Ways To Support Algernon Trust

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The Animal Sanctuary was set up over twenty years ago when the founder Jane Shepherd moved to Whittlebury near Towcester. In 1991 Jane arrived with just five feral cats, one fox and one rabbit. Today there are usually at least sixty cats, twelve dogs, plus foxes and assorted poultry in the Trusts care.  Jane also provides a wildlife rescue service 24hours a day 52 weeks a year. The Trust re-homes cats and dogs where possible but many of the cats Jane takes in are sick and/or elderly who need to remain at the Sanctuary for the rest of their days. Currently there are over thirty residents. The Trust has become as much a hospice and retirement home for cats as a re-homing centre, and caring for sick and elderly feline friends puts an enormous strain on the Trusts finances.  Animals are taken in from a wide area not just from Northampton shire and adjacent counties but from all over the country.  The Trust has a strict “no kill” policy and Jane has no age restriction and has taken in cats over 20 years old.  All animals are neutered or spayed and micro chipped before being rehomed.

There are many different ways that you can support The Algernon Trust

Adoptions 

Coffee

Adopting an animal not only allows that animal to live in a family environment but also frees up space for us to help more animals.  Perhaps you aren't able to adopt yourself, however please do share details of animals needing homes, our website, facebook, twitter & blog are kept up to date with animals needing homes.

Fostering

Dolly

The Trust only has 4 kennels, all donated, plus the old ferret pen for emergencies.  Foster homes are relied on to provide temporary care for dogs awaiting a forever home, however often it is necessary to keep dogs at private boarding kennels to ensure they are not put to sleep when the Sanctuary is full.  The kennels are paid for by the Trust.  Foster carers make a huge difference, not only does this reduce the cost of boarding kennels but it enables the dogs to live in a home environment until such time that they find their forever homes, foster carers provide love and food for the dogs and the Trust provides support and also covers vets bills.

Volunteering

Jane relies on volunteers to help at the sanctuary with feeding and cleaning out all the animals and dog walking.  She has a regular team and is always in need of both regular helpers as well as those who are able to cover holidays & illnesses etc.

Fundraising

we currently have a fundraising co-ordinator in Milton Keynes which is a great support.  She has built up contacts in the Milton Keynes area and arranges to carry out a collection on average once a month which generates much needed funds for the Trust as well as raising awareness of our work”. Jane is now looking for volunteers to replicate this work in Northampton, Banbury, Bicester, Aylesbury & Bedford, she says “I have a range of promotional material available for use during the collections and full support will be given to anyone in how to go about arranging collection”.

Fundraising events, pub quizzes, charity events, fairs etc are invaluable, if you are able to organise anything or have any other ideas 

Donations

• Donations can be sent via www.amazon.co.uk/registry/wishlist/3D7XY9TZZBEJK
• Donations can be sent by paypal to donate@algernontrust.org.uk - please select the gift option
• Financial donations don't have to be large amounts, every little helps, lots of members send small regular amounts & these really help the work of the trust, Regular standing orders for £1 or £2 are very much appreciated and can be sent to The Algernon Trust Bank; Sort Code: 40-35-04; Account No: 02701081
• Algernon Trust is listed on www.easyfundraising.org.uk as a Charity. All you need to do is register, select Algernon Trust as your chosen charity and shop through web page and the donation automatically gets sent. Its as easy as that!

Current Appeals

From time to time we have specific things we are fundraising for, please do look out for these & you can help us by letting your friends & family know!  Our current appeals are:

Dolce

Dolce Appeal is raising funds to get an Italian Street Dog & four abanodoned pups to the UK.
Donations can be made to The Algernon Trust Bank; Sort Code: 40-35-04; Account No: 02701081, quoting Dolce as the reference or by by paypal to algernon@sapphirebusinessservices.co.uk - please select the gift option

JJ

Sponsors are needed to help fund JJ's kennels please! The bank details for JJs appeal are - Co-op Bank: Sapphire Business Services Client A/c: 08-92-50: 68389569 with the reference – JJ or by paypal to lisa@sapphirebusinessservices.co.uk - please select the gift option & enter JJ in the notes

Pet Insurance

Pet insurance can be confusing, there is an excellent article on Martin Lewis' Moneysaving 

expert site which explains the different levels of cover & what to look out for when comparing prices

www.moneysavingexpert.com/insurance/cut-pet-insurance-costs

We believe Pet Plan, whilst not the cheapest, offers a good level of cover, if you choose to insure with them, please do mention us as they send us a small reward :)

http://www.petplan.co.uk/

Nominations

From time to time companies run nominations for causes to support or charity related awards seek nominations, please do look out for these & as well as nominating us, please do let us know so we can let other supporters know!

Currently you can nominate us for:

http://www.petplan.co.uk/aboutpetplan/charity-awards.asp Nominations close at midnight 15th March

ASDA Nominate a Cause 

ASDA are inviting their customers and colleagues to nominate their favourite local cause for a charitable contribution

To nominate Algernon Trust, simply find your local store and click the nominate button on the right of their page! Tell them your name, email address & why you want them to support us!

We would really appreciate your nominations, here are the links to the pages for Northampton & Milton Keynes stores :)

http://storelocator.asda.com/store/northampton-thornton

http://storelocator.asda.com/store/milton-keynes

Thank you for your support!