RSPCA - How you can help

For more than 180 years the RSPCA has been working to relieve the suffering of animals, and much of its work has been funded by the generous gifts of animal loving individuals.

The RSPCA has never received any direct financial support from the government, yet the costs of preventing cruelty and promoting kindness never seem to stop rising. Our running costs are currently over £95 million a year.

Of course, animal lovers can support our cause in many ways because no matter how large or small the contributions, everything helps towards giving an animal a better life.

There are many ways of sending a donation to the RSPCA. You can make a credit card donation online or send a cheque/postal order/credit card donation by post. Overseas payments may be made by Eurocheque or international money order. Unfortunately we cannot accept foreign cheques due to high bank commission rates.

Here are a few examples of what your donation could do:
£5 could feed a cat for a week
£10 could safely board a cruelty case horse for a day
£25 could kit out an inspector with hard hat, boots and life jacket
£50 could help equip an inspector's van with an animal first-aid kit, pet carrier and animal catching set

To find out more about how charities use your money, how fundraising is regulated and what to do if you have a complaint visit http://www.charityfacts.org/.

As an individual there are many ways you can give to help the animals we protect. And don't forget, if you are a tax payer through your salary, pension or investments, you can increase the value of your gift by nearly a third - at no cost to you - through Gift Aid.

Payroll giving is an excellent way for employees to make tax-free donations to the RSPCA. If your employer is registered to accept payroll giving you can request a deduction from your gross salary and your gift will automatically be increased by nearly a third as the tax is passed to us direct.

The RSPCA is funded directly through you, the public. We receive no government funding.

Every contribution, no matter how big or small, will go towards helping needy animals.

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