Some 2024 wins for animal welfare in
our partnership work
Below are just some examples of successful partnership work
in 2024.
Protecting animals
• Our RSPCA branches - separate charities located across England
and Wales - partnered with each other and with other animal
welfare and community groups in their areas to protect and care
for 28,351 animals, rehoming 81 percent of the animals taken in
across the whole of the RSPCA.
• We began a new partnership with Smart Energy GB, which
helps pet owners ensure a comfortable environment for their
pets by taking control of their energy bills. Smart Energy GB
also supported families and pets in need by generously donating
£300,000 to our Pet Food Bank Partnership - the equivalent of
450,000 pet meals.
• Our partner Purina donated essential food too, to the tune of
30,347 pet meals. It also funded 281 veterinary vouchers to help
pet owners facing financial hardship to care for their pets.
• We worked with Wild Futures and the Monkey Sanctuary to
secure legislation regulating the keeping of primates as pets.
From 2026, owners will have to meet stringent zoo-level
welfare standards in order to have a licence to keep them in
the UK.
• We held an international meeting in France on ending severe
suffering for lab animals. Key stakeholder supporters included
Sanofi and the French 3Rs Centre, Association for Laboratory
Animal Science and Ethics Committee Network. This was an
important step forward, as 13 percent of animal procedures
in France are 'severe', compared with 3.4 percent in the UK.
Collaborating in communities
• Our frontline rescuers are trained to also spot children at risk
of abuse when answering calls about animals. They referred
nearly 200 young people to our partner charity the NSPCC this
year. Only a small percentage were already known to the local
authorities. The NSPCC helpline also referred 307 incidents
relating to animal cruelty to us.
• We worked with mental health and crime prevention
organisations - including the police, prison service, MIND and
the NHS - to engage with young people struggling with their
mental health and/or at risk of harming animals.
Financial support
We secured vital resources to fund our work for animals, despite
a tough market and difficult economic environment.
• We received significant contributions from Katherine
Martin Charitable Trust, Sir Ken and Lady Dodd and
Open Philanthropy.
• We began a new partnership with Pinnacle Pet Insurance,
generating 20,000 new policies and £245,000 in commission.
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LEAF Greener
and cleaner
One of our centres is
rewilding woodland and
farmland after partnering
with neighbours to
get funding