Cat and kitten rehoming centres covering Sussex (East). Adopt a cat from your local rescue shelter.
Organisations are listed alphabetically. Please browse through the page to locate rescues nearest you.
Based in Bexhill. Providing safe haven for abandoned or unwanted animals of all kinds. Animals are placed in new, loving homes where possible, or given lifelong sanctuary if unhomeable. Animals are given medical treatment when necessary, and are neutered. Sponsorship and membership welcomed.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the sanctuary as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Support Shop: St. Leonards Road, Bexhill to raise funds for sanctuary - closed Wednesday.
Rescue Sanctuary: Pipzedene, Freezeland Lane, Bexhill-on-sea, East Sussex, TN39 5JD. Weather permitting, the Sanctuary is open from April to October, 2 - 5pm on Sundays, or by appointment, and includes a tea room and shop. The sanctuary is wheelchair accessible. Over 500 animals are cared for in 12 acres of land.
Tel: 01424 222032
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Website: www.barbykeelanimalsanctuary.org
Registered Charity no. 1032117
Based in Hastings. Rescuing and rehoming unwanted, stray and abandoned cats in East Sussex. As well as their regular furry residents, they always have lots of super, Mature Mogs, and Senior Kittizens looking for loving homes!
Adopt a Cat: Contact the shelter as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Lost & Found Register: The group also runs a lost and found register for the area.See their website for details.
Help! Goods & Sponsors Needed: Saleable items always needed to help raise vital funds for cats in their care, and new sponsors needed to help pay for the care of the unhomeable cats being looked after by the rescue.
Tel: 01424 429904
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Website: www.catcall.org.uk
Rescuing and rehoming cats and kittens in the Bexhill and Eastbourne areas. A sponsorship scheme is also in place for long term care of elderly and disabled cats. All cats are neutered before rehoming.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the rescue as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Tel: 01424 212264 or 07798 714621
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Registered Charity no. 1044866
Covering the Brighton & Hove area. A registered charity run entirely by volunteers, dedicated to the welfare of stray and unwanted cats both domestic and feral. They rescue, neuter and, where necessary, rehabilitate stray and feral cats, helping to prevent future unwanted litters. The Charity rescues and rehomes around 100-150 cats each year. No healthy cat is ever put to sleep.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the branch as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Neutering Assistance: A subsidised neutering service is provided where possible, for those unable to afford veterinary fees.
Registered Office: 164 Mile Oak Road, Portslade, East Sussex.
Rescue / Rehoming - Tel: 01273 423861
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Website: www.catwelfaresussex.com
Registered Charity no: 1017304
Based in Heathfield, East Sussex. Catastrophes helps with rehoming domestic cats, as well as assisting with neutering / relocating of feral cats.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the branch as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Rescue Shelter: Half Moon Cottage, Bakers Lane, Dallington, Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 9JS
Telephone: 01435 830212
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Website: www.catastrophescats.org
Registered Charity no. 203644
Covering Postcodes: postcodes BN1, BN2, BN3, BN41 and BN42. Run entirely by local volunteers, the branch undertakes rescue and rehoming, offers neutering assistance to those on low incomes, and promotes cat welfare. A home visit will be carried out prior to adoption.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the branch as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Neutering Assistance: Cats Protection offer a means tested scheme to neuter your cat for £10 at selected UK vet practices. Please contact 03000 12 12 12 then option 2 for the neutering department between 9:30am – 1pm to find out more.
Tel: 01273 610 306
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Website: www.cats.org.uk/brighton
National CP Helpline: 03000 12 12 12
Registered Charity no. 203644
Based in Eastbourne. Rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming cats. The centre has 34 cat pens and is always looking for loving homes for the cats in their care. Home visits will be carried out.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the branch as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Neutering Assistance: Cats Protection offer a means tested scheme to neuter your cat for £10 at selected UK vet practices. Please contact 03000 12 12 12 then option 2 for the neutering department between 9:30am – 1pm to find out more.
Rehoming Centre: 63 Marshfoot Lane, Hailsham, East Sussex, BN27 2RB. Open by appointment only.
Tel: 01323 440101
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Website: www.cats.org.uk/eastbourne
National CP Helpline: 03000 12 12 12
Registered Charity no. 203644
Covering from Halland to Saltdean. Rescuing and rehoming cats from sites in Seaford and Ringmer. Their vision is to ensure that every cat is given the chance of a life where it will be treated with kindness and an understanding of its needs.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the branch as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Neutering Assistance: Cats Protection offer a means tested scheme to neuter your cat for £10 at selected UK vet practices. Please contact 03000 12 12 12 then option 2 for the neutering department between 9:30am – 1pm to find out more.
Tel: 01323 892930
Email: Via the contact form on the Cat’s Protection Lewes, Sleaford & District website.
Website: www.cats.org.uk/lewes
National CP Helpline: 03000 12 12 12
Registered Charity no. 203644
Covering Ardingly to the North, Ansty and Bolney to the West, Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint to the South and Scaynes Hill to the East. The branch re-homes cats and kittens. They have seven pens at a local cattery to keep the cats until homes are found for them. They also neuter and feed feral cats.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the branch as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Neutering Assistance: Cats Protection offer a means tested scheme to neuter your cat for £10 at selected UK vet practices. Please contact 03000 12 12 12 then option 2 for the neutering department between 9:30am – 1pm to find out more.
Lost & Found Register: Details of lost and found cats are on their website.
Tel: 01444 647012
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Website: www.cats.org.uk/midsussex
National CP Helpline: 03000 12 12 12
Registered Charity no. 203644
Covering East Sussex and West Kent: Tunbridge Wells, Crowborough and surrounding districts, plus postcodes TN1-TN11, TN13, TN14, TN16, and TN19-TN22. This branch is run by a dedicated band of volunteers who rescue and re-home, stray and unwanted cats in the local area.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the branch as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Neutering Assistance: Cats Protection offer a means tested scheme to neuter your cat for £10 at selected UK vet practices. Please contact 03000 12 12 12 then option 2 for the neutering department between 9:30am – 1pm to find out more.
Lost & Found Register: In addition to rescuing and rehoming, the branch also runs a lost and found register.
Help! Cat Fosterers Needed: The branch would be pleased to hear from anyone who could volunteer as a cat fosterer for cats 'between homes', or if you have space in your garden for a cat pen (or two!).
Help! Volunteers Needed: The branch would love to hear from anyone able to volunteer some time to help, either with transporting cats to vets, manning a stall, or making home visits )and lots of other things besides!).
Tel: 01892 516377
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Website: www.cats.org.uk/tunbridgewells
National CP Helpline: 03000 12 12 12
Registered Charity no. 203644
Based in Sussex, but can rehome UK wide. The largest cat rehoming centre in the UK, finding homes for over 1,000 felines every year. The centre offers a matching service, to ensure the right cat goes to the right home. All cats in their care are vet checked, neutered if old enough and microchipped, prior to rehoming.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the rehoming centre as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Neutering Assistance: Cats Protection offer a means tested scheme to neuter your cat for £10 at selected UK vet practices. Please contact 03000 12 12 12 then option 2 for the neutering department between 9:30am – 1pm to find out more.
Rehoming Centre: United Kingdom Cat Centre, Chelwood Gate, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH17 7TT.
Tel: 01825 572850
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Website: www.cats.org.uk/ncac
National CP Helpline: 03000 12 12 12
Registered Charity no. 293787
Covering West Kent and East Sussex. Greenacres has a variety of cats needing homes; from pairs of kittens to elderly cats; cats needing homes with gardens and cats suitable for indoor-only homes; single cats, pairs or trio's; and (not forgetting) feral and semi-feral cats seeking suitable outdoor homes (ie farms, smallholdings, stables etc.)
Adopt a Cat: Contact the shelter as below to ask about cats needing homes
Help! Cat Sponsors Needed: More ‘Cat Sponsors’ needed for their un-homeable cats, could you help?
Head Office & Support Shop: High Street, Wadhurst, East Sussex, TN5 6AG.
Office Tel: 01892 783820 / 783367
Rehoming Centre & Sanctuary: Greenacres Rehoming Centre & Sanctuary, Stubb Lane, Brede, Nr Hastings, East Sussex, TN31 6BT.
Visiting: If you wish to visit please call to arrange an appointment.
Sanctuary Tel: 01424 882198 (please phone first for an appointment)
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Website: www.celiahammond.org
Based in Brighton, rehoming within 20 miles of Brighton & Hove. A privately owned, volunteer-run cat shelter. City Cat Shelter is at the forefront of Brighton's cat welfare and neutering programmes. The cattery homes around 250 unwanted cats per year. All cats are neutered, microchipped, treated against fleas and worms prior to adoption, and come with 4 weeks' free pet insurance.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the shelter as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Neutering Assistance: The Cat Shelter can arrange neutering at reduced rates for those on limited incomes.
Help! Volunteers Needed: The shelter relies on volunteers. Please get in touch if you can help.
Tel: 01273 606843
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Website: www.citycatshelter.co.uk
Based in Denton. Denton Cat Rescue are a small independent cattery in East Sussex. They aim is to provide a safe and friendly home to all residents, regardless of their age. They provide them with a home while they wait for someone to offer a home suitable for their independent means. They never put a healthy cat down. Stray cats are taken in, given any necessary veterinary care, neutered, treated for worms, vaccinated and microchipped before being rehomed.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the shelter as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Help! Items Needed: Funding for Denton Cat Rescue is raised by bric-a-brac sales.
Tel: 01273 517105
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Denton Cat Rescue Facebook Page
Registered Charity no. 1185069
Based in Crawley, rescuing cats that are in need, alone or vulnerable throughout Surrey and Sussex. Felines 1st rehomes cats that have been rescued or are no longer wanted, and promotes wider education of cat welfare within their area. Cats are neutered at 4 months.
Adopt a Cat: See Cats for Homing at This Shelter
Help! Fosterers Needed: Foster homes are always needed.
Postal Address: CCA, 1-2 The Orchard, Gleneagles Court, Brighton Road, Crawley RH10 6AD
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Website: www.felines1st.org
Registered Charity no. 1140628
Bases in Faversham, and near Sevenoaks. Happy Endings Rescue are a no-kill, vegan run rescue charity, rescuing and rehoming all species of animal. All cats for rehoming are vaccinated, microchipped, flea-treated, wormed, and neutered (if old enough).
Adopt a Cat: Contact the shelter as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Help! Volunteers Needed: If you can volunteer your time to help out, please contact Happy Endings as below.
Tel: 01795 530371
Email: Via the Contact Us page on the Happy Endings Rescue's website
Website: www.happyendingsrescue.org
Reg Charity No: 1166114
Based in Battle, East Sussex. Helping animals that have been abandoned, neglected or abused, or those whose owners’ circumstances have changed and they can no longer look after them. All cats are microchipped, neutered and will have been treated for fleas and worms prior to rehoming. Younger cats will be homed with a neutering agreement. Animals have a home for life at the sanctuary when rehoming is inappropriate.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the shelter as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Tel: 07980 380601
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Website: www.hollyviewanimalsanctuary.co.uk
Registered Charity no. 270419
Based in East Sussex. Providing rescue and rehabilitation of mainly cats and dogs, and a wide variety of other animals both domestic and wildlife. Good homes are always needed for the many animals in their care.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the shelter as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Support Shops: 40 High Street, Hailsham, BN27 1BB. Tel: 01323 849409 (Open Mon-Sat 9:30am-4:00pm); 106 High Street, Heathfield, TN21 8JD. Tel: 01435 868590 (Open Mon-Sat 9:30am-4:00pm); 6-7 Bell Ln, Uckfield, TN22 5DQ. Tel: 01825 763140 (Open Mon-Sat 9:30am-4:00pm)
Rehoming Centre: Stonehurst Lane, Hadlow Down, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 4ED
Tel: 01825 830444 (please phone between 10am and 4pm.)
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Website: www.kitwilsontrust.org.uk
Registered Charity no. 1144129
Based in Brighton, rehoming across Sussex. Kitty in the City Cat Rescue look after abandoned and homeless cats in foster homes prior to finding a new forever home. All cats and kittens are vet checked, vaccinated and treated for fleas and worms. All cats will be neutered prior to rehoming and kittens are rehomed on the understanding that neutering must take place at an appropriate age. Kitty in the City will carry out home checks before rehoming takes place and will carry out follow up visits to ensure that the cats has settled into the home environment.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the branch as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Help! Items Needed: Good quality items to sell or for raffle prizes always welcome.
Tel: 01273 279138
Website: www.kittyinthecitycatrescue.godaddysites.com
Registered Charity no. 1002349
Covering Kent, Surrey, Sussex and London. Rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming dogs, cats, rabbits and guinea pigs. All animals are health checked, inoculated & microchipped and are rehomed with 4 weeks free Pet Insurance. Last Chance Animal Rescue have a full neutering policy, and also operate a non destruction policy.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the shelter as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Tel: 01732 865530 or 01797 366620
Email: Via the Contact Form on Last Chance Animal Rescue Centre's Website
Website: www.lastchanceanimalrescue.co.uk
Registered Charity no. 1119083
Based in Portslade, Brighton, and covering East and West Sussex. Lost Cats Brighton aims to help people find their lost cats. They also take in stray cats, and rehome them after they have been health checked and microchipped. Lost Cats Brighton is a self-run organization. They never turn away a cat in need - no matter what the age.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the shelter as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Lost & Found Register: Lost Cats Brighton aims to help people find their lost cats.
Help! Fosterers Needed: More fosterers are desperately needed to look after cats between homes. Food, litter and vet bills are covered - you just provide the love and care. Can you provide a temporary home to a needy cat? The rescue also require long-term foster homes for elderly cats or cats with special requirements.
Help! Items Needed: Clean bedding, cat food, blankets, litter trays and any old wool for blankets wanted. Bric-a- brac for fundraising always welcome.
Tel: 01273 076944
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Website: www.lostcatsbrighton.org.uk
Registered Charity no. 1145775
Covering England, Scotland and Wales. OCWT is affiliated to the Oriental Cat Association and provides safehouse accommodation for cats of Oriental bloodlines. Undertaking the rescue and re-homing of Oriental Shorthair cats. Cats are sometimes available in various parts of the country, so if you are interested in giving an Oriental Shorthair a home the organisation keeps a waiting list. All homes are checked prior to adoption. Advice on the welfare of oriental cats available.The harder to home Orientals are cared for at the rehoming cattery in East Sussex until a home is found.
Adopt a Cat: See Cats for Homing at This Shelter
Tel: 01424 892618 or local rate: 08450 529655
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Website: www.ocwt.org (then click on 'cats needing homes')
Registered Charity no. 281075
Based in Haywards Heath. Rescuing, re-habilitating and re-homing stray and abandoned cats in Mid Sussex, and encouraging spaying & neutering to avoid future unwanted litters. Paws & Claws has dedicated quarters for old and harder to home cats. No cat is ever put to sleep, except on veterinary advice. All cats are neutered (neutering is advised to adopters of kittens), de-flea'd, wormed, microchipped and will have received any due vaccinations before rehoming.
Adopt a Cat: See Cats for Homing at This Shelter
Rescue Centre: Paws & Claws ARS, Coombe Down, London Rd, Sayers Common, W. Sussex, BN6 9HZ. Visitors are by appointment only.
Tel: 01273 831125
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Website: www.pawsandclaws-ars.org.uk
Registered Charity no. 237696
Rehoming within a 30 miles of Ringmer, Sussex. Alleviating animal cruelty, rehoming, providing sanctuary for animals in need and educating people about how to care for animals is at the heart of Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare. Each year they receive some 1500 new animals, and they always have a variety of cats seeking loving homes. All cats are health checked, neutered, vaccinated, treated against fleas and worms and microchipped.
Adopt a Cat: See Cats for Homing at This Shelter
Animal Centre: Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare, The Broyle, Ringmer, East Sussex, BN8 5AJ. Open 10am to 4pm daily.
Tel: 01825 840252
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Website: www.raystede.org
Registered Charity 1139407
Based near Gatwick, Surrey. A small, volunteer run rescue, rescuing and rehoming abandoned and neglected cats (and dogs)
in Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Essex and London. All cats will be neutered and vaccinated before rehoming.
Adopt a Cat: See Cats for Homing at This Shelter
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Website: www.rescueremediescatrescue.co.uk
Registered Charity no. 206314
Based in Hastings. Sussex East & Hastings Branch of RSPCA (which incorporates Bluebell Ridge Cat Rehoming Centre and Home from Home Dog Rehoming) is completely self funded and always pleased to receive any saleable items for their fundraising events. They always have cats looking for loving, new homes.
Adopt a Cat: See Cats for Homing at This Shelter
Help! Volunteers Needed: Anyone wishing to volunteer at the cattery or branch, or with fundraising events, please contact as below.
Rescue Centre: Bluebell Ridge RSPCA Cat Rehoming Centre, Chowns Hill, Hastings, East Sussex, TN35 4PA (Open daily except Thursdays from 11am - 3pm. Closed Xmas Day & Boxing Day)
Cat Adoption Tel: 01424 752121
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Website: www.bluebellridge.org
Cruelty Line: 0300 1234 999 (7am to 10pm), or for advice visit: RSPCA Help & Advice
Registered Charity no. 206308
Covering Mid Sussex. Offering veterinary and financial assistance to help animals most in need in the branch area. All animals are neutered, microchipped and vaccinated (where appropriate) before they are rehomed.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the branch as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Tel: 01323 844727 (6.30pm-9pm only)
Website: www.rspca.org.uk/local/mid-sussex-and-eastbourne-branch
Cruelty Line: 0300 1234 999 (7am to 10pm), or for advice visit: RSPCA Help & Advice
Registered Charity no. 206630
Based in Patcham, Brighton. The centre cares for a wide range of animals until they are ready for re-homing or release. This branch can accommodate up to 84 cats and 90 dogs at any one time, plus numerous other animals. As there is a non-destruction policy, the centre is usually very full.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the rehoming centre as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Neutering Assistance: The branch runs a subsidised neutering scheme for cats and female dogs, for people on low incomes.|
Help! Volunteers Needed: Volunteers are always needed for many activities, such as dog walking, home-visiting, fund-raising and pet food collection - please get in touch if you can help!
Rehoming Centre: Braypool Lane, Patcham, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 8ZH (Open: Tuesday - Sunday, 10.30am - 4pm, closed Mondays and Bank Holidays)
Tel: 01273 554218
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Website: www.rspca-brighton.org.uk
Cruelty Line: 0300 1234 999 (7am to 10pm), or for advice visit: RSPCA Help & Advice
Based in Lamberhurst, Kent. Covering Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Crowborough and Heathfield. Streetkatz aims to give all homeless and abandoned cats and kittens of all ages a chance of survival and a brighter future. Their priority areas are older cats abandoned to live on the streets, cats and kittens born outdoors with no known owners. They also trap, neuter and return to site adult feral cats, and rehabilite and rehome very young feral kittens where possible. Streetkatz actively promotes the neutering of all cats and kittens over the age of 5 months. This rescue does not have a shelter but operates through a network of fosterers.
Adopt a Cat: Contact the shelter as below to ask about cats needing homes.
Lost & Found Register: Details of lost & found cats are shown on their website - contact as below.
Tel: 077 077 99 007
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Website: www.streetkatzrescue.com
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Cinnamon Trust - Homes Needed UK Wide
Cat Fosterers and permanent homes always needed. The Cinnamon Trust (the National Charity for the elderly, the terminally ill and their pets, Reg. charity. 293399) are looking for more volunteer homes throughout the UK. Pet free homes are needed for short-term fostering of cats whose owners are in hospital or respite care. Permanent homes needed for cats whose owners have died or who are no longer able to care for them. The Cinnamon Trust is not a rescue shelter and cannot take unwanted cats in. Please contact the Trust as follows if you could help: Tel. 01736 757900 or visit: www.cinnamon.org.uk
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