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Enter our ‘Rescue Pet’ photographic competition and your very own rescue could star on the front cover of the 2022 Danaher Animal Home Calendar. In addition, the winner will receive a voucher to attend their local Barrett & Coe Studio for a Pet Portrait valued at £160. 

We are looking for high resolution photographs of rescue pets either on their own, or with their forever family. Pets adopted from any rescue organisations are welcome to enter. We ask that under 18’s do not appear in the photographs, and that pets are not dressed up. Any photographs in breach of these terms will not be published or entered. 

Entries cost £2.50 per photograph, and the competition will close at 10am on Monday 9th August 2021.

Please email your entries to [email protected]

Preferred payment is via Bank Transfer to:

RSPCA Danaher Animal Home

Account Number 00536861

Sort code 30-91-14

Reference: Calendar Competition

Alternatively contact the Centre directly to arrange payment by telephone on 0300 111 4321, or by email to [email protected]

After the closing date all entries will be shortlisted, and the winner will be judged by a representative from Barrett & Coe. The winning photograph will appear on the front cover of the 2022 Danaher Animal Home Calendar. 

All entries may be made public on social media, websites, in the press, or any other media and by entering your photograph you agree to this.

Full Terms and Conditions – please read these before sending us your photos. 

By sending us your photos you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions:

• The 2022 Danaher Calendar Photo Competition is open to all UK residents, including Danaher volunteers, but excluding Danaher staff.
• Closing date for entries is 10am on Monday 9th August 2021, and any photos submitted after this time will not be entered into the competition.
• Anyone under the age of 18 years old sending a photograph to enter the competition must first gain the permission of their parent or guardian. Please ensure your parent or guardian submits the photograph on your behalf.
• All photos must be your own. The pet must either belong to you, or someone else in your household, in which case you must have the owner’s permission to submit the photos. Failure to do so will result in removal from the competition.
• Entrants must not be professional photographers. For the purposes of this competition, a professional photographer will be considered to be someone who makes more than half their annual income from the sale of their photographs.
• Children under the age of 18 should not appear in the photographs, and any entries in breach of this will not be entered and will be deleted.
• Animals should not be dressed up, and any entries that are thought to compromise animal welfare or safety will not be published or entered into the competition.
• More than one photo per animal may be submitted, but only one will be shortlisted.
• Since the winning photograph will appear on the 2022 Danaher Animal Home Calendar photographs need to be of high resolution.
• Please submit your photograph entries by email to:
•  [email protected]
• When sending your photos please include your name, the name of your ‘Rescue Pet’, the names of any other animals and people in the photo, and the name of the organisation from where your ‘Rescue Pet’ was adopted.
• Entry fee is £2.50 per photograph. 
• Preferred payment is via Bank Transfer to: RSPCA Danaher Animal Home, Account Number 00536861, Sort code 30-91-14, Reference - Danaher Calendar Competition.
• Danaher Animal Home can be contacted directly to arrange payment by telephone on 0300 111 4321, or by email to [email protected]
• After the closing date entries will be shortlisted, and the winner will be judged by a representative from Barrett & Coe. 
• The winner may be required to participate in publicity related to the competition which may include the publication of their name, name of their pet and their photograph in any media.
• All entries may also be made public via social media, websites, the press, or any other media. By entering your photograph, you agree to this.
• The winning photograph will appear on the front cover of the 2022 Danaher Animal Home Calendar, and by entering your photograph you agree to this.
• The winner will receive a voucher to attend their local Barrett & Coe Studio for a Pet Portraiture valued at £160 – this comprises of a one-hour portrait worth £75 and a 6x8 inch framed photo worth £85. The winner must contact the studio to book their appointment within 1 month of receiving the voucher, and the voucher expires 3 months from that date.
• The prize is non-exchangeable, non-transferable and no cash alternative is offered.
• Danaher reserves the right to replace the prize with an alternative prize of equal or higher value if circumstances beyond Danaher's control, makes it necessary to do so.
• The decision of Danaher regarding any aspect of the competition is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into about it.
• Danaher reserves the right to hold void, cancel, suspend, or amend the competition where it becomes necessary to do so.
• Personal data supplied during the course of this promotion may be passed on to third party suppliers only to the extent required for fulfilment/delivery/arrangement of the prize and for appearance of the winning photograph on the calendar.
• Your privacy is important to us, so we will always keep your details secure and we will never share your data with other organisations for their marketing purposes. Information about how we use your personal data is set out in our privacy policy, published at https://www.danaheranimalhome.org.uk/policies/
• This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.

For the first time in a number of years we have made the decision to raise our adoption fees. The new adoption fees will come into affect from Thursday 15th July 2021. Any appointments that have been made prior to the changes won't have to pay any extra. 

KITTENS (UP TO 6 MONTHS): £115-00

CATS (6 MONTHS – 12 YEARS): £90-00

SENIOR CATS (12 YEARS+): £75-00

PUPPIES (UP TO 12 MONTHS): £250-00

DOGS (12 MONTHS+): £200-00

PAIR OF DOGS: £350-00

RABBITS: £50-00

GUINEA PIGS: 20-00

HAMSTERS/MICE/RATS/GERBILS/DEGUS: £8-00

SMALL BIRDS: £8-00

COCKATIELS: £12-00

Danaher Animal Home launches Meet & Greet building appeal

Danaher Animal Home, near Wethersfield, is kicking off National Pet Month (April 1 - May 10) by launching a major fundraising campaign for a new multi-purpose Meet & Greet and dog training area.

The home has already raised more than £45,000 towards the project and hopes to double that total with help from local businesses, organisations and individual donors.

Chief Executive, Deborah Satchell, says: “National Pet Month is all about promoting responsible pet ownership, creating awareness of the benefits of living with pets and encouraging fundraising for pet welfare charities, so we thought it was the perfect time to launch our campaign.

“We know this is a really big ask at such a difficult time for everyone, but we truly believe the new building will go a long way to improving successful long-term rehoming for the many animals we take in every year.

“It doesn’t matter how big or small the donation, every penny counts and we will be incredibly grateful for any support to help us transform the lives of unwanted pets.”

Every year the Home takes in around 250 dogs, giving them a safe and secure temporary home whilst making every effort to find them a permanent new home with loving owners.

Deborah says it’s really important to have a secure indoor space where animals can take time to get to know their potential new owners and have safe off-the-lead introductions with any existing pets in a family.

At 10m x 20m, the new building will also provide space for the Home’s experts to carry out behavioural training and there are plans to install typical household items, such as vacuum cleaners, hairdryers and TVs, to help the dogs acclimatise to different noises and appliances.

Longer-term, it is hoped the building will also be used for educational events promoting animal welfare to local schools and other interested groups.

The full cost of the project is expected to be around £90,000 and, having lost more than £120,000 through the closure of its charity shops and cancellation of fundraising events because of the pandemic, Deborah says she hopes local organisations may consider supporting the charity as part of their corporate social responsibility programmes.

She concluded: “This is an excellent opportunity for organisations and individuals to join us in our ongoing commitment to supporting the lives of the dogs in need and give them the best chance of a happy and content forever home.

“At the same time, we want use this opportunity to share the skills and experience we have in animal welfare with the wider community. We believe it’s really important to do everything we can to help educate people about caring for animals and, as we currently don’t have the space to do so, this building will finally enable our goal to become a reality.”

For more information about Danaher and how to help, please visit www.danaheranimalhome.org.uk 

For more information on National Pet Month, please visit https://www.nationalpetmonth.org.uk/

CORONAVIRUS COVID-19

The team are working hard and ensuring all the animals are well taken care of and the site is still closed to the public. Please do not break government rules by arriving at the Centre unless you have an appointment.

With strict safety measures being put in place for the safety of the public and our staff, we have started rehoming Dogs and Cats as well as our Small Animals. If you are interested in an animal please send in your completed application form. This will then be given to the member of staff caring for him/her. The staff member may call you if they feel you are a suitable candidate to discuss the measures we are taking and talk to you about the animal in question. It would be of benefit to the animals and yourselves if you can have your tenancy agreement to allow animals at the property, if you are renting, when you send in your application as this speed up the rehoming process.

We would like to reassure you our staff are still looking after the animals and government guidelines are still in place with staff being in 3 different teams to allow us to reduce the risk to our staff so they can continue to look after the animals.

Unfortunately we are still not able to accept new volunteers applications at this time but we are still exploring how we might be able to in the future. We know this is frustrating but we ask you to please bear with us. The last thing we want to do is put you, or our team or the animals at any unnecessary risk.

We are happy to be announcing our Charity Shops will be reopening 12th April 2021.

You will still be able to drop off donations to the Centre, please leave them by the door and do not enter the building. However we are unable to take duvets. You are also welcome to use our wish list https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/38G74LH26WN1S/ref=cm_go_nav_hz?fbclid=IwAR0rEG5VdPhjhlu2scMy53LiPUQiaetppWfW031g0EMnSksdLZSdInqo_zk

The Danaher Team would like to thank everyone for their continued support especially in this difficult situation. 

If you have an emergency or concerned about an animal’s welfare please call 0300 1234 999

A big thank you from everyone at Danaher Animal Home to animal artist and cartoonist Ann Edwards, who has kindly donated a series of images for our new Christmas card collection.

Animal artist and cartoonist Ann Edwards has donated a series of images to help Essex-based Danaher Animal Home raise funds with its newly-launched Christmas card collection. Three cards featuring Ann’s designs are now available exclusively in Danaher’s charity shops in Braintree, Chelmsford, Dunmow, Witham, Haverhill, Sudbury and they are also available at Danaher Animal Home in their reception shop. They are part of a series of nine different cards with the aim of appealing to a wide range of customers. The charity is hoping the new range, which also includes gift tags, will help it recoup some of the thousands of pounds it has lost this year due to the cancellation of fundraising activities and the previous temporary closure of its shops and the Centre itself. Ann, whose popular Chef and Sue characters appear every week in the Waitrose Weekend magazine, is well-known for her quirky designs and she has seen her work exhibited in top London galleries and overseas, as well as on a wide range of licensed products. A long-time animal lover, she has always taken her inspiration from the real-life adventures of her own pets – including a parrot – and says she jumped at the chance to support Danaher’s fundraising efforts. “I’m a sucker for rescue animals and when I was asked to contribute to help Danaher at this difficult time, I was only too happy to help,” she said. “The three designs chosen are some of my favourite images, I hope that they bring a smile to the faces of anyone who buys them and receives them.” Julia Askam, Danaher’s area retail manager, said: “We were thrilled and grateful for Ann’s generous donation of her images and we are delighted to say they are already flying out of our shops. “It has been a very difficult year for fundraising and every card or charity item purchased is very much appreciated. We hope all animal fans will love these cards as much as we do. For every pack purchased they are helping us give the animals in our care the best possible future.” As well as Ann’s designs, the card range also features a portrait of a snow-covered bridge taken at Howe Street, near Great Waltham, and a number of other cute and cuddly animal designs.

For more information on how to support Danaher Animal Home and details of its shop locations, please visit www.danaheranimalhome.org.uk.

To see more of Ann’s work, please visitwww.annedwardsart.co.uk