Latest Updates:

August: Ongoing update of Cats for Adoption, page.

             Lost and Found Registers Updated.

             Events page updated.

             If you do have any difficulties navigating the site or if you find any dead
             links then please don’t hesitate to contact me.
            
 

CURRENT BRANCH VACANCIES
We are currently in need of the following volunteers:-

Publicity Officer
To be responsible for keeping the Branch profile as high as possible in the local media.
To maintain a good rapport with local press contacts
To publicise Branch events, cats needing homes, etc.

Homing Officer
To be responsible for placing all Branch cats in suitable homes and ensuring that home visits are carried out.
To receive telephone calls from members of the public wishing to adopt a cat or kitten
To liaise with the Publicity Officer regarding ongoing publicity for re-homing of cats and kittens.

Both posts require people with good organisational and people skills.
In the first instance, please contact our Branch Co-Ordinator on 01993 831350 for more information.

We are also in need of a ‘runner’ who can support the Branch with jobs such as taking cats to and from vets, distributing supplies to the fosterers. This would ideally suit a retired person with their own transport. Mileage will be paid.

And the final request, we desperately need more Fosterers! If you could offer a temporary home to a cat or kitten for anything from a few days to a few months, our Co-ordinator would love to hear from you!

For more information please contact our our Branch Co-Ordinator.

BRANCH AREA
The Branch area spreads from Chipping Norton in the North to Kidlington in the East, Faringdon in the South and Stow on the Wold in the West. We also cover Lechlade, Northleach and Bourton on the Water. This is a massive area and we are always looking for new volunteers to help out in any way they can as well as for new venues for events. Please see the How to Help page for more information.

ONLINE FUNDRAISING
We have an online ‘shop’ which can be found here. Any purchases made through the shop will mean a donation to this Branch, at NO COST TO YOU! You will find links to everything from bank accounts and credit cards through to High Street stores and Broadband. If you shop regularly through Amazon.co.uk then accessing the site through our shop means a donation will be made to our Branch on any purchases made. Please bookmark the shop and remember to visit every time you go shopping.

STAMPS
Please can you continue to save all of your used English and Foreign stamps for the benefit of West Oxfordshire Branch Cats Protection.  Please make sure that you leave plenty of paper around the stamps when you cut them from the envelope.
You can either send them to the Branch Co-ordinator or pass them to one of our representatives at an event.

2006 - A total of 135 cats and kittens were successfully re-homed

2007 - A total of 167 cats and kittens were successfully re-homed

2008 - 19 Cats and 20 Kittens re-homed between January and June
           July - 4 cats and 11 kittens

BBC News - Jan 2008 - LIFELESS CAT REVIVED AFTER BLAZE

A lifeless cat was rescued from a burning house and revived by firefighters on new Year’s Eve.

Crews called to Coxford Road, Aldermoor in Southampton, arrived to find smoke and flames coming from the ground floor and first floor of the home.

There were fears that people were trapped inside but firefighters who entered the semi-detached home found only an unconscious ginger cat.

They revived the animal using oxygen therapy and left it with neighbours.

We have lots of things happening over the next few weeks,
so please check out our Events page!


If you would like to host an event or if you are involved in a school or village fete and would like us to attend with our stall, please contact our Fundraiser.
 

BBC News - April 2008 - CAT SAVES RESIDENTS FROM FLAMES

Residents at an apartment block in Oxfordshire had a lucky escape from a fire after a cat raised the alarm.

Lucky woke her owner up after the blaze broke out in the ground floor flat in Florence House in Bath Road, Banbury in the early hours of Saturday. The other residents were shaken but unhurt in the fire, which was caused by an electrical fault.

Two fire crews used breathing apparatus, high pressure carbon dioxide and water jets to tackle the fire. Chris Wilson, station manager for Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, said the block of flats had a fire alarm but its battery had been removed. He urged people to check their fire alarms regularly to make sure they are working.

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 05 Oct 2008

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