Sponsorship
Sponsor a Cat. Change a Life.
When you sponsor a street cat, you are reaching a worn-out mum, a battered tom, an exhausted queen, or feeble kittens hiding under car bonnets, in doorways, or wherever they can find a scrap of shelter. These cats are living on survival alone — cold, hungry, and vulnerable. Because of you, we can step in with food, urgent veterinary care, and safe outdoor shelters — insulated and filled with straw bedding — giving cats warmth, protection, and somewhere secure to rest instead of another night exposed to danger.
Your regular sponsorship doesn’t just help for today — it stops the suffering repeating itself. Because of you, a cat will no longer be trapped in litter after litter. Once neutered, exhausted mums and queens can finally recover, regain strength, and live without the constant toll of pregnancy and nursing. Kittens grow stronger instead of being born sick and underweight, and food goes where it’s needed most — into rebuilding fragile bodies, not into surviving another endless cycle. Your support gives us the certainty to act quickly, to say yes when a cat needs help, and to change lives for good.
Save a Stray and a few other very small local charities help the cats abandoned by society. The ones that aren’t really that cute. The ones that do come with hefty vet bills, and such complex health problems, our vets never know what’s coming through the door when one of our volunteers walks in with ‘We’ve got a stray’.
Whilst our vets are good to us, and do give us discounts. They still have to charge us.
During 2025, Save a Stray:
- Took into their care and helped 442 cats
- Spent thousands of pounds at the vets and on food and litter for our fosterers
- Averaged 50 cats in foster care every single day of the year
Those charges, whilst they used to be £1000 a month, are now upwards of £8,000 a month. That’s where most of our money goes, along with food, litter and sometimes special diets.
When the bills come in we scramble around to make sure we have enough to cover that month’s bills.
With every phone call, Jo, our founder and the person on call every minute of the day, worries if she dare take another cat in – she’s never ever said no to a cat in need. Jo will always help that call for cats, and her special team of hard working volunteers and fosterers rally round and somehow – just somehow, the magic happens and another one shuffles into our care, and hopefully, one will shuffle out into a new home around the same time too.
We hope we never ever reach the day when we need ever say no to a cat that needs help, and with those regular donations committed to supporting those vet fees, food and litter each month – we won’t
Success Stories
Abandoned and left to survive on the streets unneutered, Bryan had clearly been through many fights and was in significant pain. A kind lady took him to a vet, where he tested positive for FIV. While FIV can shorten a cat’s life if unmanaged, it is not a death sentence, especially for a friendly cat who can live safely indoors with proper care.
Sadly, she was told he had just seven days to find a rescue space or he would be put to sleep. Thankfully, Save a Stray stepped in and gave him the second chance he deserved.
Bryan was treated for a painful abscess, neutered, and microchipped. In foster care, he quickly showed his true nature: gentle, affectionate, and incredibly loving. He settled beautifully into home life, proving he had once been someone’s pet and simply needed care and kindness again.
Just weeks later, Bryan found his forever home with Emily and Hugo, who fell in love with him immediately. Now he’s living the happy, secure life every cat deserves, cherished, safe, and never to feel abandoned again.