Every ledger line here has a heartbeat
Haven Trust takes in the dogs and cats nobody else can — the old, the anxious, the medically complicated — and finds them the homes that were waiting all along.
The winter kennel appeal
The old kennel block loses heat like a sieve loses soup. £20,000 insulates and reheats all twelve kennels before the first frost — every pound goes to timber, boiler and bedding.
2,340
Animals rehomed since 2012
94%
Rehoming success rate
38
Residents waiting right now
Last-chance is our first specialty
Council pounds ring us when the clock runs out. We take the seniors, the three-legged, the ones who need six months of confidence-building before they can meet a stranger. It costs more and takes longer — which is exactly why it needs a charity to do it.
What your money did last year
£31,000 — veterinary care
Two hundred and six operations, from dentals to a hip replacement for a very good boy called Bruno.
£18,000 — food & heating
Thirty-eight residents fed and warm every single day.
£9,000 — behaviour work
One-to-one confidence building that turns 'unhomeable' into 'homed'.
£0 — salaries for trustees
Nobody on the board takes a penny. The accounts are on the Charity Commission register.
Fundraiser
The Big Muddy Dog Walk
Date
Sunday 12 October
Time
10:30 AM
Duration
5k, dawdlers welcome
Where
Carsington Water — meet at the visitor centre
Cost
£12 per human, dogs free
£10 feeds a resident for a week
Monthly givers are the reason we can say yes to the hard cases.
