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Stay up to date with the latest Pets Foundation news, including rescue stories, fundraising campaigns, grant funding updates and the incredible impact your support has on pets and pet owners across the UK. Looking for funding? Explore our grants or learn more about our Community Partners Initiative.
Santa Paws Appeal 2025: £1.4M Raised for Pets in Need
Our biggest annual fundraiser, Santa Paws, returned to help pets who need us most. Thanks to your incredible generosity, together we raised £1,410,440 for rescue and rehoming organisations across the UK. Every pound you donated has made a real difference this festive season.
Help rescue pets this Christmas
From 1–19 December, our biggest annual fundraiser, Santa Paws, returns to help pets who need us most. Together with our colleagues and Community Partners, we’re inviting customers to donate in-store or online and make a real difference this festive season.
Support Pets in Need: Blue Cross Summer Appeal 2025
Our Summer Appeal is kicking off today, Monday 21st July, in partnership with Blue Cross and local food banks to support families and their beloved pets across the UK.
Protecting Pets and People: Vet Times Spotlights Our £70,000 Grant to The Links Group
We’re proud to announce a £70,000 grant to The Links Group to support the redevelopment and expansion of their vital training programme on the link between animal abuse and domestic abuse.
Our Easter Appeal arrives next week
We’ve got some eggs-citing news! For the third year in a row, our Easter Appeal is landing in Pet care centres across the UK this spring.
Cats Protection Lifeline
Helping people escape domestic abuse by offering their cats a safe, temporary home.
We’re helping families in need across the UK this summer!
Coming to a Pets at Home store near you
Second Chances and Wagging Tails: Birmingham Dogs Home’s New Hope for Pups
The bond between humans and dogs is undeniable. They offer unconditional love, companionship, and a source of endless joy. But sometimes, things don’t work out, and pets can find themselves in need of a new home.
Meet Opal and see the impact of our biggest grant awarded
We love hitting the road and seeing our grants’ impact on pets and people across the UK.
Our Easter Appeal Fundraiser is back!
We’ve got some eggciting news! Following the success of our Easter Appeal in 2023, where over £250,000 was raised for our Community Partners, we’ve relaunched the fundraiser in Pets at Home stores.
Birmingham Dogs Home’s New Behaviour and Training Centre Grand Opening
On Thursday, 25th January, some of our team and trustees, Catriona Curtis and Jill Naylor, had the privilege of attending Birmingham Dogs Home to open their new behaviour unit and training centre.
Our 2022-2023 Impact Report has landed!
We’ve continued to be there for pets when they need our help, directly impacting pet-loving communities.