Consett Cat Rescue

16/11/2025

Well what a weekend it was.
Up late on Friday (bed at 1am I think) prepping for Saturday. I should of had it all done but we went to the Lumiere event at Durham on the evening and came home thoroughly wrecked I might add.
Up at 5:30am Saturday to make sure we had the cars packed and got to the venue early enough to unpack. Karen and Wendy came to help and I felt bad because I was supposed to let them know we were ok for helpers and realised I had only told Dawn. As it happens they mucked in all day and Dawn also came and helped too as well as leaving more donated items for tombolas, raffles etc.
I scurried away at 9:30 leaving Ian to run the show and went over to Consett for the Liz Twist MP Red Kite volunteer awards ceremony where I was presented with an award for the voluntary work I do for the rescue. Of course it's not just me but someone had to collect it 😆. I'm not an awardsy type person really and this is the second one I've got so can we call ourselves a multi award winning rescue now 🤗🤔
I returned back to the event afterwards and still did no work because many people seem to want to chat to me. No idea why as I am not very interesting and did you know I am naturally an introvert and a shy person. Yes I can talk for England on the subject of cats but its all a facade really and inside I prefer to talk to animals (sorry humans).
So many people to thank for making the day possible. YOU the public for starters. The extra people who came along mentioned above, Elaine for all her hard work baking for 10 hrs to make the home baked goods she sells, Leon for the goods she sold to raise money for us as well as Jane, Judi and Mark who did the same (thank you Katie for making those things Mark sold). Tami for taking the hot seat and chatting to everyone in my absence - folks I think you talked to her so much she has had to take a holiday and is now on route to a paradise island in the Indian Ocean 😂
Massive thanks to for Laura and her mam for arranging the venue and transporting tables a few days earlier. None of it would be possible if we had no venue.
Thank you to the people who donated more items for raffles and tombola including the lady who left the fresh flower arrangement for the raffle we did not have. But she will be pleased to learn I ran an impromptu raffle on the evening and added a cat hamper in with the flowers as a prize and raised £92 so that was brilliant.
In total, including that £92, the total figures for the whole day came to £1188.84p which is bloody marvellous.
That will go into the bank and be used for our usual vet bills and weekly food and litter purchases. It covers roughly a normal weeks worth of running expenses which never fails to amaze me how on earth we need that much money but then again we do and need more with 128 cats on the books to care for and I guess if each cat costs £10 per week to look after (bare minimum) then yes thats £1280 a week so it is what it is.
Must cut back on cats big time I think!
Some other good news though, Inkblot Smudgeface kitten is getting adopted and black cat Julie who we took in as a feral kitten from New Warlands Farm LAST YEAR, has got a lovely new home to go to tomorrow,
Right I have some neuter vouchers to type up and then its bed because we have traps out hoping to catch some ferals tonight and if successful they will be off for the snip tomorrow

16/11/2025

Yes always hearing the “got a dog” got two cats of my own etc.
Rescuers and fosterers often have dozens of cats but don’t have that attitude if they think they can provide emergency help.

‼️‼️‼️Storm Claudia‼️‼️‼️

Its horrid out there , cold , dangerously windy and heavy rain .
Dont rely on rescues to help that stray cat in your street/ garden /workplace. There are too many for
Us to cope with alone , DO YOUR BIT . Provide shelter , garage , shed , porch, spare room , shelter.
A warm blanket , hot water bottle wrapped in a blanket . Time and time again rescues are told ‘ we cant take the cat in as we have a dog / our own cat ‘. Does this apply to every room of your house? Most homes have a porch / spare room /
Downstairs toilet / shed / garage that can be used as an emergency
Help us to help them

15/11/2025

Currently attending the Liz Twist Red Kite Awards 2025 to receive one.
No idea who nominated me but thank you.
Of course we have our Christmas fair on today so I’m clashing but it is what it is and some lovely volunteers helping out at that till I can get there later.

14/11/2025

URGENT

Someone enquired recently about adopting Lola? but I have lost the email or message so could they get back in touch please. They had read the Ts and Cs and were awaiting the questionnaire.

13/11/2025

To be in with a chance of winning this fabulous prize of an NUFC stadium tour, get yourselves across to our fundraising group and put in an entry https://www.facebook.com/groups/CCRFundraising/posts/25191067500527666/

Tickets cost 2 for £5 and lets face it, it makes a fabulous Christmas present for some die hard fan.
They can be bought via Paypal or bank transfer and full instructions are within the entry post.
Go on click the link above or if viewing this on Instagram, click the link in my bio.
Or call in at our Christmas Fair on Saturday 15th November (see attached poster) and you can buy entry tickets in person from me

11/11/2025

LISTER

Born in July 2025, he has now had all his vacs, been neutered and chipped and is looking for his new home soon.
I say soon because he is a bit sniffly at the minute so we’d prefer him to be fully recovered before he left us.
He is a lovely friendly boy, nothing like the timid feral he was when he arrived.
But he probably would not appreciate a busy home life and so we’ll be looking for a quiet, sensible household in which he can live.
Like all our cats he is a house cat and you can read more of our adoption requirements by looking at the picture in the first comment below.
If you are interested in adopting from us then please message the page or email us.
I say this a lot but it never fails to astound me how often people do not read the text and jump straight into commenting without checking their question has not been covered on the description covering the picture.
Are you a reader or an impulsive commentor.
Let’s see 😬

09/11/2025

Thank you to mystery person who sent the Felix cat food through the post (maybe via zooplus or bitiba? Or similar)
Thank you also to folks who’ve been donating lately.
We’ve received some quite generous donations and it’s massively helped reduce the outstanding vet bills.
Pic of Little Gingy (supposed to be known as Topper) for attention.
He is going to be trouble when he gets bigger.
Not available for adoption at this time as he is too young.

07/11/2025

Whilst there are probably a few other bits and bobs to add to this (and I will add to it), these are the basics we abide by.

06/11/2025

LOLA

Aged around 2 years old.
Spayed, chipped and vaccinated.

Friendly girl but is a dominant girl and so will do better as an only cat.

House cat like all our cats.
Usual Ts and Cs apply

06/11/2025

SONIC
Born in August 2022
Been in rescue since October 2022

Lovely natured lad. Snipped, chipped and vaccinated.
A bit nervous of strangers, he is lovely once he knows you.
House cat, usual Ts and Cs apply

05/11/2025

We've had some deliveries this week off the Amazon Wishlist. I'd like to thank Claire, Lindsay, Lucy and Kirsten who sent food, thank you. All those donations are appreciated very much.
Now lovely lad Vimto had a visit at the weekend gone with a view to him getting adopted. A lovely couple came and spent a fair bit of time with him. Sadly though, it was not to be and they felt he was maybe a little bit too much given their working hours etc. as he is still a scaredy boy.
Now a little note here just to say, please do not think you need to be home all the time if you adopt a cat, in particular a scaredy cat. Yes they need human company but the best thing is to leave them to their own devices and go about your normal routine. When you are home, do give them a little attention even if just for a few minutes to let them know you are not a big scary person. Eventually, they WILL come round. So dogs, yes difficult to leave alone for long periods, cats, well they don't care.
Vimto and his brother Viz are due their first annual booster next Monday so I have now temporarily got him locked up in kennels so I can give him a little attention every day which should hopefully help his nervousness of humans.
The fact they are both getting their booster shows how long they have been with us and thats a bit sad nobody wants to give them a chance. The right home is out there somewhere though.
The other photo shows the lovely Anna. She has been with us since January this year. She is one lazy lump I can tell you. Sadly she has had not one enquiry about adopting her and is another being left on the shelf.
I shall write new separate posts about Vimto and Anna to readvertise them. On a side note, the catchat websiste we use has recently moved to a new platform meaning I have to completely upload all the cats again onto the new site. I have only had time to do two of them to date and so it is a far cry from being up to date. But it’s a free web page so I cannot grumble and it’s lovely there is a service like that.