We are Animal Welfare Furness
The Animal Welfare charity, now Animal Welfare (Furness) CIO, was originally established in 1985 by a local group of selfless and compassionate women wanting to prioritise the welfare of animals and their owners in the Furness community.
Skip forward nearly 40 years and the legacy of this original ideology has blossomed into a fantastic community driven, supportive charity that aims to help every animal and person that comes through our doors.
We now deliver our charitable services via a small number of amazing staff and a brilliant team of volunteers. Based between two charity shops – Dalton Road in Barrow and Upper Brook Street in Ulverston; our rescue cattery on Rawlinson Street, Barrow, and soon to be confirmed our new rescue kennels and sanctuary; our team strive to make a significant difference to the lives of pets, vulnerable animals and their carers in the Furness community.
Behind the scenes we run a number of projects all established, funded and supported by you, our community, and a small number of funders who believe, as we do, that all animals should receive the love and care they deserve, and our work ensures they are funded, rescued, rehabilitated and rehomed to loving forever homes.
We aim to help animal owners in our area afford the vet bills, rescue animals that are suffering, have been abandoned or maltreated. Give support to the people of our local community and their pets as best as we can.
We have developed fantastic relationships with our local veterinary groups and other animal organisations and rescues, to ensure that the needs of an animal, rather than the cost of a treatment, care or food are put first.
We are entirely self-funded and receive no aid from the government.
We raise money through fundraising events, via our charity and eBay shops, from the generosity of local businesses and the kind donations and legacies from the members of our community.
We work with local and national funders to put the needs of animals and their owners at the front of everything we do...
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At Animal Welfare Furness, we rely on donations from kind-hearted animal lovers like you to continue our work.
Please consider donating or volunteering – every bit of help you can offer makes a tremendous difference in the lives of animals in need across Furness.
Local people caring for local animals in Furness.
