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Welcome to our news page, where we aim to keep you up to date with our work and what’s been happening here at Rolvenden Cat Rescue.
You will be able to follow the progress of some of the cats who are perhaps not yet ready for adoption, read about some of the special cases who need our help and browse our Q&A column “Ask Chino” .
You can catch up with our past news too! please click here to read our past news stories….
OUR 2025 ANNUAL CALENDAR ON SALE NOW! (Nov 2024)
We are happy to say that our long awaited 2025 calendar is now for sale at just £5 each from our online shop
They make great stocking fillers and gifts for cat lovers of all ages, and we hope you will enjoy seeing all of the lovely winners of our 10th annual calendar competition.
We have been careful to list all postage options so please choose the correct one before you check out.
SANDY & HER KITTENS - SAVED FROM CERTAIN DEATH (Oct 2024)
Click here to read how Sandy and her kittens were saved
2025 CALENDAR COMPETITION (Sept 2024)
It was a very difficult task to choose just 15 winners from the hundreds of entries received, but we got there! We hope you will enjoy the beautiful photographs and we will let you know as soon as the calendar is available. Winners packs will be sent by the beginning of December 2024. As always, we will choose our Facebook Banner Star from the calendar competition entries, and we will announce that winner on 1st January 2025. Thank you to everyone who entered our competition and joined in the fun, we loved looking at your gorgeous cats. xxx
ROAMER - Now Bagpuss (August 2024)
Click here to read his story and watch his heartwarming video.
This lovely boy was known to be homeless for years before coming into our care.
VOLUNTEER MORNING CLEANERS NEEDED:
We need cat loving volunteers to clean our cat units.
This is an essential part of the day to day running of our centre, and an important role.
If you can regularly donate 3 to 4 hours of your time for 1 to 2 mornings per week, we would love to hear from you.
You will need to be over 18 years of age and physically fit, as there will be plenty of bending and kneeling required.
You can contact us by phone on 01580 241632, by email at enquiries.rolvendencats@yahoo.com or via Facebook messenger.
Thank you, Ruth and Allan xxx
PRECIOUS SPRINGTIME BABIES! (Spring/Summer 2024)
Click here to see our 2024 kitten video diary - from tiny babies to leaving our care in six episodes.
OUR NEW 2024 BANNER STAR:
This lovely lady is Poppy, our new 2024 social media banner star!
We bid a fond farewell to the lovely Boris who graced our pages throughout 2023.
A 2024 NEW YEAR MESSAGE FROM RUTH AND ALLAN:
We hope all of our loyal supporters had a wonderful Christmas and we wish you a very happy New Year.
2023 has been the most challenging we have ever experienced. The sheer numbers of cats and kittens needing to be brought into care has been, and continues to be simply staggering, and has far outnumbered the enquiries from people wanting to offer cats and kittens a loving home.
The lack of neutering has been shocking, and in December 2023 we still had kittens waiting for loving homes.
We would like to thank everyone who has homed cats and kittens this year - without you our waiting list of cats desperate for help would be even longer.
We would also like to thank all those genuinely needing to rehome their cats, for their patience and understanding during what is an unprecedented and difficult time for us.
We hope that 2024 will be a better year for all of us, on two legs and on four.
With our very best wishes, Ruth and Allan x
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STRAY CATS & THE "DISNEY" MYTH
Every year we take in a great many cats from the streets, in terrible condition and known to have been homeless - in many cases for years. Click here to read about Eagle and Curtis, just two of these cats, and the reality of life of the streets for cats like them.
CATS GOING MISSING
Every year we receive numerous reports of cats going missing across Kent, sometimes many from the same street. We urge all cat owners to please be vigilant and keep your cats safe.
Sadly, cats are rarely stolen for benign reasons and these kind of reports are extremely worrying. We never want to be alarmist, but as a rescue we feel we have a duty to make sure owners are awarethat this is happening.
Our comprehensive Indoor Life information leaflet is available from our centre or by email should owners wish to consider this option.
Supporter Collection Keyrings & Fridge Magnets
We have 
created a gorgeous Supporter Collection of keyrings and fridge magnets. All of the cats featured belong to loyal supporters who have entered our calendar competitions.
They are available to purchase from our online shop at a great low price and all proceeds are for the cats.
YOUR DONATIONS & HOW WE USE THEM
Each week we receive donations from our supporters and members of the public, whether regular or one-off, for which we are so grateful.
As a purely voluntary charity, donations are our lifeblood and provide a number of essentials.
Your money goes towards food, neutering, flea treatments, worming treatments, drugs to treat ongoing conditions, dental treatments and emergency care.
The many donations we receive of food, blankets, toys and other feline equipment provide comfort, warmth, sustenance and play which are vital elements of any cat or kitten’s stay with us.
Your kindness and support means that we can continue to help the many cats in need of us and find safe and loving homes for them.
