Volunteering for us
All the ways you can get involvedDifferent ways you can volunteer with us
There's something for everyone, from volunteering as an Animal Care Assistant, to supporting us at one of our shops, helping out at events or fundraising in your community to help animals in need.
See below for all the different ways you can get involved.
Animal Care Volunteer
Whether you are wanting to volunteer with our cats or dogs, you will be making a real difference to the animals in our care. We often need dog walkers, cat socialisers or cat cleaners to join our team.
We do require Animal Care volunteers to ensure they are able to attend on a weekly basis at the same time to help with consistency for our animals

Reception Volunteer
Do you have a few hours to spare at the weekend? We're looking for a friendly and organised reception volunteer to join our team for one day per weekend.
- Answering emails & booking appointments
- Organising adoption paperwork
- Greeting visitors face-to-face
- Filing, scanning & general admin
- Checking messages
This is a fantastic opportunity to gain experience, enhance your CV, and support the wonderful animals in our care.

Fundraising & Events Volunteer
As a self-funded charity, our fundraising events are one of our main sources of income to help us continue our vital work rehabilitating and rehoming animals in need in our local area. By joining our fundraising team, you’ll play a direct role in giving the animals in our care the second chance they deserve. Whether you are helping with event prep, helping on the day of events, supermarket collections, community events, dog shows – there’s something for everyone to get involved in!

Retail Volunteer
In order to continue our work in the local community, looking after the animals in need, we need your help to help us raise as much money as possible in our charity shops! Do you want to learn new skills to add to your CV? Do you want to fill up some of your free time by giving back to your local RSPCA branch? We’d love to hear from you! No matter what you are helping out with in one of our shops, we can guarantee that you will have lots of fun! No two days in our retail department are ever the same, but we are looking for the following volunteers:
- Charity shop volunteers
- Van drivers

Maintenance/Gardening volunteer
In order to continue our work in the local community, looking after the animals in need, we need your help to help us with gardening/maintenance jobs around our Animal Centre in East Ardsley. Jobs could include; gardening around the centre (weeding, planting new plants, cutting the grass). Or you could be painting around the centre, small repair jobs, and any other projects that are needed.

Digital Champions
We are looking for Digital Champions to help us in our shops to gather content for our social media pages and at our events. We would love to hear from you if this is something that you think you can offer help with!

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