Help BARKS

Donate

There are various ways you can donate to BARKS - cash, goods or gifts from our Amazon Wishlist. Every bit helps and all proceeds go directly to running the two BARKS centres and covering the daily costs of animal care. Just pick the donation options that you prefer and become part of BARKS’ animal rescue mission.

Volunteer

If you’d like to help BARKS with a more “hands-on” approach, then why not consider becoming a part of our marvellous volunteer team. It’s a super way to get involved with animals and help a local charity. With lots of roles on offer - for any age and any skills or preferences - and a flexible schedule to suit your availability, there’s something everyone!

Foster

Can you provide a haven full of care and cuddles? It’s an enriching role - and the fostering can be short or longer-term, one-off or repeated, depending on your situation.

Temporary home
Do you have space in your home to give temporary shelter to a BARKS rescue animal while  they recuperate and wait for their new home?

Long-term home
Alternatively, do you have enough love to give to an elderly cat looking for long-term, rest-of-life care?

Fundraise

When you run a charity based 100% on donations, fundraising is the name of the game!

At BARKS, we’re not only on the look-out for generous volunteers to help at our regular fundraising dates; we also need creative bods to come up with and lead exciting new ideas for our small team to deliver. If you have professional event or marketing skills that’s all the better - it’s the purrfect way to feel good about your hard-won expertise!

In 2019 our novel fundraising projects included tote bags, antique valuations, upcycled curtains, cake baking and a village yard sale. From 2020, we aim to strengthen and streamline what we do. So get your thinking cap on!

Join Young BARKS

Welcome to Young BARKS, our growing youth programme, where we aim to show young volunteers just how their time can help transform the lives of our furry friends.

Visit our store

Keen to buy from our selection of pre-owned goods? Not only will you be helping raise funds for BARKS, but it’s also eco-friendly! So have a browse through our stock to see what we’ve got.

Sponsor an animal

Sadly, not all animals can be re-homed; but BARKS will never put a healthy animal to sleep. That’s why some animals become permanent residents at our BARKS care centres. With their long-term health conditions, these little fellows need extra special care and attention at a haven where they can spend the rest of their days warm and loved. To cover the costs of their care and treatment, they rely on sponsorship.

BARKS Lottery

The last Saturday of every month is lottery time at BARKS. Buy a lottery number, for only £1, and you stand the chance of winning 50% of the monthly lottery takings, with the remainder going towards funding our animal rescue mission.