Help animals in Sussex - pets & farm animals

There are lots of pets and farm animals charities you can get involved with in Sussex and some - such as the Brooke - help animals further afield in countries.  A few of them are listed below - this is a work in progress!

Visit Animals Charities and Take Action for Wildlife Conservation to see what you can do to help animals all over the world

June 2025:  An urgent appeal:   The Lotus Lamb and Sheep Sanctuary urgently need to raise £15,000 to move 200 animals to their new home.  Please find out more and donate if you can here.

June 2025:  Retired greyhounds 'harder to rehome' since pandemic....  Find out more and visit Brighton Retired Greyhounds here

June 2025:  Can you imagine doing dental surgery on a rescued bear?   International Animal Rescue's vet team went to Armenia to do just that!  Find out more here

A date for your diary:  30 August 2025:  It's the ABC Animal Sanctuary's Annual Open Weekend!   Find out all about it here

May 2025:  BBC:  Sussex:  Reptile centre needs new home over growing demand  -  Visit the Sussex Reptile Rescue Centre's website

1. Moorcroft Racehorse Welfare Centre rehabilitates racehorses for second careers or as companion animals
2. Little Bramley Farm  Horses Sanctuary is based in East Sussex
3. Last Chance Animal Rescue (okay, so they are in Kent, strictly speaking but give or take a few miles, it's all for the animals & my direction was never brilliant - they are in Edenbridge)
4. Sussex Pet Rescue  works to help small animal charities in Sussex
5. Lost Cats (Brighton)
6. Mount Noddy Animal Centre (near Chichester, an RSPCA branch that is entirely self-financing)
7. Cats Protection - HQ is at Chelwood Gate, near East Grinstead, & there's plenty of branches & some charity shops to get involved with
8. Celia Hammond Animal Trust helps stray, abandoned and unwanted animals.  It operates in London and the South East
9. Dogs Trust, Shoreham
10. ABC Animal Sanctuary in West-Chiltington, West-Sussex takes in all kinds of animals such as cats, pigs, equines, donkeys, birds and goats that are seeking safe place to live
11. RSPCA - the HQ is just outside Horsham and the RSPCA has branches around Sussex
12. Wadars - the rehabilitation of wildlife &  the rescue & re-homing of domestic pets, based in Worthing
13. Paws Animal Sanctuary, Findon
14. Raystede, Ringmer, East Sussex, caring for birds, cats, dogs, equine, wildlife & more
15. The Cinnamon Trust always needs volunteers around the country to help the elderly & terminally ill with pet care, whether they are in care homes or their own home
16. International Animal Rescue helps wild & domestic animals with rescue & rehabilitation, including cutting free the dancing bears of India
17. The Blue Cross, including a need for volunteers to go into schools to talk to children about responsible pet ownership 
18. Paws & Claws Animal Rescue Service, Sayers Common, West Sussex
19. Kit Wilson Trust for Animal Welfare - animal rescue & re-homing plus wildlife rehabilitation & rescue & wildlife emergency help line.  Based in Hadlow Down, East Sussex
20. Raystede, in East Sussex,  works to rescue, rehabilitate, rehome and provide sanctuary for animals in need. 
21. Rabbit Welfare Association & Fund for rabbits, aiming to ensure they are cared for with understanding, kindness and insight
22. Cat Welfare Sussex is dedicated to the welfare of stray, feral and abandoned cats within the area.
23. The Oldies - rescues & re-homes older dogs in many parts of the UK
24. Croydon Animal Samaritans - volunteers & fosterers always needed
25. Noah's Ark Reptile & Animal Rescue Centre near Chichester
26. The Brooke - help fundraise for horses, mules & donkeys around the world.