Cats Protection is celebrating Volunteers Week (3-9 June) by showcasing the work of its 9,000 volunteers who assist hundreds of cats and homeowners yearly.
The pet charity says there’s a job for everybody who desires to make a distinction to animal welfare, together with hands-on cat care, serving to in a store, organising fundraising occasions and operating social media accounts.
Cats Protection Head of Volunteering, Organisational Engagement and Inclusion, Julie Meredith stated: “We’re so pleased with our volunteers who play a central function in serving to 157,000 cats yearly. People come from all walks of life and all ages to assist Cats Protection, from youngsters searching for their first volunteer function to retired individuals trying to hold energetic and busy. We even have many individuals working in skilled or demanding careers, who like to do one thing of their spare time which is extra hands-on.
“By assembly new individuals, studying new abilities and making a optimistic affect on trigger, volunteering is an effective way to construct shallowness, confidence and wellbeing.”
Among the charity’s volunteers are Lavezah Cheema, 23, who divides her time between volunteering for Cats Protection and competing at championship dressage occasions with the Riding for the Disabled Association.
Lavezah, who has studying difficulties, spends sooner or later per week on the Cats Protection Harrow Homing Centre the place she helps take care of cats in want. For animal-lover Lavezah, volunteering is an enormous a part of her life and helps her make new buddies, study life abilities and develop into extra impartial.
She says: “I really like all animals and have cats myself, so I do know what good pets they’re. I actually need to assist extra cats so coming into the centre is nice for me. I really like seeing them develop in confidence and it’s so nice to see them going to joyful new houses and know that you just’ve been part of caring for them.”
When Lavezah isn’t serving to cats on the centre, she competes in dressage occasions, most not too long ago successful her lessons on the Riding for the Disabled Association National Championships and the British Dressage Championships.
For extra details about turning into a volunteer for Cats Protection, go to cats.org.uk
