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RSPCA Cat Rehoming Hub

Rehoming cats rescued by the RSPCA in the North East and North Yorks. Based in Darlington, Co. Durham

OUR REHOMING PROCESS

If you would like to adopt one of our cats, please follow our new temporary rehoming procedures.

***STEP ONE: Please Message us on Facebook Messenger or email [email protected] to request a Perfect Match cat adoption application form. You can express a preference for a cat or cats you have seen on Our Cats website page or our page, but when we conta

ct you we will advise whether you are a match for a specific cat. It is RSPCA policy to rehome kittens in pairs for company, unless there is another animal in the home. You need to live within one hour's drive of Darlington.***

***STEP TWO: Complete the application form and email to [email protected] As we have limited rehoming resources, unfortunately we cannot acknowledge receipt of application forms.***

***STEP THREE: Your details will be added to our database and we will contact you when a perfect match is found, so please do be patient. Due to a high volume of applications, it may be a few weeks before you hear from us. When we have a perfect match you will receive an email or phone call, asking for further information and / or advising you whether we are able to pair you with a specific cat at this time. Due to a high number of applications, it may be a few weeks before you hear from us.***

***STEP FOUR: If we can offer you a cat or cats for adoption, the remainder of the application process will be completed via phone, email and potentially via video conferencing. You will be asked to provide photos or video of your home.***

***STEP FIVE: If the adoption process is successful,your cat will be brought safely to your home by experienced RSPCA staff.***

***STEP SIX: You will receive ongoing support from us following adoption, and a post adoption home visit will be carried out when current movement and other restrictions have been lifted.

13/12/2024

Team Cat Hub would like to say a huge thank you to Billy Bousfield for raising £300 for the Cat Hub in honour of his 40th birthday!! 🐾🙏🏻🎉4️⃣0️⃣

Thank you so much for choosing to support us and the many cats and kittens in our care, we are beyond grateful!

Happy 40th Birthday, Billy!

12/12/2024

LONG STAY SUZIE AND FLUFFY NEED A HOME🏡

Foster friends, Suzie and Fluffy have built such a close bond in their foster home that we feel they must be adopted together. ❤️

These beautiful, sensitive souls are hoping there is someone out there willing to give them a chance in a home. Suzie and Fluffy are making incredible progress with their fosterer. They are slowly learning to trust new people and will be happy to take any treats on offer.🏡

They are looking for a calm, adult only home. They are indoor cats. They could live with other friendly cats and will need an owner who has experience with nervous cats and can give them the patience they need to settle.

If you think Suzie and Fluffy could be the cats for you, please email [email protected] for more information or to request a Perfect Match application form.

📝Alternatively, you can view and print a copy via this link 👉🏻 http://tinyurl.com/3xkup8vd

📩Or complete the form online here 👉🏻 http://tinyurl.com/4k9pdjvs (this will automatically be sent to us!)

Help us find these bonded girls their new family
🐾

12/12/2024

🏡🐱REHOMING PROCESS🐱🏡

To refresh your mind, or if you’re new to the Cat Hub, here’s everything you need to know about our Rehoming process 🐾

Step 1️⃣:

Fill in our Perfect Match adoption form! This can be done via three different ways:

📧Email Sophie, our Rehoming Co-ordinator, to request a perfect match form. ( [email protected] )

📝You can view and print a copy of the form via this link 👉🏻 http://tinyurl.com/3xkup8vd

📱Or complete the form online here
👉🏻 http://tinyurl.com/4k9pdjvs (this will automatically be sent to us!)

You can express a preference for any cats you have seen on our website or our social media pages. However when you are contacted, you will be advised whether you are a match for a specific cat. Please make sure you live within one hour’s drive of Darlington before applying! (We can advise on how to find a RSPCA centre closer to you if you are too far away to adopt from us!)

Step 2️⃣:

Sit back and wait! Waiting time for us to respond to applications is around two weeks, so please be patient! 🙏🏻

Step 3️⃣:

Your details will be added to our database and you will be contacted when a perfect match is found! When we have a perfect match you will receive an email or phone call, asking for further information and to discuss your future feline friend.

Step 4️⃣:

If we can offer you a cat or kitten for adoption, the rest of the application process will be completed via phone, email and a virtual home check via online chat will be completed.

Step 5️⃣:

If the adoption process is successful, your cat will be brought to your home by experienced RSPCA staff. There is an adoption fee to pay when you get your new feline friend:

🐱Kittens under 6 months: £110
🐈Cats 6 months - 6 years: £100
🐈‍⬛Cats 7 years or over: £90

Step 6️⃣:

Live happily ever after with your new feline family member! If you have any questions or need advice, don’t worry, you will receive ongoing support from us following adoption!

If you have anymore questions, please feel free to send us a message or comment below! ❤️🐾

12/12/2024

Everyone at the Cat Hub would like to say a massive THANK YOU to our friends and loyal supporters, Lulu, Roxy, Pepper 🐈‍⬛, Brenda and lan for buying our felines these wonderful gifts from our Amazon Wishlist!

We are so grateful for your constant support and for always helping us keep the cats in our care happy and well fed 💙🐾

11/12/2024

This Saturday, 14th December, from 10am - 3pm, we’ll be back at Northallerton Town Hall for the Christmas Craft Fair! 🎄☃️🎅

We’ll be bringing you our stall full of goodies to peruse and buy, our festive tombola and plenty of sweet treats and warm drinks to cosy up with at our Pop Up Cafe! ☕️🍰😋😍

All money raised from the event will help us care for all of our Cat Hub foster cats and kittens! ❤️🙏🏻

We can’t wait to see you there! 🎉

11/12/2024

🎁Win a £3,000 Xmas cash bonus!🎁

Play the One Lottery this December, and you could be the lucky winner of an amazing £3,000 Christmas Cash Bonus! Hit the January sales in style; spread the joy by giving back to a cause that holds a special place in your heart; plan your dream holiday getaway; treat yourself to the latest tech and gadgets; spruce up your living space for the new year; take yourself on a culinary adventure; gift your feline friend to a bumper pack of their favourite treats - The choice is yours!

Enter before December 21st at https://www.onelottery.co.uk/support/rspca-cat-rehoming-hub and be in with a chance of making your Christmas dreams come true!🎄🤩🎁

🐾Good luck!🐾

11/12/2024

Bubbles day revolves around belly rubs, attention and maybe a few dreamies! 🐱🐾

Beautiful Bubbles is still looking for a home with a companion he can share his undivided attention with. ❤️

Help us find him a home! 🏡

11/12/2024

🖤BEAR AND GOSLING🖤

Bear (female) and Gosling (male) are two outrageously adorable, 5 month old kitten siblings who came into our care after they were signed over by their previous owner. They are now ready to find their forever family!

Gosling is a tiny explorer and Bear loves to play with her toys!!

They are both wildly affectionate and once they have tired themselves out after a long play, they will gladly snuggle up to you…even more so if you have a fluffy blanket for them to cosy into!

🏡They are a bonded pair so are looking to be rehomed together. They could live with friendly cats and cat savvy children.

🐈‍⬛If you think they could be the kittens for you, please email [email protected] for more information or to request a Perfect Match application form.

📝Alternatively, you can view and print a copy via this link 👉🏻 http://tinyurl.com/3xkup8vd

📩Or complete the form online here
👉🏻 http://tinyurl.com/4k9pdjvs (this will automatically be sent to us!)

10/12/2024

✨TRANSFORMATION TUESDAY✨

Many of the cats you see on our social media have gone through huge changes in foster care, both emotionally and physically. When you see photos of them, they are mostly at their best, all ready to start the next chapter of their rescue journey.

Today we’d like to share with you Daisy’s incredible transformation...

In May 2024, three year old Daisy was rescued by one of our fantastic RSPCA Inspectors. This sweet young cat had been kept in a small dog cage for the first three years of her life. We’ve spared you the photos of this as it was truly a horrible sight that is hard to forget.

She was emaciated, had urine staining on her coat and sore bald patches over her body. However, despite being starved of the love and freedom she deserved, and not having any reason to trust humans, Daisy settled into foster life beautifully. She trusted that the humans around her loved her, and that she was finally safe. She played, had belly rubs straight away, suddenly had warm beds to sleep in and a full bowl of food every single day. Daisy now lives the life she deserved from the very beginning.

The two photographs below show Daisy when she first arrived and what she looks like now. It’s taken a long time, but with the unwavering love and care from her fantastic foster mum, she’s healthy, even more gorgeous and fully ready to find her forever home! 🌼🐾✨

10/12/2024

Team Cat Hub would like to say a huge THANK YOU to the kind person who donated these wonderful gifts to our cats 🥹🙏🏻 They certainly will have fun!! 😺

We continue to be touched by the unwavering support and incredible generosity you show us, and all the cats and kittens in our care. 💙🐾

Thank you! 😽

10/12/2024

How has Fudge still not found a forever home? 💔

We still can’t understand how this gorgeous boy still hasn’t found his perfect match! He has become one of our long stays at the Cat Hub and has been in our care way longer than anyone thought he would be. 🐾

Make Fudge’s Christmas wish come true and help us find him a home🏡

09/12/2024

🎄 Lottery Winner!! 🎄

A huge congratulations to Mr R from us all at the RSPCA Cat Rehoming Hub, including Bun, Bear and Gosling, for winning £36 in our Saturday night lottery draw!!

If you’d like to play, you can register here 👉🏻 https://www.onelottery.co.uk/support/rspca-cat-rehoming-hub

Tickets cost just £1 per week, and we receive 50p each time you play! It’s a great way to help us provide food, litter, and vet care for the many cats and kittens that come into our care throughout the year. 🐈🐱🐈‍⬛

If you've already registered, please remember to buy or renew your tickets. 🙏🏻

Thank you, and GOOD LUCK!! 🤞🏻🐾

09/12/2024

Joey and Gunther’s reserve has unfortunately fallen through.

We are on a mission to try and find them a forever home in time for Christmas.

They arrived into our care due to being removed from a multi animal household where their welfare needs were not being met.

It was apparent that Joey and Gunther had received limited human interaction and socialisation in their previous household. On their arrival, they were understandably quite timid and shy.

They have gained love and trust in their fosterers care and the gorgeous duo are really starting to let their personalities shine through. Joey and Gunther are a mischievous, yet loving pair and we know they will provide so much happiness and joy for their new family.

Joey is becoming quite confident now. Gunther is more reserved out of this duo, however he’s grown in so much confidence and thrives on other cat company. They just need someone willing to give them a chance!

The boys are in need of an adult only home and they can live with friendly cats.

A lovely little update from their fosterer, who says:

“Gunther is coming on wonderfully and loves being with other cats, he will accept a stroke on his terms. Joey is more forward and chases us around the house for a stroke and to kiss us! They are both so beautiful and would love to be in their forever home xx”

Please help us find them their forever family!

🐾If you think you can give a forever home to Joey and Gunther, please email [email protected] to request a Perfect Match application form.

📝Alternatively, you can view and print a copy via this link 👉🏻 http://tinyurl.com/3xkup8vd

📩Or complete the form online here
👉🏻 http://tinyurl.com/4k9pdjvs (this will automatically be sent to us!)

09/12/2024

❤️BUN❤️

Bun is a 7-8 month old, neutered female kitten. She came into our care at 12 weeks old after she was found while we were trapping and neutering a feral colony. One of our amazing foster carers has spent so much time giving her love and building her confidence.

She has made firm friends with fellow foster kittens, Bear and Gosling! 🥹🐾💙

🏡She is a quiet little cat who must go to a home with other cat friendly cats and we are looking for an adult only home for Bun.

🐾If you think you have the time and patience to help her, please email [email protected] to request a Perfect Match application form.

📝Alternatively, you can view and print a copy via this link 👉🏻 http://tinyurl.com/3xkup8vd

📩Or complete the form online here
👉🏻 http://tinyurl.com/4k9pdjvs (this will automatically be sent to us!)

09/12/2024

“Some Christmassy photos of Gary (white and black) and Georgina (ginger and white) we've had Gary one year yesterday (7th Dec) and Georgina for over 2 years! Both adopted from yourselves 🙂”

Happy Gotchya Day for Saturday, Gary! 🎉 We love seeing how loved and happy this wonderful duo are! 🐾💙✨

🎄☃️🐾 Is your Cat Hub cat or kitten feeling festive? Do they like to jingle all the way into in the pile of presents? Maybe it’s your first Christmas with your feline friend?

💌Message us photos of your cats enjoying this Christmas season, and we will post as many as we can!!

08/12/2024

While rehoming may have been paused for a couple of weeks, we have still been working hard to get the cats in our care seen. 🐾

It is never far from our minds that many of the lovely cats and kittens have been here for months, with some going as far back as February.

While they are all adored in their loving foster homes, we would love see them merrily head off to their forever homes and spend their very first Christmas with their forever family. 🎄❤️🐾

To find out more about our cats, please click on their photo and you can read all about them in the caption. 💬

If you’d like to apply to adopt, and you live within one hour of Darlington, please email [email protected] to request a Perfect Match application form.

📝Alternatively, you can view and print a copy via this link 👉🏻 http://tinyurl.com/3xkup8vd

📩Or complete the form online here
👉🏻 http://tinyurl.com/4k9pdjvs (this will automatically be sent to us!)

If you can’t adopt right now, please share! It truly makes a difference. 🙏🏻

✨Please remember that cats and kittens are not Christmas presents, they are a considered, 15-20 year, worthwhile commitment. 😊🐾❤️🐈

08/12/2024

In one week, one of our foster carers, Cheryl, will be taking part in this year’s Muddy Roads Christmas 5km Trail run! 🏃‍♀️🎄

On Sunday 15th December, Cheryl will be running faster than Forrest Gump (no pressure, Cheryl 😼) all in an effort to raise money for us! 🐈‍⬛🥹🐾

“RSPCA Cat hub is essentially run by volunteers with a wonderful employed co-ordinator. All fostering is in people’s homes and we have a fantastic team of volunteer fundraisers, drivers, homecheckers, social media gurus and cake bakers!

It’s not all cute fluffy kittens, though. Sometimes we have to get up every 1-2 hours to feed poorly kittens, keep them warm, often fighting to keep them alive and trying everything when they won’t eat. Sometimes we win the fight, sometimes we don’t.

We take in ill and injured cats, and spend thousands getting them better with long recoveries and special fosterers for these special cats. We help to trap and neuter many colonies of feral cats and find suitable outdoor homes for them. All with the help of kind donations from our supporters. Please help and give whatever you can. ❤️🐾🥰”

If you would like to support our beloved Cheryl, you can donate to the Cat Hub Just Giving Page, here
👉🏻 https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/RSPCA-CatHub

Make sure to add “for Cheryl’s run” so we can keep track of how much she has raised! 🙏🏻🏃‍♀️

07/12/2024

Bubbles is crossing his paws for everyone taking part in tonight’s RSPCA Cat Hub lottery draw! 🐾❄️🤞🏻

To be in with a chance of winning, you can enter here 👉🏻 https://www.onelottery.co.uk/support/rspca-cat-rehoming-hub

Tickets cost just £1 per week, and we receive 50p each time you play! It’s a great way to help us provide food, litter, and vet care for more than 300 cats a year while they wait to find forever homes.

There are cash prizes of up to 💵 £25,000 💵 to be won! 🙀

Good luck! 😽🐾

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Aeolian House
Darlington
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Bubbles day revolves around belly rubs, attention and maybe a few dreamies! 🐱🐾 Beautiful Bubbles is still looking for a home with a companion he can share his undivided attention with. ❤️ Help us find him a home! 🏡

How has Fudge still not found a forever home? 💔 We still can’t understand how this gorgeous boy still hasn’t found his perfect match! He has become one of our long stays at the Cat Hub and has been in our care way longer than anyone thought he would be. 🐾 Make Fudge’s Christmas wish come true and help us find him a home🏡

After being dumped by his lifelong best friend, Charlie🐱, beautiful Bubbles has been trying hard to get his sparkle back. After copious amounts of Dreamie Creamys, belly tickles and listing to Pet Shop Boys’ “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” on repeat, we think he might just be back to his old cheeky self…😼🫧 We can’t wait to introduce him properly. Watch this space… #rescuecat #cat #catrescuer #rspca #rspcarescue #rspcacathub #adoptdontshop #FindEachOther #darlington #middlesbrough #stocktonontees #Northallerton #northyorkshire #Durham

TNR🐱

Was it something we did?! 👀🏃‍♂️💨 With the help of our friends RSPCA Darlington & District, we are currently working to trap, neuter and release cats belonging to a feral colony in the Sadberge area. This handsome fella, who we affectionately call “Big Boy”, was a prolific procreator. However, after much patience and team work, he has been neutered and safely released back into his outdoor home. Big Boy will enjoy a happy life and no longer contribute to the outrageously high kitten population! 🐱

Nothing but ❤️ and 😻 for this sweet little lad! Gateaux is getting all the love and treats while he patiently waits for his forever home. ❤️🏡 Want to know more about him? You can read all about Gateaux here 👉🏻 https://www.facebook.com/share/15bfNbbJM2/?mibextid=WC7FNe #rspca #rspcacathub #rescuecat #cat #adoptdontshop #FindEachOther

‼️PLEASE NOTE‼️ Due to unforeseen circumstances, our Rehoming Co-ordinator will be on annual leave from today, until Wednesday 11th December. Any adoption applications and emails sent during this time will be processed and answered after the 11th. Thank you for your understanding and patience. 🐾🙏🏻

Columbia and Magenta

Wait for it… 😹🐈‍⬛🙀 These two cheeky ladies are still waiting for their forever home! Want to know more? You can read all about Columbia and Magenta, here 👉🏻 https://www.facebook.com/share/1BnoqJxrWx/?mibextid=WC7FNe 🐾…and if you’d like to apply to adopt, and you live within one hour of Darlington, please email [email protected] to request a Perfect Match application form. 📝Alternatively, you can view and print a copy via this link 👉🏻 http://tinyurl.com/3xkup8vd 📩Or complete the form online here 👉🏻 http://tinyurl.com/4k9pdjvs (this will automatically be sent to us!) #rspca #rspcacathub #rescuecat #cat #adoptdontshop #FindEachOther #darlington #middlesbrough #stocktonontees #Northallerton #teesside #barnardcastle #northeastengland #countydurham #newcastleupontyne #york #BishopAuckland #NewtonAycliffe #northyorkshire #Durham

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Our Story...

The RSPCA Cat Rehoming Hub is a rescue and rehoming cattery based just outside Darlington in the North East of England.

We work with local RSPCA branches to rehome cats and kittens rescued by RSPCA officers across the Darlington, Stockton, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Sunderland, Northallerton and North Yorkshire areas. The cats we rehome have often faced cruelty or neglect, or been abandoned.

We have 20 pods in a local cattery which can accommodate up to 30 cats and kittens at any one time. We currently rehome more than 300 cats and kittens each year and we are planning to steadily increase that number. To do that costs us £75,000 each year.

You can help us in our mission to rescue and rehome neglected, abused and abandoned cats in our region by Volunteering, or Donating to us.