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Sanctuary
Sponsorship and
Our basic food and veterinary costs each month are approximately £2,000 so any help towards that is greatly appreciated.
As our animals live here permanently, we do not have any income from adoption fees.
To give you an idea of how your money will help, below are some of our
costs:
£3 buys a bale of hay for tea for Trubshaw and Albi our bull and sheep.
£4.50 buys twelve tins of cat food, which gives all our cats breakfast and tea for one day.
£5 buys a new dog collar.
£6 buys quarter of a big box of Bonios for all our dogs breakfast for two weeks.
£10 buys eighteen days treatment for Drummer's (dog) heart tablets.
£20 buys a sack of sensitive diet dog food for Widget and Drummer who have a dietary allergy.
£35 buys a sack of cat biscuits to feed our cats for ten days.
£75 buys enough flea spray for all our dogs and cats.
A cheque or postal order made payable to Chaldon Animal Sanctuary popped in the post is always welcome.
We also accept Paypal donations, please click the button below:
If cash is short, perhaps you have something you could auction on E-bay on our animals behalf.
We always appreciate any amount no matter how large or small it really does all count, to help keep us open.
SPONSORSHIP.
We have nearly 100 animals in our care that are permanent residents with us. The cost of keeping them is high and so to help them and for us to continue, perhaps you would consider sponsoring one of our animals.
We do ask that it be regular if sponsoring; monthly or quarterly is usually easiest.
Whether it's 50p or the sky's the limit for dogs, cats, goats etc., it is up to you - we do not stipulate a set amount per animal, although a guide is that a cat costs £3.50 weekly to feed, dogs £3 - £6 weekly, and veterinary bills extra. if you wish to sponsor an animal you are then its 'Aunty' or 'Uncle', whether the amount you can afford covers the full cost or not. This means you may visit your chosen pet (and the others as well), ring us for updates and of course receive a photograph as well as our newsletters.
Another idea is to sponsor an animal as a gift for a friend or relative for birthday or Christmas.For this we do ask a minimum donation of £10 and the recipient will receive a card,a photo and life story of the pet and our newsletters for the year.
If you go to our Sponsor Me page (link at bottom of page) you can see some of our family wanting to be sponsored,but if you would like to know who else is available,please feel free to e-mail, or ring us to have a chat.
Thank you
Jacky & Liz
You can either e-mail us the details (yours and the animal to sponsor,plus if it's for a gift,the recipients details) or print the form below and post it to us.
A couple of our supporters bought to our attention that their solicitors told them they couldn't leave a donation to the sanctuary as we are not a registered charity. This of course is absolute nonsense.
You can give your money to anyone you want to, an individual or an organisation, and in fact we have already benefited from a couple of legacies.
So, if you want to help the animals and keep our sanctuary going, please think about us when you make your will.
Thank you.
It has been suggested, or asked why we are not a registered charity and there are several reasons as follows:
1) It costs money to set up - solicitors fees etc.
2) We need a third trustee (Jacky & Liz being 1 & 2).This is a problem as the sanctuary is our home, and our knowledge and friendship has over 20 years behind it. This makes it very awkward for a third person to be able to make decisions, as at the end of the day they are not living here with the outcome.
The old adage stands true - two's company, three's a crowd.
3) We intend to remain small and personal - if someone rings up, you get us answering the 'phone. We are not going to grow into needing staff or committees with all the problems they may bring.
We would, if registered, be able to appeal for greater financial help from businesses etc who make taxable donations, but we have always felt the disadvantages outweigh the advantages - and all of you who are helping us so wonderfully have proved we can make it work without growing too big.
Every penny you send goes where you wanted - to the animals care and welfare.
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