OUR PEOPLE

GEORGINA COSTI, HEAD OF CATTERY:

“2022 was a year of change for the cattery team, with our old Head of Cattery moving onto pastures new and myself stepping up into the post, after seven years as Cat Welfare Coordinator. With changes to our operations, we were able to help a lot more people who were unable to continue to care for their pet cats and we had a very successful year with adoptions. We were able to help rehome some of our longer stays, like Sylvester and Tonka who were with us over nine months, which was particularly heart-warming.”

CHLOE WATKINSON, KENNEL CARER, ADOPTION OFFICER & FOSTERING COORDINATOR:

“2022 was a busy year for Kennels. The cost-of-living crisis, amongst other issues, showed itself in the fact we received far more strays than usual. Luckily, we were able to reunite most of these with their owners and rehome some of the rest to lovely homes. A bright spot of the year was when one of our long stayers, Mickey, was happily rehomed after six long months with us!”

CAROLINE BASMA, VOLUNTEER RECEPTIONIST AND THERAPAWS COORDINATOR:

“It has been so exciting getting these amazing dogs and gorgeous volunteers back to their venues. My first goal was to get four volunteers back up and running and we achieved 11 volunteers and 13 dogs, who visit a variety of locations including primary schools, hospitals, care homes, adolescent mental health and eating disorder clinics.

“I love hearing how the visits are going and the benefits they bring - from the children learning to read, to teenagers with eating disorders and the elderly having improved wellbeing. If nothing else, it is a great start to a conversation and the volunteers often hear stories about childhood dogs and happy memories.

“There are too many highlights to single out and would not want to mention any in isolation. It really has been wonderful to meet the volunteers and work alongside the Mayhew team to get this unique programme restarted. I have learned so much.

“I really look forward to our new TheraPaws Coordinator joining and assisting them to get TheraPaws further established.”

We are proud and honoured to have staff members who have dedicated many years of their lives to our work for dogs and cats. In 2022, these team members reached milestone work anniversaries: thank you for all you do.

5 YEARS:

Chloe Watkinson – Kennel Carer, Adoption Officer & Fostering Co-ordinator

Emma Robinson - Veterinary Surgeon

10 YEARS:

Matt Pearson - Cat Adoptions Officer

Joy Cox - Donor Development and Database Officer

20 YEARS:

Sue Barrett – Receptionist

Dr Mo – Country Director, Afghanistan

25 YEARS:

Lisa Guiney - Head of Operations & Acting Head of Clinic