may 1927 headquarters united kingdom website www.cats.org.uk cats protection formerly the cat protection league is a uk charity dedicated to rescuing and rehoming stray unwanted or homeless cats and educating people about cats and cat welfare . 1 2 the organisation was founded as the cats protection league on 16 may 1927 at a meeting in caxton hall london . the name was shortened in 1998 . 3 4 5 contents 1 aims 2 operations 2.1 volunteer branches 2.2 adoption centres 3 references 4 external links aims edit to find good homes for cats in need to support and encourage the neutering of cats to improve people s understanding of cats and their care operations edit cats protection charity shop in horsforth leeds . in 2013 the charity helped over 194 000 cats rehoming around 42 000 of these and neutering 158 000 and its network had 29 adoption centres formerly shelters 250 volunteer run branches two rehoming centres 69 charity shops and approximately 9 000 volunteers and staff located throughout the uk . the charity s income for 2010 was 36 million . 6 in 2011 the charity announced that it had helped more than one million cats over the previous five years 80 % of this figure being neutering and 20 % being rehoming . alongside rehoming cats and kittens the charity runs a neutering scheme for owners on a limited income and a part time weekday national helpline 03000 12 12 12 in addition they monitor and feed feral colonies in the area including trapping neutering and re releasing where possible feral cats back to where they came from . they also work to educate adults and youngsters about cat welfare and run talks and educational resource programmes across the uk . volunteer branches edit the charity operates in two ways volunteer run branches and adoption centres formerly shelters . the main difference is that volunteer run branches are people with a spare room or space in a garden for a pen or two . instead of visiting a dedicated adoption centre the person wishing to adopt a cat usually visits it in another person s home . anyone picking up a cat or kitten from a fosterer s home is still subject to the same home visits pre and post homing and the same terms and conditions as someone picking up a cat or kitten from an adoption centre . volunteer run branches do receive a small amount of funding from the charity s headquarters but are required to raise most of their funds from their local areas . they do not usually have any paid members of staff they would take the cats home if they had to . adoption centres edit dedicated adoption centres are of varying size and have paid staff in addition to volunteers on their team . the vast majority of the public visit these places to adopt a cat or a kitten . adoption centres are funded centrally by the charity though many also have friends of ... groups that raise funds locally . in addition there is often the chance of cat cabin sponsorship where members of the public are offered the chance to have their name on a plaque attached to the pen in return for a monthly or annual donation . most pen sponsorships are done by individuals although in some cases companies may sponsor a cat cabin . as well as a plaque the person sponsoring it usually receives a regular update . in 2002 cat protection acquired the isle of thorns estate from the university of sussex . 7 the estate is now the national cat centre . in 2008 the charity was one of a number affected by the financial markets crisis emanating from iceland losing 11.2 million of its financial reserves . in 2012 having suffered continuing financial losses the charity was forced to make over 80 staff redundant the majority of these being staff working on the operational front line in adoption centres or supporting branches . references edit cats protection what we do . cats.org.uk . retrieved 2014 06 30 . charity performance . charity performance . retrieved 2014 06 30 . retirement health care and lifestyle for over 50s . 50 connect . retrieved 2014 06 30 . cats protection uk july s featured charity pet advice pet care community dogs cats rabbits . caringcreatures.com . retrieved 2014 06 30 . steht zum verkauf . drumsanddesign.co.uk . retrieved 2014 06 30 . home . charity commission . retrieved 2014 06 30 . bulletin university of sussex newsletter isle of thorns sold friday 22 february 2002 . sussex.ac.uk . 2002 02 22 . retrieved 2014 06 30 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cats protection & oldid 713293918 categories animal charities based in the united kingdomorganizations established in 1927organisations based in west sussexdomestic cat welfare organizationsanimal rescue groups1927 establishments in the united kingdomhidden categories use dmy dates from june 2015use british english from june 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search 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