ROLDA UK

ROLDA UK ROLDA UK activity consists of fundraising and rehoming of Romanian dogs in British homes (including transport of these dogs to UK)

ROLDA is an internationally supported charity working in Romania to efficiently solve the appalling problem of the country’s millions of homeless animals. Our keys focuses are rescue, rehabilitation, and rehoming dogs and cats from our private shelters, but we also offer practical help and education locally to low-income pet owners. ROLDA campaigns nationally for animal rights and provides humanit

arian aid during disasters like the war in Ukraine. ROLDA UK is a small charity acting as “supporting organization” for the partner charity ROLDA Romania, the “global entity” to:
• raise awareness and financial support for ROLDA Romania for animals in need and for the poor Romanian communities struggling to look after their pets responsibly;
• find homes for rescue dogs by ROLDA Romania team, alongside compiling applications for grants to sustain our work;
• support other programs and campaigns initiated by ROLDA Romania, including providing Worldwide aid to animals and their people located in areas affected by natural of humane made disasters e.g. the war in Ukraine;
• build a network of fosters careers in order to bring dogs over for people to meet before they make a decision and also as a back-up for any unsuccessful adoptions.

Meet Brenda - a gentle, shy girl with the sweetest heart 💛Rescued from the streets, Brenda has already come such a long ...
08/10/2025

Meet Brenda - a gentle, shy girl with the sweetest heart 💛

Rescued from the streets, Brenda has already come such a long way. She’s a little shy at first, but with patience and love, her affectionate side shines through. Her favorite thing? Cuddles and attention once she feels safe 🐾

Brenda walks well on a leash, enjoys the company of other dogs, and is looking for a family who will give her the calm, loving home she deserves.

She’s spayed, microchipped, vaccinated, and ready to start her new life with a family who will help her blossom.

Could you be the one to give Brenda the second chance she’s been waiting for? Apply here: https://sponsoradog.rolda.org/dog/brenda/

📍 While adoptions are available only for the UK, Sweden, and USA (under certain conditions), Brenda welcomes sponsors from all over the World.

🎉 Today we celebrate our founder, Dana Costin - the woman whose compassion is the driving force behind our mission at RO...
07/10/2025

🎉 Today we celebrate our founder, Dana Costin - the woman whose compassion is the driving force behind our mission at ROLDA.

Over 20 years ago, Dana rescued her first dog, Printz, and made a promise that still guides us today: to help as many animals as possible.

Since then, ROLDA has rescued and cared for over 88,000 animals, built 3 shelters in Romania, supported 7 partner shelters, and helped 40 rescuers in Ukraine.

🐾 Just last week, 31 dogs arrived safely in their forever homes in Sweden — and now we need your help to give 100 more dogs the same second chance.

This is the final day of Dana’s birthday appeal, and your gift can still go twice as far thanks to a generous British trust matching every donation.

💙 We’re so close to reaching Dana’s goal of $15,000, which will cover microchips, sterilisation, passports, and vet checks for 100 dogs waiting to travel home.

Let’s make her birthday wish come true today.

👉 Comment DANA and we’ll send you the donation link, or visit rolda.org/donate. Every gift, doubled, brings us closer to 100 new happy endings. 💛🐾

🎃🐾 Throwback to Max - one of our adopted ROLDA dogs who once dressed up as the cutest little dragon for Halloween!This s...
07/10/2025

🎃🐾 Throwback to Max - one of our adopted ROLDA dogs who once dressed up as the cutest little dragon for Halloween!

This spooky season, we want to see your ROLDA dogs in their most “spook-tacular” costumes. 👻✨ Whether it’s this year’s outfit or a favourite from years past, now’s your chance to show them off!

📸 Send us your dog’s costume photos and nominate them for Pet of the Month. Each month we feature one of our incredible ROLDA alumni - sharing their story, celebrating their transformation, and showing the world what adoption makes possible. The winner also receives a lovely ROLDA bandana.

Nominations are officially open - we can’t wait to see your entries! 💛

✅ Open worldwide
✅ All breeds welcome
✅ Winner will be featured on our website and social media and you'll win a cute pet bandanna!
Nominate your dog before entries close: https://rolda.org/petpal-gallery/

🐾 Just last week, 31 rescued dogs made it safely to their new homes in Sweden, beginning the happy lives they always des...
06/10/2025

🐾 Just last week, 31 rescued dogs made it safely to their new homes in Sweden, beginning the happy lives they always deserved. 💛

Now, we want to give that same second chance to 100 more dogs this month.

To make it possible, we’re raising $15,000 in honour of our founder, Dana’s birthday! Every dollar goes toward the essentials each dog needs before adoption: microchips, sterilisation, passports, and final vet checks 💙

And thanks to a generous British trust, every donation made will be doubled - meaning your gift has twice the impact for animals still waiting.

For over 20 years, Dana’s birthday wish has been the same: to help as many animals as possible. With your support, we can make a piece of that wish come true this year.
Together, we can prepare 100 dogs for their forever families: https://rolda.org/donate/

This World Animal Day, we’re celebrating one of the most powerful ways you can change a rescue dog’s life: fostering. 🐾F...
05/10/2025

This World Animal Day, we’re celebrating one of the most powerful ways you can change a rescue dog’s life: fostering. 🐾

Fostering gives dogs security, love, and stability while preparing them for adoption. It also saves two lives - the dog in your care, and the one who takes their place in our shelters.

With ROLDA, you’re never alone. We cover essential costs, provide guidance and support, and walk with you every step of the journey. All you need is a safe home, time, and love to give.

Could you be the bridge between a shelter dog and their forever family?

👉 Visit uk.rolda.org/fostering.

*Please note we can currently only accept foster carers based in the UK.

This month, we’re celebrating the birthday of our founder, Dana Costin, and we need your help to make her birthday wish ...
03/10/2025

This month, we’re celebrating the birthday of our founder, Dana Costin, and we need your help to make her birthday wish come true! 🎉

For over 20 years, Dana’s birthday wish has remained the same: to help as many animals as possible ❤️‍🩹

🚨To help bring that wish to life, we’re working to raise $15,000 this month to give 100 rescued dogs their second chance with their forever families.

🐾 Each dog needs:
✔️ Microchip
✔️ Sterilisation
✔️ Passport
✔️ Final vet checks

Here’s the best part: a British trust has kindly offered to match every donation made! That means your gift will go twice as far and help us reach Dana’s dream of preparing 100 dogs for new families 🥳

Just last week, 31 dogs made it safely to forever homes in Sweden, and with your support this month, another 100 will soon follow.

Dana founded ROLDA in 2003 after rescuing her very first dog, Printz. She was just a student in her 20s, with no English, no computer, and never imagining she’d one day run an international charity. What she did have was an unwavering determination to help animals in need - a determination that continues to shape ROLDA today.

Thanks to her vision and your support, ROLDA has rescued, sheltered, and rehomed thousands of animals in Romania and Ukraine.

The best gift Dana could receive this birthday is knowing more dogs are on their way to safety and love.

Every donation, doubled, will bring us closer to making Dana’s lifelong wish come true: https://rolda.org/donate/ 💛🐾

✈️ Just returned from holiday and not sure what to do with your leftover foreign currency?Instead of letting those coins...
02/10/2025

✈️ Just returned from holiday and not sure what to do with your leftover foreign currency?

Instead of letting those coins and notes gather dust in a drawer, you can use them to change a dog’s life 🐾💛

Many of the dogs we rescue in Romania and Ukraine have survived on scraps, with no safe place to rest. No animal should have to live like that.

That’s why ROLDA UK has partnered with Leftover Currency - to turn the money you no longer need into food, shelter, and medical care for dogs who deserve a second chance.

Here’s how it works 👇
1️⃣ Click the link below
2️⃣ Request your freepost envelope
3️⃣ Send in your leftover currency

It’s a simple way to make a big difference ❤️

👉 Donate your leftover currency here: https://www.leftovercurrency.com/charity/rolda-uk/

Remember Nala, the brave little cat with a damaged spine and paralysis in her hind legs, whose owner reached out for hel...
25/09/2025

Remember Nala, the brave little cat with a damaged spine and paralysis in her hind legs, whose owner reached out for help?

Thanks to your support, we were able to step in and get her the urgent surgery she needed. And now we’re so happy to share…

Nala is home and recovering beautifully 🐾

She’s eating well, regaining strength, and soaking up all the love from the family who never stopped fighting for her.

Part of ROLDA’s mission is helping families who love their pets but simply can’t afford the care they need. In Romania, where access to vet treatment is often out of reach, your support makes all the difference.

Thank you for helping us give Nala, and so many others, their second chance ♥️

🌟 Meet Our PetPal Star of the month - Ragu 🐾💛This poor 12-year-old pup has been through a lot, was saved from the street...
23/09/2025

🌟 Meet Our PetPal Star of the month - Ragu 🐾💛

This poor 12-year-old pup has been through a lot, was saved from the streets, and is still looking for a family. He's stolen our hearts with his soft, black-and-brown fur and sweet personality.

Ragu's a real people person, loves his walks, and has this adorable habit of making little food piles. He likes dogs but prefers female dog friends.

Looking for a furry friend? Ragu's up for adoption in the UK and South-East Sweden, and he's ready to bring his love and funny quirks to your home.

Entries are now open for October’s PetPal!

🌍 Open worldwide

📸 Winner featured on our website + social media

🎁 Cute pet bandanna + bragging rights!

Enter your pet today: https://rolda.org/petpal-gallery/

These two brothers were adopted by separate families back in May, but this summer, they got to reunite for a special vis...
22/09/2025

These two brothers were adopted by separate families back in May, but this summer, they got to reunite for a special visit 🐾💛

It’s safe to say the tail wags were off the charts 🐶🐶

Don’t worry, they’re both living their absolute best lives with their forever families. Happy, healthy, and so deeply loved.

It brings us so much joy to see our rescues thriving, not just surviving. These are the moments we work so hard for.

Thank you to their adopters (and every ROLDA adopter out there) for giving our dogs the love and security they deserve.

🐾 Do you remember the nine French Bulldogs rescued from a puppy mill not long ago?They were born only to be sold, used f...
21/09/2025

🐾 Do you remember the nine French Bulldogs rescued from a puppy mill not long ago?

They were born only to be sold, used for breeding until their bodies gave out, and then abandoned when no longer profitable 💔 No dog should suffer this fate, but we’re happy to share how far these survivors have come.

✨ Gracie, 2, arrived underweight and with dermatitis. With treatment and love, she has blossomed into a healthy, playful little dog.

✨ Tasha, 12, arrived with tumors and was dangerously underweight. After surgery and care, she has gained strength and now enjoys long walks and affection.

✨ Betty, 10, endured painful hernias but is now healed, and soon she’ll begin a brand-new life in Sweden with her adoptive family.

✨ Chloe, just 3, needed surgery for a hernia and treatment for early-stage cataracts. She is recovering well and adjusting to a life with care she’s never known before.

The rest of the group have already found loving homes 🏡💛

These stories remind us why Puppy Mill Awareness Day is so critical. Behind every “cute” litter sold for profit are mothers and fathers who suffer in silence, discarded once they can no longer produce.

Together, we can raise awareness, push for stronger breeding regulations, and ensure that no dog is ever treated as disposable again.

♻️ Did you know your unwanted items can help save lives?By recycling through ROLDA UK, you can turn everyday items into ...
20/09/2025

♻️ Did you know your unwanted items can help save lives?

By recycling through ROLDA UK, you can turn everyday items into vital funds for the animals in our care 🐾

✨ Broken or unwanted jewellery and watches
✨ Empty ink cartridges
✨ Used stamps (UK and international)
✨ Old or foreign banknotes (any age!)
✨ Even your old car

All at no cost to you, but with a huge impact for the dogs and cats who need us most.

Your support helps us rescue strays, provide medical care, and give them the safe shelter and loving homes they deserve 💛

👉 Find out how to recycle for ROLDA here: https://uk.rolda.org/recycling-for-ROLDA-UK/

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ROLDA mission is to save responsibly, efficiently and humanely the strays and abused animals in Romania.

It all began with Printz, the German Shepherd Dana found abandoned in her local park. He had been in a dog fight and was terribly wounded. Dana carried him back to her parent’s apartment where, with love and rehabilitation, he made a full recovery. Due to aggressive behaviour from his many dog fights, Dana was unable to personally rescue another dog until he passed in 2002, but saving this soul sparked a desire to help more suffering strays and she worked tirelessly to persuade friends and family to lend her their homes and gardens to provide safe shelter for any stray that needed her.

Dana, only speaking Romanian and a stranger to the computer, began building the foundations of ROLDA, quickly identifying international countries as a life saving source of support. ROLDA started as a small group, with a very modest website but enough to start fundraising. In 2005 Dana attended a Dog’s Trust shelter management course in London and ROLDA build their first set of kennels while keeping the highly regarded UK model in mind. This model insulated dogs from the bitter Romania winter and gave them comfort where they previously had none.

With sheer determination to help the millions of stray dogs in her country and in collaboration with the largest steel producer in Europe, Dana organised the build of a large, modern shelter, capable of housing up to 700 dogs. ROLDA’s shelters have been an example to other Romanian animal rescue organisations and have attracted visitors from far and wide.