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CHARITY BEGINS... AT THE VETS... Please Neuter your Cat!
If you have a cat, please make sure it is neutered! That is the most humane and
responsible way of preventing more unwanted litters in the years to come. This
directly helps us, and your local rescue centre by reducing the number of cats
who will find themselves homeless in the future!
21,000 reasons to neuter your cat! And how to get LOW-PRICE
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RESCUE A CAT
If you don't yet have a cat - please consider rescuing one from a shelter! Thousands of amazing felines
are waiting patiently in rescue centres all over the UK for someone to offer
them a second chance. Go on, make their lifetime!
Cat Shelters and Rehoming
Groups across the U.K. - Go to our UK Shelter istings »»
Cats Seeking Homes across the country - Go to our 'Top Cats' Section »»
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VOLUNTEER - Love Cats? Want to Help?
Could YOU become a Cat Chat Volunteer?
Virtual Volunteers Needed - working from home on your own PC!
Volunteer opportunities currently available, both for
'Distance Volunteers' (anywhere in the UK) working from home on your own PC, and for Local Volunteers (S. E. Kent) appear on our »» Volunteers Page
The details posted are the positions currently available, however more volunteers will become needed as we expand - so please check back another time for updates.
Please remember, we are a web-based Charity, so our Volunteers work FOR cats and not directly with them. If you wish to work directly with cats, please contact your local rescue.
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 FRIENDS of CAT CHAT
By becoming a 'Friend of Cat Chat' you will be helping cats across the UK, so why not join today!
You can become a 'Friend of Cat Chat' for as little as £10 for a year. All 'Friends' receive our exclusive die-struck metal badge (right), and our news updates. If you want to go the extra mile, for a donation of £25 you can become a 'Gold Friend' and also receive a copy of the stunning Royal Canin "Cat Encyclopaedia" (left). And if you join before the end of September, you will be entered into our first ever Friends Prize Draw.
Full details, and to find out how to join, click here »» Friends of Cat Chat
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CAT
CHAT STUFF - TREAT YOURSELF:
Pens • Cotton and canvas bags • T-shirts • Mousemats • Badges • Books • Mugs • Keyrings • Dogtags • CD's
Plus... Our 'Senior Kittizens Rock! (between naps)" range...
NEW in the shop - Cotton Shoppers and Tea Towels!
Every sale helps us to continue the vital service that
we offer to rescue centres across the UK. Also, every
purchase adds to our ' Feline
Fund' which is then donated to a different rescue group or shelter chosen
at random from the Cat Chat shelter listings. Tees are
available
in two designs with a choice of sizes and colours, also
available: ladies 'skinni-fit' tees, whilst mugs, Books, Mouse Mats, Keyrings and Dogtags and CD's are
one size
only! Our popular 'Senior Kittizens Rock! (between naps)' design is now available on sturdy canvas bags, lightweight cotton shoppers and tea-towels.
Click as follows to go to the »» Cat Chat Shop
The shop gives you the option to pay securely by credit or debit card, or to send a cheque in the post.
However, if you prefer to print off an order form, click here: PDF order form |
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 WIGGLY WAGGLERS - TREAT YOUR CAT!
Unique knitted cat toys guaranteed to please your cat! Buy
a Wiggly Waggler for your cat and help Cat Chat at the same time
- they are hand knitted by our friends at Cosy Cats, filled
with potent dried
catnip and are virtually indestructable. We haven't heard of a cat yet who didn't love their Waggler! »»» Available from the Cat Chat Shop |
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SHOP ON-LINE & HELP US at NO EXTRA COST TO YOU!
Easyfundraising is a shopping directory that features lots of top stores, including Amazon, the Body Shop, NEXT, Debenhams, John Lewis, Toys’R’Us, HMV, Virgin, iTunes, CD WOW, Marks and Spencer, Currys, Dixons, Staples, Woolworths, PLAY.COM, Choices Direct, WH Smith, The AA, RAC, Direct Line, Churchill and The Carphone Warehouse and over 400 others. It doesn't cost you anything extra to shop and raise funds in this way and if you choose Cat Chat as your chosen Charity, we will benefit every time you shop! Details here »» Cat Chat / Easyfundraising »»
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 BENEFIT CAT CHAT when you SELL ON EBAY - with eBay for CHARITY
You can choose to donate between 10% and 100% of the final sale price...
If you sell on eBay, it's now easy to donate a percentage of your proceeds to your favourite Charity - that's Cat Chat of course! It only takes two-clicks when listing your item, and you can choose to donate anywhere between 10% and 100% of the final sale price. Please note that a minimum donation of £1.00 applies.
Here's how:
- 1. SIgn in to your eBay account, go to the 'Sell' hub and select ‘Advanced Sell’.
- 2. As you’re filling out the details, look out for the charity box just below where you set your price. Select a charity to support and the percentage (10%-100%) of your final selling price that you'd like to donate. Note: The minimum donation is £1 per listing.
- 3. A week after your item sells, MissionFish (eBay's charity partner) will automatically collect the donation from you. You can also manage your donations through the 'My Donations' section of My eBay, under the My Account tab.
Added bonuses:
 Charity Ribbon - eBay for Charity listings are marked with the Charity Ribbon, attracting extra customers!- Our Logo on your listing! The Cat Chat logo and mission statement will automatically appear on any listings benefitting us, helping to further promote your auction.
- You earn fee credits - Every time you list an item for charity, you’ll get a fee credit on your basic insertion and final value fees equal to the percentage you donate. So if you donate 50% of your selling price to a charity, eBay will waive 50% of your fees.
- We earn extra fron eBay - If your item sells, eBay will match your generosity by donating to us the same percentage of the final value fee as you chose to donate of the final selling price.
- Ebay's charity partnet Missionfish also collect Gift Aid (where applicable) on our behalf, and send all funds straight to our Charity Bank Account at no cost to us!
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 USE OUR WEB SEARCH FACILITY - and HELP US for FREE!
Please click on the ClickNow logo and use
our new websearch facility, which offers you search results from
a number of leading search engines. The only way it differs from other search engines is that by using ClickNow you are helping raise funds for Cat Chat!
So please tell all your friends, family and work colleagues - Click, Search and Help Cat Chat.
Why not go slightly further and bookmark our Websearch facility page, so that
when you search the World Wide Web you help Cat Chat. »» Search the Web Now!
THANK YOU! to all of you who have been using our ClickNow Search - please tell family and friends about it too - it helps us - and costs you nothing! Thank you!
Would your company like to become a Cat Chat Click-Partner? >> Click here for details! |
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USED POSTAGE STAMPS • POSTCARDS • FOREIGN COINS
Your used postage stamps, old postcards and foreign coins can raise funds to help Cat Chat - please tell your family and friends to save theirs too! Here's how...
 With stamps - please leave a small amount of the envelope round each stamp, don't cut right up to the edge. Your used stamps, postcards and foreign coins should then be sent direct to Charity Stamps Support, as below.
Please remember to include 'Catchat' and the reference number below, thank you!
Catchat - 1370035,
c/o Charity Stamps Support,
46 Church Hill,
Chorley,
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DISPLAY ONE OF OUR A5 FLYERS - Help us Spread the RESCUE message!
Works Noticeboard? Pub? Club? Vets? Cattery? Library? Swimming Pool? Sports Centre?
We have produced a small but effective glossy A5 flyer (pictured) to encourage more people to rescue when seeking a new animal companion. The flyers are on stiff gloss art-board, so they are durable, and ideal for pinning on noticeboards. We have had these distributed to vets across the country so with a bit of luck there should already be one at your vets... if not, we will happily send another!
Could you help us to reach more people, and therefore to find more homes for more homeless cats?
If you would like a poster or posters, please send a stamped-addressed A5 envelope and a note saying how many posters you would like, to:
Cat Chat, PO Box 358, Ramsgate, Kent, CT12 6YP
Or if you have a good quality, colour printer, you could print one off here »» A5 Flyer PDF |
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 MODERN ART... TURNING PRINTS INTO PURRS
The Paul Cooklin on-line gallery offers some amazing modern, digital art for contemporary interiors - home or office. Spectacular or relaxing, vibrant or chilled-out, quality art at affordable prices.
The gallery donates a percentage of each website sale to Cat Chat - thanks guys! www.paulcooklin.com |
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CAT TRIBUTES ~ REMEMBRANCE PAGE
Place a tribute to a cat who has gone on to Rainbow Bridge,
but has left paw prints in your heart. Our remembrance
page is a place to remember your much
loved cats, but also a way to pay a real tribute to them, by making a donation
to help other cats in need. Every donation made in memory of a loved cat
helps us to help shelters and cats in care »»» Remembrance
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 DONATE direct to CAT CHAT:
Our homing services are a vital lifeline to many rescues
across the UK - by supporting Cat Chat you are helping to give 1000's
of cats in care a better future.
Our services are offered free to rescues, and it costs us averagely £5.37 to home one cat - so every fiver donated helps us to give a homeless cat a new life!
You can donate directly to us as follows:
On-line by Credit or Debit Card: Our secure on-line facility
with Paypal allows us to take all major debit and credit cards, and guarantees your payment security.
To donate
on-line by credit or debit card visit our »»» Donations
Page
Cheques: Donations by cheque should be made payable
to 'Cat Chat' and sent to us at: Cat Chat, PO Box 358, Ramsgate,
Kent, CT12 6YP. Even better, print off our »»» Donation Form (PDF)
Standing Order : If you would like to set up a regular payment to Cat Chat - weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly, please print our »»» Standing Order Form (PDF)
If you are a UK taxpayer, please also print our »»» GiftAid Declaration (PDF)
Thank You!
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DONATE via CAF (Charities Aid Foundation)
 You can donate to us through the Charities Aid Foundation if you have a CAF Charity Account, or just by using a credit or debit card. If you are a regular donor to Charity, a CAF Charity Account lets you set aside money for charity on a regular basis, with the flexibility to change which charities benefit from your generosity, whenever you wish.
www.CAFonline.org/charityprofile/catchat |
 DONATE from your PAYPAL ACCOUNT
If you have a Paypal account, you can donate directly to us by making a funds transfer from your Paypal account to ours. Simply log into your Paypal account, click on Send Money, and send to the following account ID: 
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PAYROLL GIVING:
Give As
You Earn is the largest payroll-giving scheme in the UK, operated
by
CAF (Charities
Aid Foundation).
You can choose to donate to Cat Chat, or any other registered
charity. It  allows
you to make donations direct from your salary, through your work's
payroll. Donations made in this way are tax
free, so that for example, if you pledged £5.00 per month
and you normally pay basic rate tax, your pledge would only cost
you £3.90. For more information or an information pack,
call the helpline: 01732 520 019, or send them an Email,
or visit: www.giveasyouearn.org
»» Thank you! to
those of you who already give to Cat Chat through Give As You
Earn
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SELF EMPLOYED? Self-Assessment Tax Return - DONATE your REBATE »»
Did you know the Inland Revenue run a scheme whereby you can choose to donate any rebate due from your Self-Assessment Tax Return to charity? If this applies to you, and you would like to donate all or part of your tax rebate to Cat Chat please enter the following code in your tax return: BAR97ZG. |
 REMEMBER US in your WILL:
If you wish to continue helping cats in need after your death,
you may like to consider including Cat Chat in your
will. The wording you need to use will vary depending on the
type
of bequest
you choose to make. Here are some alternative beginnings, but
the concluding wording needs to be as below.
To leave a legacy, begin with: "I give (amount
in words) to..."
To leave the residue of your estate, begin with:
"I give all the residue of my estate both real and personal
to..."
To leave the whole of your estate, begin with:
"I give the whole of my estate both real and personal to..."
In all cases, the following concluding wording should
be used: "...Cat Chat of PO Box 358, Ramsgate, Kent,
CT12 6YP, Registered Charity number 1100649, for the general
purposes of Cat Chat and I declare that the receipt of the
treasurer or other authorised officer of Cat Chat shall be
good and sufficient
discharge for the said legacy."
»» Please also remember to make
provision for your pets in your will - Thank You! |
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GET SPONSORED!
Could you hold a Sponsored Event with the proceeds to Cat Chat?
Maybe a sponsored walk? A swim? A sponosored silence? A bike ride? A sponsored head-shave? A disco-dance? Line-dance? A dress-down day at work (with the bosses permission!)? Sponsored pancake tossing? Kite flying? Or you may have some inventive ideas of your own.
If you fancy getting sponsored for Cat Chat, here's the form to get you started »» Cat Chat Sponsor Form
Good luck - and whatever you do, have fun! |
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HELP keep our SHELTER LISTINGS up to date
Check out your area on the Cat Rescue pages
to make sure your local rescue centre is listed, and that we have their up
to date contact details. We do our best to make our listings as complete as possible,
but there will be some shelters and rescue groups who are not yet featured, or
whose details need updating. Help us to list them correctly, for their cat's
sakes!
It's easy to send us updated details, just Click Here for
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BUSINESSES - HOW YOU CAN HELP...
Cat Chat currently finds loving, permanent homes for over 5,000 rescued cats and kittens each year, and are relied on by many rescue centres across the country. For some rescues, Cat Chat is their rehoming lifeline...
You can help secure our future by helping us as below...
All Sponsors, Advertisers and Click-partners are thanked on our Supporters
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USE OUR WEB SEARCH FACILITY - and HELP US for FREE!
Your Business could become a Cat Chat Click-Partner.
If you run a business, large or small, you and your employees can help us for FREE! And you don't even have to move from your desk to do it either! Simply by asking your employees to use the Cat Chat search portal, each time they search the web, you will be helping us raise funds to help more cats out of shelters and into homes. Our Click Now web search facility brings you search results from
a number of leading search engines. The only way it differs from other search engines is that by using ClickNow you are helping raise funds for Cat Chat!
So please ask your employees to - Click, Search and Help Cat Chat.
Why not go slightly further and bookmark our Websearch facility page, so that
when you search the World Wide Web you help Cat Chat. »» Cat Chat's WebSearch Facility - every click counts!
Once your business joins us as a Click-Partner - let us know - and we will add you to our Supporters page, with a link to your *business! (See our current Supporters)
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 ADVERTISE ON OUR SPONSORED LINKS SHOPPING PAGE »»
Calling all cat-related businesses - if you think your goods
or services would be of interest to our visitors, you might
like
to advertise on our Sponsored Links Shopping page.
Adverts
start from as little as £30 for a whole year!
The page is linked prominently throughout
the site including from the homepage, and all advertisers
are mentioned on our Supporters page. 5% of all revenue raised
from adverts on this page is added to our 'Feline
Fund' which we
donate to a different rescue centre each time the fund reaches a specified amount.
Check out the page here »»» Sponsored
Links Shopping Page
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 SPONSOR A WEB SITE PAGE »»
Have your Sponsorship Banner at the top of one of our site pages. Prices are very reasonable and are worked
out on a sliding scale depending on visitor numbers to each
page. We
only allow one sponsor banner per page. All page sponsors are
mentioned on our Supporters
page. 5% of all
revenue
raised
from
banner adverts on these pages
is added to our 'Feline
Fund' which we donate to a different rescue centre each time the fund reaches a specified amount.
Example of a currently
sponsored main page »»» Lost & Found Information
please Email: for the current rates and available pages.
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SELF-ASSESSMENT TAX RETURNS - DONATE YOUR REBATE »»
Did you know the Inland Revenue run a scheme whereby you can choose to donate any rebate due to charity? If this applies to you, and you would like to donate all or part of your tax rebate to Cat Chat please enter the following code in your tax return: BAR97ZG. |
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THANK YOU!
Thank You and Big Furry Headbutts to all our
Supporters, Sponsors, Patrons, Advertisers, Donors, Volunteers, Friends and of course,
to Cat Lovers everywhere, we couldn't do what we do without you!
Love from Gemini, Pickford and their Human
Staff
X X X X
Meet Our Supporters Here »»» Supporters Page
Meet Our Volunteers Here »»» Volunteers Page |
Helping Cats • Helping Shelters • Finding Homes!
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