celia hammond animal trust
Animal Rescue Charity
Celia Hammond Animal Trust is a unique non destruction charity providing essential low cost veterinary services for sick and injured pets as well as a rescue and homing service for unwanted, abandoned and stray cats in London and the South East.
Please help us build a dedicated rescue and rehoming centre, and secure the future of our Lewisham hub for decades to come
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A NEW RESCUE AND REHOMING CENTRE IN LEWISHAM
In October 2023, we were granted planning permission to redevelop the Friendly Street warehouse and former shop at the rear of our Lewisham site into a new rescue and rehoming centre.
Phases 1 and 2A of the project have been funded by legacy gifts. Phase 1 of the building works has already been completed and phase 2A works are to commence shortly. We are now fundraising to pay for phase 2B, the construction of the main two-storey building, and we really need your support in funding the next stage of this project.
Please donate whatever you can afford and help us continue caring for animals who need us most.
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Gizmo - Another Street Cat Survivor
Last week, Gizmo, a community street cat, turned up with a nasty bite wound on his leg. A kind member of the public had been feeding him, but noticed he needed more urgent help. Cases like Gizmo’s aren’t rare. We see them every single day, and every single one breaks our hearts.
Kelley from our Lewisham centre went out to see him and quickly realised he needed veterinary care, and brought him back to our clinic. Tiago, one of our vets, examined him and no surprise, quickly saw he was a mature, unneutered male, with an excruciatingly painful wound, sadly something we see all too often.
The bite was serious, but X rays thankfully showed no broken bones. Gizmo was given pain relief and antibiotics, his wound was cleaned under anaesthetic, and while he was asleep he was neutered, microchipped, vaccinated and treated for a heavy flea and worm burden. His recovery has now begun thanks to our vet amazing team at the Celia Hammond Animal Trust.
Despite everything he has been through, Gizmo is just so friendly. A real sweetheart. Once someone’s kitten, tragically turned street survivor. He shouldn’t have had to fight just to live.
Every day cats like Gizmo arrive at our centres. Unneutered, not microchipped, injured, hungry. Many are friendly ex pets forced into a life they didn’t choose.
Neutering and microchipping saves lives. It protects cats from fights, injuries and the harsh realities of life on the streets.
If you know someone who needs help neutering their cat, or want to help cats like Gizmo, please contact us. And please share this post. It could help prevent more male cats suffering unnecessarily. ... See MoreSee Less
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From Semi-Feral to Part of the Family: Tippy & Honey's Story
A heart warming update from adopter Emma....
"We adopted Tippy and Honey from Celia Hammond Animal Trust in Tunbridge Wells. Originally the plan was for them to be yard cats, so we built them a catio in the barn and kept them inside for the first few months to settle.
After that we slowly started letting them out during the day and bringing them in at night, until before long they were happily coming and going. Tippy soon decided she liked the house though, and now she sits on the kitchen table every morning eating breakfast with my dad!
They were quite timid at first but are so friendly now. They follow me when I'm riding the ponies and are brilliant with my young nieces, who they've become best friends with.
We couldn't be happier with the two girls and would definitely recommend adopting from Celia Hammond Animal Trust. A big thank you as well to Sarah for all her help and support during the adoption." ... See MoreSee Less
Puss Puss – a little farm survivor who suddenly lost her sight 🐾💔
For seven years, Puss Puss lived quietly on a farm, surviving as a feral cat and keeping her distance from humans. She originally turned up as a stray, already neutered, with the tip of her ear clipped—a small mark of her past life. She was cautious, independent, and careful until recently.
Her feeder noticed something was terribly wrong. Puss Puss seemed lost, confused, and unaware of her surroundings. Concerned, he called our Greenacres Sanctuary in Sussex for help. We went out, caught her, and took her straight to our vets.
There, the heartbreaking truth was revealed: Puss Puss had developed a heart condition that had increased her blood pressure and caused sudden blindness.
For a feral cat, blindness is not just life-changing, it’s life-threatening. Outdoors, every step is dangerous, from traffic to predators. Her world had suddenly become very uncertain.
Thanks to the care she’s receiving at our sanctuary, Puss Puss is now safe, warm, and loved. She has started daily medication, which we hope in time may give her some sight back, and for a nervous cat facing such a dramatic change, she is doing remarkably well. In time, we hope to introduce her to a new feline friend too. 💛
Puss Puss needed help, and we were there. But we can’t be here for every cat without you.
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Our rescue teams have been working around a block of flats in south-east London, trying to stabilise a growing colony of street cats living in gardens and around the estate.
Our team had been neutering and returning the adult cats while bringing kittens into the centre for rehoming. But despite these efforts, more kittens kept appearing. Investigations eventually traced the source back to one home. Although the owners agreed to have their own cats neutered, they were not willing to take responsibility for the many descendants that had already spread throughout the area.
Last summer, our dedicated rescuer Molly spent many long hours locating, trapping and bringing cats in to be neutered. Seventeen adult cats were neutered and returned due to lack of space at the centre. At least their numbers were no longer increasing.
At the heart of this fragile situation were two local women who tried, as best they could, to keep the cats fed. Sadly, one of them passed away in December. The cats she had been caring for suddenly lost their main source of food, care and protection.
We took in her four middle-aged pet cats, who have now all found homes. The bigger challenge has been the outdoor cats who depended on her.
So far we have brought fifteen of the seventeen outdoor cats into our care. Nine have already been homed, and six remain at the centre receiving food, warmth and veterinary care. These cats are more cautious with people, so we are appealing for kind, patient adult homes willing to adopt them in pairs. Most were friendly with their former carer and simply need time to learn to trust again.
Two cats are still living outside but are being fed while we work to bring them safely into the centre.
If you could offer a home to a pair, please email lewisham@celiahammond.org with your name and contact details. 🐾
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🐾 Supporter Spotlight – David, one of our amazing vets, is running the London Marathon! 🏃♂️🐱
Meet Dr David, one of our dedicated vets at Celia Hammond Animal Trust, who is taking on the London Marathon on 26 April 2026 to raise funds for the animals he helps care for every day.
Working on the frontline of animal welfare, David sees firsthand the number of cats and dogs who need both urgent treatment and routine care via our clinics. Now he’s taking on another challenge and running 26.2 miles to help us continue that lifesaving work.
David is not the only one going the extra mile for our animals this year; we will be spotlighting our other amazing supporters over the coming weeks.....
💙 Please support David if you can: his link is in the comment section below
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✨ Celebrating our Hidden Heroes ✨
We’re so proud of Lorna, one of our wonderful Lewisham clinic volunteers, who has received a special recognition from Room to Reward – a charity that celebrates inspirational volunteers who give their time to help others.
@roomtoreward partners with hotels and holiday parks across the UK who donate unsold rooms, allowing incredible volunteers like Lorna to enjoy a well-deserved break as a thank you for everything they do.
Our volunteers are the heart of Celia Hammond Animal Trust. Their dedication helps us care for and rehome thousands of animals every year, and we simply couldn’t do this work without them. 💙
Thank you, Lorna, and thank you to all our amazing volunteers who make such a difference every single day. 🐱
Lorna is encouraging animal lovers everywhere to help make a difference by supporting Celia Hammond Animal Trust’s Rescue and Rehoming Centre Funding Appeal, so that we can continue helping more animals in need.
🌐 You can donate to our Appeal online at bit.ly/CHAT-rehoming-centre.
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Outdoor homes needed for semi-feral cats…
Our Lewisham centre in S.E London currently has twenty five young adult semi-feral cats in need of new homes, pairs, trio’s and a family group of six cats.
They have all been neutered and microchipped and are in good health. These cats have been with us for a number of months now and although they are content to be around people they remain wary of actual human contact. Our semi-feral cats are ideal for outdoor homes such as a stables, smallholdings, farms and large gardens. They require dry shelter such as access to hay barns or outbuildings and daily feeding.
Our Lewisham centre can rehome semi-feral cats to suitable homes in Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex and Surrey. We carry out an initial home visit to provide advice and we deliver our cats to their new homes and loan a purpose built holding cage to settle cats in and bond them to their new surroundings before they are released. We also provide life long support should it be required e.g in case of injury or illness.
Pictured are Bluebell, Jasmin and Billy, three siblings who were left to fend for themselves in back gardens. Their mother was an owned pet cat but the owners kept the mother cat outdoors and didn’t handle the three kittens when they were young allowing them to become semi-feral. The owners then moved away abandoning the three adolescent young cats, fortunately concerned neighbours took over feeding the cats and we were contacted for help. In many cases we offer trap, neuter and return (TNR) but in this case none of the neighbours were able to take on responsibility for continuing to feed the cats in the longer term so we agreed to find them new homes. We hoped that they would become more sociable with people whilst in our care but they have continued to remain wary of being touched and are better suited to the freedom of an outdoor home where they can choose how much interaction to have with people.
To enquire about adopting semi-feral cats from our Lewisham centre please email lewisham@celiahammond.org
Our Lewisham Rescue centre and veterinary clinic in S.E London cares for a wide range of cats including feral, stray and unwanted pet cats. In addition to rehoming cats we work with stray and feral cat colonies providing essential veterinary services including neutering to humanely control the numbers of unowned cats living stray in local neighbourhoods. This is our charities 40th anniversary year and we are appealing for support to enable us to continue to help cats in Lewisham and the surrounding areas for decades to come by helping us to build our new Lewisham rescue centre. Click here for more information and / or to make a donation: bit.ly/CHAT-rehoming-centre
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Our black and white beauties are still waiting… 🖤🤍
While others are snapped up, these overlooked sweethearts are watching and hoping for someone to choose them.
Visit our website to meet our black and white cats and apply to adopt today. Your perfect match might be just a click away. 🐾
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This gorgeous three year old girl was surrended to us after her owners got a dog which kept trying to kill her.
Saucer is the most affectionate, clingiest lap-cat you could hope to meet. Her ideal home would be as an only cat, with plenty of human company and with access to a garden.
She just wants to snuggle with people at every opportunity and would make an ideal pet for someone who wants a cat as company.
Saucer is quite confident and should also be fine with children
To enquire about Saucer please email helloadoptions@celiahammond.org.
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