Farplace Animal Rescue

Farplace Animal Rescue is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1126812).

Farplace Animal Rescue is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1126812). It began by taking in animals at its Farplace home in Weardale, and it now runs NASA – The National Animal Sanctuary Alliance, a support organisation for other no-kill rescues. Its purpose is to relieve the suffering of animals in need of care and attention, in particular by providing and maintaining rescue homes or other facilities for them. It also gives grants to help other rescues in need at home and abroad, between £500 and £10,000 each, and its grants to institutions totalled £91,152 in its most recent reported year.

Priority Areas

Farplace Animal Rescue's grants support other no-kill animal rescues, with particular attention to very small rescues that are struggling to survive and to strengthening rescue capability. The foundation describes backing rescues that share its vision for no-kill animal rescue. Its grant programme is accessed through membership of the National Animal Sanctuary Alliance. Rescue organisations may be charities, non-profits or groups of caring individuals, and applicants must accept the alliance's principles. Its stated grant-making reach extends across the UK and beyond.

Themes

• No-kill animal rescue

Geographic Focus

All around the world.

Organisations must first join Animal NASA and accept its principles before applying for a grant.

Who can apply:

• Grants Programme
  • In order to apply for a grant, you need to join Animal NASA and accept our principles.
  • A commitment to neutering and belief in high volume neutering programmes as an effective way to reduce the number of animals entering the rescue world.
  • A willingness to work with other members of NASA to share vacancies when they have room for certain types of animals.
  • A support to the principle of actively recruiting foster carers to increase rescue capacity in an area, including if focused on difficult animals.
  • A commitment to offering advice to people who are struggling with their pets and a desire to develop new ways to help people keep their animals. The more we can prevent the need for rescue from homes who are genuinely struggling, the more lives can be saved.
  • A commitment to adoption, only keeping those animals who are unable to be adopted or other animals until they are adopted. Adoption is crucial to saving more lives. Promoting animals needing a home with effective PR.
  • Ensuring any lost animals are traced and returned to their families by encouraging microchipping and effective PR.
  • Valuing volunteers in fostering, promotion and care work to enable more to be done.
  • A commitment to high quality vet care, including vaccination and care plans.
  • Rescue organisations can be charities or non-profits, and can also be groups of caring individuals.

What the charity says:

• Members are considered before non-members in grant allocations. (as reported in other published sources)