanted animals and we need your help to secure the future of our Lewisham hub
On 21 February 2026 Celia Hammond Animal Trust celebrates four decades of helping stray, abandoned, and unwanted animals, and today we are currently caring for around 750 rescue cats across our London and East Sussex centres. Over
We are delighted to announce the winner of our 40th Anniversary logo design competition…Congratulations to ShawHong SER! Hong’s design stood out for its creativity, clarity, and how beautifully it represents
Challenges, compassion, and hope 2025 has been one of the toughest years we can remember at Celia Hammond Animal Trust. With more cats than ever being abandoned, rising costs, and fewer
Cat-astrophic record numbers of animals are being dumped at the doors of Celia Hammond Animal Trust centres, leaving our charity close to breaking point Story In September 2025, we faced
Our rescue centres have recently been treated to an incredible surprise, boxes overflowing with hand-knitted cat toys, lovingly made by the wonderful readers of Woman’s Weekly magazine. Every year, Woman’s
When we first heard about Paddington, our hearts broke. He was living on a farm in Kent, where a colony of feral cats had been left to multiply unchecked. Farm
Passers-by in East London spotted a cat teetering up high on a narrow balustrade, her head wedged inside a tin can. It was obvious she was in terrible trouble, but
Our Lewisham team were contacted by local residents concerned about the plight of a stray or abandoned cat who was in very poor condition. “Blackie” had lots of flies around
Are you a keen gardener who loves animals? We’re looking for green-fingered volunteers to help prune, tidy, and maintain the beautiful grounds of our Greenacres Sanctuary. Set in over 100
When you choose Celia Hammond Animal Trust as your nominated charity through the Pets at Home VIP Club, we receive Lifelines points every time you shop, that’s one Lifeline point
We received an urgent phone call from a housing association to let us know that one of their tenants had sadly been discovered passed away and that the Police had
When little Garfield arrived at our shelter, he was just six months old and in agony. He’d been living alone in a garden shed, suffering in silence with a ruptured
At our Greenacres Sanctuary, over 350 rescued cats rely on us, and now, we’re relying on you.From elderly cats to abandoned mums and kittens, new arrivals come daily. With the
Please help us to provide a lifeline to hungry, cold, sick or injured animals this Winter….. We need to ask for your urgent help and support. The last few years
Huge thanks to the wonderful Dino Fetscher and his partner, Chris, for visiting our shelter and spreading so much love to our kitties. Your kindness and support mean the world
Sending a special thank you to Yardley Primary School for organizing a generous food collection for our kitties over the weekend. Your kindness means so much to our team and
Two adolescent kittens were discovered abandoned in a carrier at the Canning Town train station, left amongst the bustling chaos of passers-by. Fortunately, the caring train station staff noticed them.
Meet the brave 4-month-old kitten who defied the odds. Our Lewisham Centre received a call to say that there was a kitten on the pavement in a very dangerous location
Congratulations to Celia Hammond!We are thrilled to share that Celia has been honoured with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award by PetQuip!This recognition celebrates Celia’s incredible dedication to animal welfare over
At just 2 weeks old, six tiny kittens were found abandoned in a cardboard box at a bus stop. On top of the box, a sign read, “Kittens: please find
Our team responded to a urgent call for help from a local kebab shop where a mum cat had just given birth amongst the chaos of the back alley running
The Hopelessly Devoted 🐾 campaign is now live www.hopelesslydevoted.auctionExciting News! We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the Hopelessly Devoted campaign 🐾—created by our friend Mark Aldridge, celebrating the incredible
Thrown away like rubbish, three cats found struggling inside a Marks and Spencer cooler bag – Safe with us now. This heart breaking incident occurred in a park in Bellingham
Poor Lucky was left behind in a garden with eleven other cats when a tenant moved out. A kind neighbour took on the task of feeding them all and noticed
Kittens Discovered at Bus Stop in Canning Town.A member of the public discovered four tiny kittens trying to climb out of a large cooking pot, under a bus stop bench
Recently, our rescue team faced an urgent and heart-wrenching situation. Some kittens were spotted high up climbing in and out of the windows on the roof of a building in
Weekday Animal Care Volunteers needed!Our busy Lewisham Centre in South East London is in need of more help with the day to day care of our many rescued cats who
Cat collars can be very dangerous, the term ‘collar wound’ refers to the often terrible injuries that are caused when the cat gets a leg, two legs or a jaw
Plastic pipe stuck fast around this cat’s neck for several weeks. We were asked to help catch this little stray female cat after many failed attempts had been made by
We received a call to help a cat with a feral cat that we’d previously trapped, neutered and returned to a safe home. The cat in question had managed to
For most of us, it would be an unthinkable act to move house and leave a family pet behind to fend for itself. That’s why were absolutely horrified when we
Six kittens who are very small and very underweight were found in a dangerous situation on Burgess Road in E6. Brought to us by a local animal welfare group, the
We received a call about two stray mother cats and two litters of kittens living a few feet from the A13 at a second hand car lot. Traffic thundered by
You are not going to believe the cruelty of some people… But we have photo PROOF! In the aftermath of the relentless rainstorms we’ve been experiencing, we were shocked to
Honey’s story is a sad one of owners who have made every mistake going. We try not to be critical of people who have to give up their pets but
Our Lewisham Centre came to the aid of a heavily pregnant cat from a shop on Deptford High Street as she was unwanted by her owners who lived on the
Mystic a tiny kitten was cruelly abandoned at our Canning Town Centre. A woman dressed in a delivery jacket threw a sealed box into our reception and vanished before we
The animal welfare sector is facing a crisis struggling with rising numbers of unwanted pets and increased costs. Pet owners are struggling to afford to care for their pets and
3x Three Legged Kittens! This year, kitten season is worse than ever before. Regrettably, the current economic crisis has led to an increase in the number of cats being abandoned
We have no way of knowing how Sylvester ended up on the street. Perhaps someone decided they didn’t want him anymore. As he was not neutered, it’s very possible his
It is kitten season and we are overwhelmed with requests to take in unwanted litters of pet and stray kittens and their mothers. In the battle between the rescues and
Reunited – thanks to her microchip….We received a call from a car MOT garage in Plumstead in S.E London asking for help. A cat had walked into the garage the
We were honoured to receive a visit from Marc Abraham OBE “Marc the Vet” at our Lewisham clinic. Marc is a very well known animal welfare campaigner best known for
One might call it a miracle that a woman and her son happened to be looking out of their window on Fernhill Street in E16 at the precise moment when
Cats and kittens rescued from scrap yard – East London Stray and feral cats often end up living in industrial locations which are particularly hazardous for kittens in this case.
This is about as bad as it gets… Someone abandoned this mother cat on a roundabout in Forest Gate while she was actually giving birth. She was lying in a