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.
Celia Hammond Animal Trust
OFFICIAL PAGE Celia Hammond Animal Trust, UK. We rescue rehabilitate and re-home abandoned animals.
🍽️ Gathering round the breakfast bowls at Greenacres! 🍽️
Our resident cats were treated to a special breakfast, thanks to a lovely supporter who donated some fancy food pouches. It’s safe to say they were very happy about it!
This is only 9 of the residents...did you know that Greenacres is home to around 120 resident cats?
Our resident cats are those who live permanently at the sanctuary, many having come from hoarding situations or other difficult backgrounds. Some have medical conditions or behavioural needs that make finding suitable homes more challenging. Others are elderly, feral or semi-feral, and may never feel comfortable living as a traditional pet.
Some have gradually learnt to trust the people around them, while others prefer to enjoy their own space.
At Greenacres, they have somewhere safe to call home, with the freedom to roam across more than 100 acres of Sussex countryside, wander in and out of the main house or settle into one of the cosy cabins and chalets around the grounds. They can live life on their own terms, receiving the care they need for as long as they need it. ❤️
With around 120 hungry mouths to feed, mealtimes are a big part of life at Greenacres!
Fancy treating our residents too? You can help keep their bowls full by choosing something from our Amazon Wishlist. Every donation helps us provide the food and essentials these cats rely on every day.
🛒 Shop our Amazon Wishlist: www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/7UATHW9XSN89?ref_=wl_fv_le
A big thank you to everyone who helps make life a little brighter for our Greenacres residents 🐾
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Remember Cassandra and her six boys, Del Boy, Rodney, Uncle Albert, Boycie, Trigger and Mickey Pearce?
Cassandra was living as a stray when she gave birth to her six kittens in a garden in Peckham. Thankfully, the person living in the house kindly fed her and contacted us for help. We collected the little family, and they’ve been cared for in one of our wonderful foster homes since the kittens were around three weeks old.
Now, it’s time for their next chapter! 🏡
Cassandra has been spayed and her six boys had their health checks and first vaccinations earlier this week.
The kittens are still a little shy, so they’ll need extra handling and socialisation to help them grow in confidence. At the end of October, they’ll be looking for patient, adult-only homes where they can continue to come out of their shells. They won’t be suitable for homes with young children.
We’re looking for three homes:
🐱 One home for Cassandra and two of her kittens, so they can stay together.
🐾 One home for a pair of kittens.
🐾 One home for the other pair of kittens.
The boys will be rehomed in pairs, so they can grow up alongside a familiar face!
📍 Please note that we can only rehome within South East London. We’re looking for adult-only homes that understand the kittens will need a little extra time and patience as they gain confidence.
If you could offer the right home to Cassandra and two of her kittens, or one of the pairs of boys, please contact our Lewisham rehoming team at lewisham@celiahammond.org
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A LITTLE UPDATE ON OUR FIVE TINY GREENACRES KITTENS 💚
What a difference a few days of love and care can make! These five little babies have come such a long way since they were found abandoned in a taped-up cardboard box earlier this week.
With huge thanks to Tara, one of our wonderful veterinary nurses, who stepped in to care for these tiny, vulnerable babies, they are now thriving. They’re back at our Greenacres Sanctuary while Tara and her family enjoy a very well-deserved break.
Here they are, all cosy in their little nest, nodding off with full tummies after their bottles. Thankfully, they’re blissfully unaware of the awful way they were discarded and the tragic fate they narrowly escaped.
This is just one of the many stories of hope and survival playing out week in, week out at CHAT. Every one of those stories is only made possible because of you, our wonderful supporters.
Thank you for helping us give these little ones the safe, happy future they deserve. 💕
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FAIRY UPDATE 🧚♀️❤️
Look at our little October Cover Star now!
First of all, we want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who has donated to Fairy’s fundraiser. Your donations helped cover the complete cost of her care and we’re so grateful to every amazing person that has rallied around this special girl.
Fairy has recovered so well from her leg amputation. She’s now neutered, vaccinated, microchipped, flea treated and wormed.
We introduced Fairy to a mum and her kittens, hoping she might enjoy their company. But Fairy had other ideas! She decided the ‘Footballer kittens’ next door were more her cup of tea and made herself at home in their pen instead.
The boys – Messi, Mbappe, Kane, Luka and Haaland – were rescued as stray kittens born on the streets. They’ve been shy around people, and our animal care team has worked so hard to help them learn to trust us.
Fairy seemed to have made up her mind about her new friends and now they’re often found cuddled up together, grooming one another and playing. She’s formed a particularly special bond with Luka and these two will be rehomed together!
It’s been so lovely watching Fairy recover and slowly grow in confidence. She’s partial to a good snooze, but don’t let that fool you – she loves a bit of playtime too!
Could you give Fairy and Luka their happily ever after together? 🐾
They’ll need a little patience and understanding as they adjust to life in a new home, with time to settle in at their own pace.
If you think you could offer these two a loving home, please email:
helloadoptions@celiahammond.org
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In Loving Memory of Alison Connelly ❤️
It is with the deepest sadness that we share the news of the passing of Alison Connelly, a much-loved former member of our team at Celia Hammond Animal Trust’s Canning Town branch.
Alison first joined us in 2005 as a volunteer, dedicating her time to feeding and cleaning the cats in our care, as well as fostering those who needed a little extra love and attention. In 2006, Alison joined our reception team, but her commitment to helping cats never stopped when her working day ended. She continued volunteering in the evenings, helping Celia trap stray cats and carrying out home visits to ensure our homeless cats and kittens found the right loving homes.
Alison’s dedication and compassion led her to become our Rehoming Officer, taking on the important responsibility of carrying out home visits and helping to give so many cats the chance of a brighter future.
She remained with us until 2014, when she left to become a stay-at-home mum.
Throughout her time with us, Alison gave so much of herself to the cats who needed our help, and we are incredibly grateful for the time, care and kindness she shared with our charity.
We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Alison’s family and friends, who chose to make donations to our charity in her memory. This is a truly touching tribute, and their generosity will help us continue the work that Alison cared so deeply about.
Our thoughts are with Alison’s family, friends and all those who knew and loved her.
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🐾 Happy Adoption Tuesday 🐾
“Happy Adoption ✨ We adopted little Audrey (previously Twilight) 2 years ago. A petite, sweet but shy girl, who over time has come out of her shell and become our little shadow. She has been sweet and affectionate from day one, despite having a stressful start to life. We also adopted her at a difficult time as we were going through a lot of life stress - in many ways, we’ve healed each other. We absolutely adore Audrey and feel so lucky to be able to give her a calm, loving and comfortable home ❤️” - Alice
Thanks so much for Audrey's adoption story! It’s incredibly heartwarming to hear how far she’s come. She is very lucky to have such a calm, loving home and you’re equally lucky to have her. Wishing you many more happy years and cuddles together ❤️
➡️Have you adopted from Celia Hammond Animal Trust? We’d love to hear from you! Send your photos via DM using the words “HAPPY ADOPTION” to share your update.
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Sunday…. just another day in rescue.
At 7.25am yesterday morning, we received a message in our inbox asking if we could help five kittens found by a couple who live fairly local to our Greenacres Sanctuary and Homing Centre in East Sussex.
Their story is another distressing and sadly all too familiar one.
Saturday afternoon, the couple arrived home and pulled into their driveway, where they spotted what they thought was a delivery tucked behind their bins. They picked the box up and put it on the back seat of their car, only to start hearing scratching and then little mews within seconds.
Once indoors, they carefully opened the sealed box to discover five tiny kittens, who we now know to be around two weeks old.
The box had been completely sealed shut, with not a single air hole. We have no idea how long these little kittens had been shut inside, but from the hungry screams coming from the box once we’d seen a video, it was clear they'd been left for some time.
The thought of five tiny kittens trapped in there, with no air holes, no mum and no way out, just left to starve to death is just beyond heartbreaking.
And let’s never forget their mum. She may well be out there searching for her little family, wondering where her babies have gone. We have absolutely no idea where these kittens came from, and with so little to go on, trying to trace their mum is an almost impossible task😢
The couple then spent Saturday afternoon contacting vets, desperately trying to find someone who could help, but sadly nobody was able to.
Not prepared to give up on them, they went to the pet shop and spent two hours on Google researching how to hand-rear kittens! . They got started, doing the very best they could, but by the morning they'd realised just how difficult it was going to be. So they messaged us.
Now, anyone who knows us knows all of our centres are full. Absolutely full.
But we also know how vulnerable kittens this young are and that they need feeds throughout the day and night, specialist care and someone experienced who can keep a very close eye on them.
So, within the hour of Sunday mornings message, these five babies were with us and safely under our care. ❤️
A massive thank you to the couple who found them. They could have walked away, but they didn't. They tried everything they could to help these little ones and, when they realised they needed more support, they contacted us.
We honestly don't know how anyone can put five tiny kittens in a box, seal it shut and leave them like that. They are completely helpless at this age. They didn't ask to be born, and they certainly didn't deserve this.
For now, we're concentrating on getting them settled and giving them the very best chance we possibly can.
Please keep everything crossed for these little ones. They're going to need all the luck in the world.
Welcome to Greenacres, little wee ones . You've got us in your corner now. And thanks to Tara an amazing vet nurse who has offered to care for them for the next week until we have space!
If by any chance anyone knows where the mum is maybe, please get in touch we will do all we can to help her.
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Little Dobbie had us all holding our breath…
Dobbie was just four months old when she arrived at our Lewisham clinic desperately poorly. X-rays showed her stomach and intestines were filled with air, and emergency surgery revealed a small piece of fabric lodged in her intestines, preventing anything from passing through. We don’t know how Dobbie came to swallow it and we weren’t sure our tiny patient would pull through.
Thankfully, our incredible Lewisham team successfully removed the fabric and Dobbie has been making a wonderful recovery!
But there’s another happy part to Dobbie’s story.
Dobbie and her brother, Winky, came into our care after their owner found themselves struggling to care for the whole feline family, including Mum and Dad. We worked with their owner to bring Winky into our care too, so these little siblings could stay together rather than face this next chapter apart. Mum and Dad have now also been neutered.
Now, these friendly 16-week-old kittens are reunited and ready for their next adventure! Dobbie is white with grey markings, while Winky is white with black markings.
They’re at our Lewisham branch and available for rehoming together, ideally to a spacious indoor-only home.
We’d love nothing more than to see them sharing all the mischief, comfort and cuddles that come with having a best friend by your side.
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