Pawz for Thought

15/08/2026

Great opportunity supporting nervous fur babies 🐾❤️

Free seminar to ease anxiety in your pet - book now to avoid disappointment (limited spaces available).

PLEASE SHARE if you know anyone in your network who may find this free seminar useful.

Is your pet anxious around fireworks, or even everyday sounds and experiences?
If so, this free workshop is designed to help.

You can book online here: https://forms.gle/dcQHqmD3KCHSfiwt7
Or by phone, email or text - details below:

Mon 24th Aug | 6pm-7pm
19 Front Street, Chester-le-Street, DH3 3BQ (rear entrance via Ashley Terrace).
0191 3805636 | [email protected]
Text / WhatsApp: 07892 878963

14/08/2026

🦔💚 WHAT A YEAR IT’S BEEN FOR OUR HEDGEHOGS! 💚🦔

We wanted to take a moment to share some incredible figures from our hedgehog team — and to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who has helped make this possible. 🥰

📈 Year to date, our hedgehog intakes are up by 65% compared with this time last year.

And July alone saw our team take in 67% more hedgehogs than July last year! 🦔

Despite the huge increase in the number of hedgehogs needing our help, we are incredibly proud that the survival rate of hedgehogs in our care is currently 82%. ❤️

The warmer, drier weather has made it increasingly difficult for hedgehogs to find enough food and water in the wild. If you can, one of the simplest ways you can help is by leaving out a shallow bowl of fresh water and some suitable hedgehog food in your garden. 💧🍗

We are SO proud of our amazing hedgehog volunteers, and incredibly grateful for the support we receive from the public. Whether you’ve volunteered your time, donated, brought in an animal, shared our posts or simply helped spread awareness — you are making a difference. 🥹💚

Your support has helped us keep our doors open and continue taking in new arrivals throughout what has been an incredibly busy time of year.

From all of us — and all the prickly little patients in our care — THANK YOU! 🦔💚

13/08/2026

🐾 WE NEED YOUR HELP! 🐾

We’re running really low on food and have lots of hungry mouths to feed! 🥺🐱 Every tin, pouch and bag makes such a difference to the animals in our care. ❤️

If you’re able to donate, we’re currently especially in need of:

- Whiskas cat food – Poultry in Jelly
- Purina ONE cat biscuits
- Chicken-flavour kitten pâté – such as Lily’s Kitchen or other brands
- Supermarket own-brand cat & kitten biscuits… our cats love these too!

Every donation, big or small, helps keep our hungry tummies full. 🥰

Please drop any donations off at our centre:

Howbridge House, Ferryboat lane, Sunderland, SR5 3HW

If you can spare anything from the list, we’d be incredibly grateful. And please share this post to help us reach more people. 🐾❤️

Our Amazon wish list- https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/29EA7CT7UGR1W?ref_=wl_share&fbclid=IwYWZkawkyVUFjTl96ckVwdGlkAAMJ-HYDmAZwZG9mAWZkaWQWUMZDo86S_HKgKWzq79POyU0VO1Kr0WV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR5jE7hxt1gjCYE488sW_CnNvZp27elJ8zYhAcYQyMKlNKuWeyr7mw_ZxXGPhg_aem_8CY6pF1B3Y_TiJ8rS3t2Jg&content_source=fb&fb_content_id=Q9-wBQE-EvNvff7ac-AoKHp8YPrE0r_2uLjpc1dj9OCie_Sg7izwmLrewazZZHBj&channel_type=fb

Thank you for supporting our animals! 🐱🐾

13/08/2026

A huge thank you to the wonderful Petra Murdock of Tuffy’s Coffee Shop at Whitburn Cricket Ground for your incredibly generous donation of £200 to Pawz for Thought. 🐾❤️

This fantastic donation was kindly saved from customer donations and tips, and we are so incredibly grateful for the kindness and generosity shown to our rescue animals.

Every penny makes a difference and helps us continue to care for the animals who need us most. 🐶🐱🐾

Thank you, Petra, and thank you to all the lovely customers at Tuffy’s who contributed. Your support means the world to us! ❤️

Pawz for Thought 🐾

13/08/2026

Yesterday we had the pleasure of welcoming these lovely ladies from Just Eat for their corporate volunteer day! 💕🐾

Despite the heat, they got stuck in and helped us clean, organise and tackle all those jobs we simply don’t get to with the number of patients currently in Pawz.

Your hard work and support were so very appreciated — and thanks to you, we can actually get through the office door again! 😂🙌

Thank you so much for giving your time and helping us make Pawz a cleaner, more organised place for our patients. We’re incredibly grateful! 🐾❤️

13/08/2026

Hugo and Reuben painted a picture for us at Pawz, and we have to say… we’re absolutely delighted! 🐾🎨❤️

Which got us thinking… could this be an idea for this year’s Christmas cards? 🎄✨

What if we let our mini, animal-loving artists design the cards this Christmas? Their artwork could bring a little extra magic to your Christmas greetings, while helping us raise money for Pawz. 🐶🐱🐾

Would you love the idea of receiving a Christmas card designed by a budding young artist — and knowing your purchase is helping the animals too? ❤️

We’d love to hear what you think! 🎄🐾

12/08/2026

🐾 PROJECT CATSNIP – next event

Join us on Friday 2nd October 2026 at Hylton Castle Hub from 10am – 5pm for our Project CatSnip event.

📍 Venue Address:
Hylton Castle Hub
Coleridge Road
Hylton Castle
SR5 3PP

🐱 Cat neutering consultations available
🐾 Microchipping available for cats, dogs and bunnies

⚠️ Important Information:
• All appointments must be booked in advance using the booking link below.
• Each pet must have its own appointment.
• If you require both microchipping and neutering, you must book both appointments separately.
• Your pet must attend the event and be seen in person.
• Please attend the event address above. The charity address shown on vouchers is for veterinary billing purposes only and is not the event location.
• This support is intended for your own family pets that permanently live with you. It is not available for breeders, rescue centres, or animals being cared for on behalf of others.

💙 While our service is provided to help as many pets as possible, donations towards the cost of procedures are always greatly appreciated. Every donation helps us continue supporting more animals and their families in our community.

If you have any questions, please get in touch:
📧 [email protected]

Book your appointment here ⬇️
https://pawzforthought.simplybook.it/v2/

09/08/2026

🩵 Last week, this little guy clearly needed some help… 🩵

He had sadly fallen from his nest and was found by a lovely lady in Blyth, who scooped him up and kept him safe, warm and protected. 🥰

With no rescues available nearby to help, we sent our lovely Jim out in the pet taxi to collect him. 🚕🐦

As soon as he arrived, he was shouting loudly for food! 😂 He had been kept lovely and warm and lively by his finder, and thankfully he is now safely settled with one of our wonderful foster mummies, where he can be cared for around the clock. 🥰💕

A huge thank you to the kind lady who stopped to help him, and to Jim for making the journey to bring him safely into our care. ❤️

Another little life saved thanks to kind people coming together. 🐦🩵

05/08/2026

We are running really low. Incase you missed the post ❤️