Megan is one of weekly volunteers and has been helping care for the animals here for almost a year now. Megan is always willing to help out where necessary and has become one of our reliable event volunteers. I had previously heard about volunteering from my Aunt Pauline who also used to volunteer at the…

Will you join our Team Cat and beat the Sainsbury’s Team Dog?? For one day only we will take on the team at the Sainsbury’s in Sale to a bike riding challenge, to determine the answer to the age old question: who are the better species, Cats or Dogs? We are looking for people to…

By Nicola, Fundraiser We are putting together a team of dedicated volunteers who will be an integral part of fundraising for our animals. Could you get involved? We are looking for people who see the value in fundraising activities from events to administration and know that this kind of work is crucial for helping abandoned…

By Nicola, Fundraiser Our Summer Fair yesterday was a huge success and we are delighted to announce that we raised over £3800 for our animals! A big thank you to everyone who came along, volunteered before and during the event and those who donated vouchers, raffle prizes, food, drinks, money and time. We couldn’t do…

By Nicola, Fundraiser We are super excited to announce that Sainsbury’s Sale and Sainsbury’s Local (Washway Road) have both chosen the SAA to be their charity of the year! When we called on our supporters in a last minute rush for votes, we never would have thought we might win the vote on both stores…

By Nicola O’Brien, Fundraiser We have just found out that we have been nominated by TWO local Sainsbury’s stores to be in with a chance to be their Charity of the Year! This could give us a chance to win much needed funds for our animals and donations of animal food, anything from £1000-£5000! BUT…

By Nicola, Fundraiser Last Sunday we held our annual fun Dog Show at our rescue which saw over 60 dogs take part in our classes for a chance to win trophies and doggy goodies! We raised £2035 for our animals, which will help us to feed not just our dogs, but our cats and rabbits…

It’s National Volunteers’ week! We want to use this week to celebrate our volunteers, as we literally couldn’t help animals without them. Our volunteers are the people that make our charity what it is. For the animals in our care, the volunteers mean the world. These are the people who clean them out every day,…

By Nicola, Fundraiser Last Sunday 10th May, 30 people took the 10k challenge for animals in the Manchester Great run. I joined the runners before the race to take photos and give them a cheer onwards for their challenge. Approaching the meeting point I passed people wearing running t-shirts and vests in all different colours,…