 YOU CAN HELP CALL *07092 347849 OR Email us for a sponsor form or standing order form to help us raise money for our cause OR come and meet our exhibition team at one of our events !! OR you can send us a donation on-line at To make a direct DONATION at the top of this page. ************ Full Registered Charity Status Achieved: ClawsnPaws Hartlepool gained full Registered Charity status on 26th April 2011. Our Regd.Charity No. is shown at the base of this page. BOXING DAY DIP 2011
One of our Members did the North Sea Boxing Day Dip for Claws'n'Paws - Martin John braved the -7c temperatures to take the plunge for Claws'n'Paws Hartlepool. Thank You and very well done Martin, who raised over £120.00 in sponsorship money for ClawsnPaws. KEEP BRINGING YOUR GIFTS Thank you for your continued Gifts for our resident Birds & Animals. Our members Community Advisory Group Meetings help with this emmensely for which we are very grateful. See details at our meetings page, click link at top of this page. This site is dedicated to Sammy (1997 - 2006)
| ...LATEST NEWS............ PARTNERS in 2012 In 2012 we are hopefully becoming Partners with Pets At Home Hartlepool. In 2011 we helped Pets At Home raise funds at their local store and we see their partnering with us of great advantage. We also have good links with RSPB Saltholme and hope we continue to work well with our colleagues in the Bird & Animal Re-Homing and Conservation sectors. We also thank OFCA (Owton Fens Community Association) for their help in looking after some of our Ducks and Chickens and Tommy the Turkey at their Community Farm, Summerhil, whilst we are establishing our next Sanctuary site. Working and Doing Together - Works !! Our Next Sanctuary Plans... At the end of 2011 our Southbrooke Sanctuary Site Hartlepool closed as our Trustees decided not to renew the lease. They, Our Staff and CAG (Community Advisory Group) members and volunteers are looking to open a new and better sanctuary in 2012 which we hope will be better equipped and offer more space with bespoke facilities. Of course we will need FUNDING to build new facilities and we need more rehoming and fostering volunteers. Every Donation and offer of help is extremely valuable to us. So if YOU can help then please let us know. Fill in the On-Line Messages, Help, & Volunteering form to us. Meanwhile the domestic and wild birds and animals already in our care are still being cared for through various re-homing and fostering channels, and our advice and rescue work never stops. So, if YOU feel you could foster or provide a home for a rescued small bird or animal, DO let us know. ERIKA'S SPONSORED HEAD SHAVE RAISED OVER 500 POUNDS FOR OUR CAUSE !! Our Chair - Erika Nugent had all of her hair shaved off on SUNDAY 28th August 2011 at our event stand at Ward Jackson Park Summer Fayre for all the Birds and Animals in our Care - and her hair is being sent to Locks of Love - a charity which makes hairpieces for children who have lost their hair from cancer and other diagnosed causes. PRESS ARTICLE LINKS WATCH OUR MOVIES
ABOUT OUR MEMBERS Based in Hartlepool. Any resident of Hartlepool's Urban and Rural Areas can become a member and/or volunteer helper.There are many small wild and domestic animals such as chickens, ducks, birds - such as crows, seagulls,,jackdaws, thrush, blackbirds, sparrows, quail,parrots and finches,as well a turkey's, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters,gerbils, etc. in our care, and we have a team of volunteers on call to come and help rescue any wild or domestic bird or animal in distress. Members of our Community Advisory Group [CAG] are free to come to our meetings and see all the work we are doing for the birds and animals we care for, and help us to care and look after them. We have regular meetings and events to which NEW members are welcome to attend and support - these include Fund Raising Events. IF YOU FEEL YOU CAN HELP IN ANY WAY EMAIL US at info@clawsnpawsarc.com - Sally- - our Orange Winged Parrot !!
Sally was found flying around Hartlepool and taken by a member of the public to the RSPCA at Great Ayton. Claws'n'Paws have provided a home at our Southbrooke site and she is now quite a character. She will climb out of her cage, and jump onto her carers arm and then onto her shoulder and be quite happy eating grapes as a treat. CAG Committee Members enjoyed her antics at one meeting when there were 8 Committee Members there and 4 birds and animals !! We don't know if she had a vote !! - Baldrick - (now 100% blind BUT one of the much loved rescued residents)
Baldrick had to be left in the UK when his owners emigrated. He's now our one resident cat and although he is very loving and knows his way around he is BLIND !! He has to have a special diet, mainly IAMS Senior because he is now getting very old. If you'd like to help sponsor his upkeep just ask us for details. Grizzy - now a happy resident and now our guard dog !
Grizzy was one of ClawsnPaws' very first successes. She was previously living as an under 1 year old with a much larger dog and 4 Chidren in a small house which meant she was overcrowded and was always being made to feel very in-secure. When her owners handed her over for a better life in a good home she spent the first 6 months just getting over previous traumer and her totally timid, shy and frightened characteristics. But with lots of love and care, and despite the fact that she still runs away from 'big' men! she is now a wonderful pet and lives permanently with ClawsnPaws manager, Erika, and serves as our Guard Dog. She's often with us at Fund Raising events too. She's a great vibrant pedigree Alsation and we could not now do without her. Everybody comments on what a beautiful specimen she now is, and she's lot's of fun BUT still takes a lot of time to look after. She's loves country walks with more open space and lots of nooks and crannies to explore.She's also very good at keeping intruders away and guarding our exhibition stand donation and collection boxes!! BIRD & ANIMAL RESCUE TEAM Volunteers from all parts of Hartlepool and the surrounding district and even further a-field initially helped to set up and maintain our Bird & Animal Rescue project and still provide all the help they can on all aspects in connection with rescuing, caring for and re-homing abused, sick or neglected birds and animals. November 2009 saw the formation of the first Volunteer Team for Bird and Animal Rescue whilst other teams were developing.The team are dedicated to saving any wild or domestic small bird or animal found to be in distress. The team is on a virutual 24 hour on-call system and calls are dealt with wherever possible - same day. When members of the public ring in for help the team members provide a call-out service to assist whenever possible. If YOU would like to become involved and become a member of such a team do please get in touch. It's just great to see a rescued wild bird or animal eventually returned back to the wild or a domestic bird or animal find a new home. Some or our Stars
This is Lilly - she was kitten stray found in a cemetery in Hartlepool - Oct 09 -only 4 - 6 weeks old. She was re-homed by Lucy in Billingham. More pics on our diary page.
And this is 'Malone'- a wild baby rabbit discovered on his own on the moors at only 6-10 days old! This is him at about 4 weeks, but NOW doing fine as a resident at ClawsnPaws Hartlepool and featured in the National Magazine 'My Weekly'. 'A House Full of Claws'n'Paws' see the link on this page to read more. NON-DESTROY POLICY Only in very exceptional cases, where it is clear it is the final choice, or if a bird or animal is found to be in severe pain and has no possibility of prolonging a pain free life of improved quality, is any injured,neglected or abused bird or animal in our care humanely destroyed. A NOTE ABOUT DOGS [NB: We CANNOT keep more than two dogs at any time due to Planning & Other Restrictions. Except for immediate emergency care as a result of injury dogs are immediately re-sent to various local Dog Kennels and Sanctuaries once any emergency treatment has been dealt with. We are NOT a Kennels or Cattery - we are a BIRD and ANIMAL RESCUE project dealing primarily with rescuing wild or domestic birds or animals in immediate distress - ALL Wild or Domestic Birds and Animals we care for , foster or re-home have a history of either injury, neglect or abuse - many of whom may not be able to be permanently re-homed but we give them as best quality of life as we can. RSPB SALTHOLME RESERVE ON 21st January 2009 the RSPB SALTHOLME NATURE RESERVE opened to the public. If you are a MEMBER of RSPB you can get in to the reserve for FREE - Details of what's on offer at Saltholme and RSPB joining details can all be obtained here:- -at the link put in a search for Saltholme and follow the links to details of the reserve TEESMOUTH BIRD CLUB If you are a member of Teesmouth Bird Club, RSPB also have special events and access to only TBC areas down at the Saltholme Marshes. Again, details of how you can join the Teesmouth Bird Club are here:- NEW MEMBERS WELCOME - GET INVOLVED: If YOU would like to become a ClawsnPaws Hartlepool member , volunteer, donor, supporter fosterer, re-homer or helper, you can submit a request by clicking here on> On-Line Messages, Help, & Volunteering and at the top of this page. We have regular members' Community Advisory Group (CAG) meetings, and for more information simply click on Meetings at the top of this page. |
