Staycation Cat

09/07/2025

…❤️See you on D O N A T E D A Y ❤️…
Twice a year we open our doors for kind supawters to pop in to donate food in purrrrson and say hi to the rescue kitties.

✨⭐️ Saturday 2nd August ⭐️✨
🚪 Doors open 11:30 to 14:30 🚪

Things most in need are…

🐱 Adult Dry (we especially LOVE Purina One)
🐱 Adult Wet
🐱 Kitten Wet
🐱 Kitchen Rolls or Bin Bags

🧱Any ££ monetary donations will go into the WILLOWS’ BRICK FUND (we’re inching ever closer now to a bigger shelter). By donating ££, you’ll be a part of Willows’ future.

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/willows-cats-Brick-Fund-2023-24

22/06/2025

07/04/2025

And then there were TEN more…

⭐️10 NEW FURRY PURRY GUESTS⭐️
SIX more furry guests have already ‘checked-in’ at ‘Hotel’ Willows. We hope they enjoy their stay with until they’re ready to check-out and head off to their forever homes. We have possible matches in the pipeline for 3 as we speak to potential adopters already interviewed, home-checked and on our waitlist.

We had Mittens and Little Leo neutered week before last, Tilly Tabby and Cinder neutered last week and in recovery still so not ready just yet. Isabel awaits the next neuter slot.

Neutering is sooooo important to stop the cat overpopulation. We thought last year was bad but 2025 is turning out to be even worse. All shelters are feeling the strain.

Thankfully these girls won’t have to endure the stress of giving birth and raising a litter. And little Leo can’t impregnate his sisters (yes this happens in litters left unutered) or any other kitty.

We have FOUR more kitties booked to check-in this week too, taking our ‘Boutique Rescue Kitty Hotel’ to a WAY-OVER-CAPACITY of 45 cats in our care… (with a never ending rescue waitlist).

And so it begins again… Happy Monday!

29/03/2025

Bear with me… just back from my holiday so
will catch up soon
on all enquiries
🐱🐾🐾

10/03/2025

Lovely to see sweet again recently.

09/03/2025

This mischievous gang kept me on my toes on their most recent staycation.

08/03/2025

Here’s on his latest mini staycation. He loves a tootle in the back yard, playing in his tunnel and especially loves his grub.

07/03/2025

Awwww here’s on her most recent stayCATion. She’s a more sensitive soul than most but she sat on my knee for the longest time last week.

22/02/2025

Another mini stayCATion for &

16/02/2025

Paw waves to VICTORIA (aka PURRSONAL ASSISTANT petsitting ) over the North side of the river Tyne.

😻Lovely lady and very trustworthy.

I first met Victoria 5+ years ago when looking for a home for a Willows rescue kitty I was personally fostering; blind boy who needed an extra-special, settled, patient and understanding human and forever home on account of his vulnerability. I trusted Victoria to take over his care.

💬Message Victoria directly for queries but in general she covers …

📍*North Tyneside area* - Whitley Bay, Cullercoats, Tynemouth, North Shields.

📍*Possible for other areas* (on request / depending on requirements etc) - Gosforth, Jesmond, Forest Hall, Fenham, Benton and Heaton

Purrsonal Assistant

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15uSYBBMQQ/?mibextid=WC7FNe

Hi 😸 My name is Victoria and I run Purrsonal Assistant. For years, I've owned, cared for and been cat sitting. This is my first year advertising on social media. If you think I could be of assistance to you and your cat, please do get in touch, many thanks 😸

14/02/2025

❤️Happy Birthday (+ Valentine’s) Willows❤️

❤️Happy 15th Birthday (+ Valentine’s) to our cosy little shelter. We’d LOVE a BIGGER space to do even more, better. So if you can spare ££ for our ongoing crowdfunder visit https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/willows-cats-Brick-Fund-2023-24

📸If you’ve ever adopted from us, share photos of your ex-Willow’s kitty below.

A BIGGER SHELTER means we could help a few extra cats, like all the ones below, but also give each resident much more purrrsonal space, have a separate isolation, maternity and/or vintage cat room(s), and generally more wiggle room for Donate Day and ongoing Fundraising events).

Pictured below at the shelter’s 1st Birthday in 2011 are (L to R) ❤️SUSAN (still fostering), shelter founder Moggy Matchmaker ❤️MARIA, and ❤️CLAUDINE (still volunteering at the shelter 15 years on).

In fact, adding up all the years from Claudine and the rest of our current shelter helpers, who each volunteer for one or more shifts week-in-week-out, it totals
⭐️⭐️⭐️Over 110 years service⭐️⭐️⭐️

Maria has been rescuing and helping people find the FELINE LOVE of their LIFE for over 56 years… (almost a decade more if you count she unofficially started rescuing aged 7 + 1/2 under the guidance of her Grandmother Annie).

❤️🐱 ❤️🐱 ❤️🐱 ❤️🐱

So…. Happy 15th Birthday and thank you to…

❤️ALL our VOLUNTEERS (past and present), who have donated their precious time to help care for cats at the shelter or in foster homes or rescue them, or get them to and from vet visits.
and…

❤️ALL ADOPTERS who give a rescue cat a second chance at happiness
and…

❤️ALL our SUPPORTERS who donate food or shelter supplies, money for vet bills or donate to the brick fund towards a bigger shelter.

We couldn’t help hundreds of cats every year without your help.

One day we will realise that dream so we can continue to help even more cats for the next 15 years and beyond.