SUNSHINE CAT RESCUE

**** BY LAW ****
From the 10th of June, 2024, all owned cats must be microchipped

200 Club Draw Winners
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200 Club February 2026 Draw Winners
First Brian Coles; Second - Karen Fido; Third - Suzanne Hilton

Please email: [email protected] to join the 200 Club.
£5.00 monthly, currently we have 76 members, so first prize is £76.00

What we do

Established in 2012, Sunshine Cat Rescue’s aim is to reduce the suffering of cats and kittens in need of care across Oxfordshire. We do this by providing shelter and care through our network of volunteer foster homes, carrying out feeding, trapping, neutering and releasing (TNR) of feral cats not suitable for rehoming, and offering support to cat owners through schemes such as our “Home to Home” rehoming service.

The post codes we cover include - OX1 to OX7, OX12 TO OX16, OX18, OX20, OX25,0X26, OX28, OX29, SN1to SN8, SN11, SN16, GL54 and part of GL56. Please note that there are some areas within these postcodes that we are not able to cover.

Sunshine Cat Rescue (SCR) are a charity that is run entirely by volunteers, we do our own fundraising which we depend upon to maintain and run the charity. We do not have a centre to house our cats and kittens waiting to be re-homed, they are housed with a fosterer until they are ready to go to their furrrever home. Being cared for in a fosterer's home means that our cats are in a more relaxed environment, rather than a kennel, and we can better assess their temperament and personality.

SCR 2023 Summary

Rehoming & Long-term Fostering

Re-homing
Each cat or kitten in our care has had at least one veterinary check, flea treatment, and worming.
Additionally, all cats over 5 months old are neutered before being re-homed.

Our adoption fee of £95.00 is a minimum donation. The true cost of feeding, caring for, veterinary treatment, spaying/neutering can be considerably more and we always welcome a further donation. We are always very grateful and appreciate your support.

Where we have introduced a Home to Home adoption, we ask for a donation of £35.00 from each party.

Long-term Fostering (Sponsorship)
We occasionally have cats come into our care who are not suitable for re-homing for various reasons (such as ongoing health issues).

You can sponsor these cats and contribute to their long term care. Sponsorship donations go towards day to day upkeep of your chosen sponsor cat, as well as vet bills and medication.

If you are able to help by sponsoring one of these special cats with a *monthly donation this helps us manage our finances to ensure our sponsor cat's costs are covered each month. Alternatively, we also appreciate any one off donations that you may be able to make.

*We recommend a minimum monthly donation of £4.00/month.

To meet our sponsor kitties please click on the SPONSOR button at the top of the page.

TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return)

Feral cats which the charity becomes involved with are trapped and neutered before being returned back into the area where they were found if they are not suitable for rehoming.

Neutering is the most effective way of reducing the number of unwanted cats/kittens. Unwanted kittens may become feral if someones cat has had kittens and they cannot re-home them or afford to keep them. Please contact us if you have kittens that you cannot find homes for. It is against the law to dump any animal and doing so contributes to feral numbers increasing and the suffering of those cats.

By neutering feral cats, we help to reduce the number of kittens born outdoors, often in unsafe situations, and curbs unwanted behaviour patterns (tom cats fighting, spraying, females calling when in season).

You can read more here about why it is important to neuter your pet, even if they are an indoor cat.

Support & Guidance

When you adopt a cat or kitten from Sunshine Cat Rescue you will receive an adoption pack.

Our adoption packs include information about your new feline friend, tips for settling them into their new home, as well as some useful information to keep your kitty safe.

We provide signposting to various services; help with Vet bills, behaviour problems, lost cats, etc.

While we work with multiple different Veterinary practices across the county, as our fosterers are also spread across the county, we cannot recommend any specific Vets.

We may not be able to answer every question we are asked, but we will help where we can and direct you elsewhere when we can't.

TEL: 01993 831 279

(Please leave a message if we are unable to answer the phone,
and please call your Vet in the case of an emergency)

Sunshine Cat Rescue