Supporting Animal Welfare with The Mayhew Animal Home by The Mayhew Animal Home

Supporting Animal Welfare with The Mayhew Animal Home

What we do at The Mayhew

Established since 1886, The Mayhew Animal Home is one of the busiest and most effective animal welfare organisations in London today, helping thousands of animals escape a life of cruelty and neglect every year and tackling animal welfare issues through prevention and education. We are a recognised animal welfare and rehoming charity in London and internationally. We work to encourage responsible pet ownership and promote neutering as the most humane method of addressing the pet overpopulation crisis that we face.

misuse and mistreatment of dogs. Community Vet Clinic Our highly skilled team of registered vets and veterinary nurses in our Community Vet Clinic offer pet treatment, care and neutering at low cost so that pet care is affordable to everyone. We offer microchipping, health and dental checks, vaccinations, worming and de-fleaing.

training centre where we train UK vet the latest neutering surgery and care

College of Animal Welfare.

of animals every year.

Mayhew International is our overseas arm where we work in countries including

and helping pet owners

working with animal organisations,

Our adoption team works hard to rehome

universities and training facilities,

the hundreds of abandoned and neglected

governments and authorities we progress

dogs and cats that arrive into our care to

animal welfare and education, neutering

loving, forever families.

and rabies prevention programmes which

of community-based animal care, education and welfare projects. Our team of Animal Welfare Officers respond daily to emergency cases of dumped and neglected animals, as well as working with the homeless, elderly and vulnerable to help them care and look after their pets. They also educate animal carers and owners in the community on standards of welfare and work tirelessly to address the issues of irresponsible pet ownership. The team strive to contain and control the feral cat population through our Trap Neuter Return programme and they work with local councils, housing associations and the Metropolitan Police to address the

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Russia, Georgia, India and Afghanistan. Through our international projects

through our innovative and broad range

• Reach a wider audience

Working overseas

Promoting animal welfare

We work to prevent animal welfare issues

• Strengthen relationships within your teams by working towards a common goal. Animals are close to a lot of people’s hearts!

• Elevate your profile and brand within the animal lovers’ community

techniques. We also offer a Diploma in

lottery funding. We rely on the generosity

enable us to care for and help thousands

• Develop and fulfil your Corporate Social Responsibility goals

• Develop new skills within your team

students, vet nurses and overseas vets on

Animal Care in conjunction with the

sponsors, and the general public, who

We can help you to:

Our Vet Clinic is an approved veterinary

The Mayhew receives no government or and support of corporate and business

How supporting The Mayhew can benefit your business

relieves the suffering of animals globally and helps local communities.

in 2015 We rehomed

dogs to loving families

Adopting The Mayhew

Can’t adopt an animal? Don’t worry, you

• Give As You Earn: Tax free way of

can adopt The Mayhew as your charity! Below are just a few examples of how you can do this. There are lots of ways to

donating through your salary • TheraPaws Visit: Donate funds to have a TheraPaws dog come to your office and

tailor your support to fit in with your time

help your staff de-stress!

and resources. • Charity of the Week, Month or Year:

• Gift in Kind: Donating items in kind such as prize items, event equipment or

Choose to support The Mayhew for the

services is a really great way to help us.

amount of time that suits you. You could ask customers to add £1 to their

• Joint Marketing and Promotion:

bill, hold a collection in your work place or

Got a great idea on how we can work

come up with your own exciting and

together? Get in touch!

fun ways to fundraise. • Sponsorship: Opportunities to sponsor • Events: Take part in one of our many challenges, come along to any one of our various events or hold your own event to help us. A great, fun way to support us!

our therapaws dogs went on

504 visits in 2015

in 2015 We rehomed

452 cats to loving families

veterinary and animal welfare training at The Mayhew.

Fundraising for The Mayhew

Whether you choose to adopt us as your charity for the year or just take part in one-off fundraising for us, there are so many different ways to get involved. Below are just a few ideas: • Sponsored bring your dog to work day • Sponsored casual dress day • Fine staff that take the lift instead of the stairs • Everyone bring in a baby photo and pay to guess who is who! • Lunch time or after work quiz: challenge your rival department.

• Fine those that turn up late to meetings • Sponsored job swap: sponsor your boss to work on reception for a day • Fill a jar with sweets and goodies and pay to guess how many are inside. The person who gets the closest wins the treats! • Sponsored tea break: bring homemade cakes and invite others to spend what they would normally would in a coffee shop. • Office Olympics: pay to enter chair racing or words per minute contest.

Promoting your brand through The Mayhew’s events

At The Mayhew Animal Home we

Open Day

Challenge events

What The Mayhew can offer in return

organise and hold several major

This is a unique chance for our supporters,

Your business or organisation can get

Supporting The Mayhew can be a rewarding

fundraising events throughout the year so

families and their dogs to visit The Mayhew

involved with our fundraising challenge

experience, not only by promoting your

that we can help more animals and

and see behind the scenes. With a rehomed

events, including running, cycling and sky

brand and products to our supporters but

improve their lives. Our events offer you a

dog parade, demonstrations, Vet Clinic

diving. Your employees’ involvement can

also being associated with a leading animal

range of opportunities to promote your

tours and fun stalls and games, our

really make a difference to the thousands

welfare and rehoming charity with London,

brand and products to an animal-friendly

supporters and traders come together as

of cats and dogs that we rescue and save

UK and international recognition. We offer

and diverse family audience and associate

we close off the street and throw open

and it’s easy to set up a team and get

a range of opportunities for exposure

your brand with a recognised animal

our doors to the public.

fundraising. We have places on several

when you support us, including:

welfare and rehoming charity.

exciting challenge events throughout the

Hounds on the Heath

year so there really is something for

Tinsel and Tails

Our main summer event takes place at

Our glitziest event of the year is Tinsel

Hampstead Heath welcoming supporters,

and Tails, our Christmas Gala fundraiser

families and passers-by to take part in

celebrating our achievements over the

dog shows, meet our celebrity judges and

As well as our major annual events, we

year with over 200 of our supporters.

browse our many stalls. This is a truly fun

also introduce a variety of new events to

Featuring a 3-course meal, celebrity

day out for both our two-legged and

the calendar each year so please do get

attendance, a raffle and an auction, the

four-legged friends!

in touch if you would like to support us

evening is packed with excitement, anticipation and emotion.

everyone! Could your team become Pawsome fundraisers for The Mayhew?

but feel there is nothing suitable for

Christmas Fair

your organisation.

The Mayhew offers guests the chance to