Is your new year’s resolution to do something different in 2025? Why not take part in a Raystede challenge event! From treks to marathons or wing walks to skydives, we’ll be there for you every step of the way. Plus, Raystede places are cheaper than buying general entry into the event!
Watch this video to find out more about running for Raystede. We currently have places available in the 2025 Brighton Half Marathon, Brighton Marathon and London Marathon MyWay.
Raystede relies entirely on donations and our challenge events are an excellent way to raise vital funds for Raystede. Taking part is guaranteed to get your heart pumping and bursting with pride, knowing that every step you take makes a real difference to animals in need. 💙
Find out more at www.raystede.org/support-us/challenge-events/
Here at Raystede we have recently set up a new indoor area for our rescue rabbits as well as some new hutches, and we need your help!
Rabbits are inquisitive characters, so our Small Animals Team provide them with plenty of toys, tunnels, hiding places and somewhere to dig. However, with the new addition of the ‘Bun-galow’ (which you can see in this video), we would be really grateful for some new enrichment as this encourages our rabbits to behave naturally.
Could you purchase our Small Animals a gift via our Raystede Amazon Wishlist? Any of the items listed will be a great benefit, plus our animals always enjoy receiving the wonderful deliveries! If you would like to send our animals a gift, please click here: www.raystede.org/support-us/amazon-wishlist/
Also, we are desperately in need of some more clean, unused carpet. We use carpet for rabbits that live indoors and to line the outdoor hutches. We get through a surprising amount of carpet so any donations will be a huge help to us.
Thank you so much!
Happy New Year to all our supporters and their animal friends!
We would like to thank everyone who has helped us continue to support hundreds of animals over the past year, including those in this video.
Without you, we simply could not carry out the work we do. We look forward to helping even more animals in 2025 with you.
Let us know in the comments what you are up to with your animals today! 🐕🐈🐰🐭🐹🐎🐐🐓🦜🦆🐢
Good news for Koda! Koda is a German Shepherd x Husky who came to Raystede at the beginning of 2023. At just three years old, he had been found in poor condition shut in a crate. He was timid and anxious particularly around other dogs.
While at Raystede, he followed a training plan that supported his overall learning and he proved a keen student, with a cheeky side to his character coming out, and he could be a real clown!
A suitable adopter came forward in September 2024, they made several visits to Raystede, spending time cuddling him in our indoor rooms, playing with him in our training runs and walking him on site, forming a bond with him so he felt secure. Koda needed to learn that these new people in his life cared about him and could be trusted.
We are delighted that Koda was officially adopted by his new family in October 2024! We’re so pleased for Koda and you can see in the video below he has settled in perfectly.
Merry Christmas everyone! All the staff, volunteers and animals here at Raystede would like to say a big thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout the year and all who have donated to our Christmas Appeal.
With the help of supporters like you, our animals will spend Christmas Day in the loving care of our amazing animal welfare team. Thank you.
We hope you have a magical Christmas with your family whether they are human, feathered or furry!
Meet marvellous Misty, a gorgeous 1-year-old Siberian Husky who’s currently searching for her forever family!
She is a very friendly, playful girl who is affectionate with people she knows. She is still young so is lively and busy. She is enthusiastic and can be strong on the lead, so she would like a home who are able to provide for her energy levels, including lots of mental enrichment!
Misty could live with older teens but can’t live with cats, small animals or birds. She may prefer to be the only dog in the home.
Find out more about Misty and the type of home she needs on our website: www.raystede.org/adopt/dogs/?animal=24130
Meet Whisper, a loveable 2-year-old Saluki X who’s currently searching for her forever home. She can be worried by new people and prefers a slow approach to making friends but once she trusts you, she is a very affectionate and cheeky girl!
Whisper has been receiving ongoing behavioural support around people and other dogs with our wonderful Kennels Team so she’s looking for a calm, quiet, patient adult only home happy to continue to support her whilst she navigates some tricky adolescent and reactive behaviours. She would like to be the only pet in a home with a nice big garden to give her long legs a good stretch!
Find out more about wonderful Whisper on our website: www.raystede.org/adopt/dogs/?animal=23707
Good news for Loki! After a year in Raystede’s Kennels, we are delighted to share that Loki has been spending these recent weeks in a wonderful foster home.
You will see in the video below that Loki is doing really well and is very relaxed in a cosy home. He has been enjoying lots of fuss and showing off his social skills when out on walks! We are so grateful to his lovely foster family for helping to make Loki’s dreams of living in a home come true for a while.
We hope this video will help Loki find his forever home. If you would like to find out more about this lovely boy, please visit our website: www.raystede.org/adopt/dogs/?animal=23534
The Pasta Pigs are looking for their forever home! Spaghetti, Rigatoni, Linguine and Penne are a wonderful group of 6-year-old female guinea pigs who came to Raystede for financial reasons.
The girls are bonded so would like to be rehomed together, but they could also join other guinea pig/s.
If you are interested in adopting the Pasta Pigs, please find out more in this video or apply on our website: www.raystede.org/adopt/small-animals/?animal=2418
We’re pleased to share that we still have some #TeamRaystede charity places available in the 2025 Brighton Half Marathon. Known as the “happiest half marathon", it takes place on Sunday 2 March 2025, and you’ll run past Brighton Pier, Hove’s colourful beach huts, the Royal Pavilion, and the iconic i360.
It’s one of the first half-marathons of the calendar year so it is the perfect way to shake off the winter blues. To take part, we just ask that you pay £25 and aim to raise £220 to support Raystede’s animals.
You’ll receive a fundraising pack and personalised running vest so you can proudly show that you’re part of #TeamRaystede.
To avoid missing out, sign up today at www.raystede.org/BHM25
Happy National Black Cat Day everyone!
It’s extremely sad that black cats tend to wait longer in rescue centres to find their forever homes. One of the reasons they are overlooked is because they are considered harder to photograph and therefore don't attract as much attention. They are often seen as bad luck, but here at Raystede, we think the opposite and that anyone would be considered very lucky to have a wonderful black cat as a pet!
Watch this video to hear from some of our adopters and see their beautiful black cats in their forever homes. Plus, see some of the wonderful black (and nearly black) cats currently in our care who are still waiting for their purr-fect people.
See our website for more information about adopting rescue cats: www.raystede.org/adopt/cats/. And send us a photo of your black cats for #NationalBlackCatDay in the comments!
Raystede rabbits of the month for October are a pair of 4-year-old female rex rabbits, Ash and Dusty!
The girls are both confident around people and absolutely love their food! They are a very closely bonded pair, so must be rehomed together.
Watch this video to find out more about these fun girls and apply to adopt on our website: www.raystede.org/adopt/small-animals/?animal=23160
