Can you be a fosterer or a transporter?

Can you help us? 

Since June, GAAS has been unable to take any new cats except for emergencies. This is heartbreaking - but we simply don’t have the space. What GAAS needs, more than anything else, is volunteer fosterers who are prepared to take cats into their home while they wait to be adopted.

You don’t need much space. A flat is absolutely fine. The only exception is if you have cats of your own, in which case the foster needs to be kept separately. 

You don’t need experience. GAAS provides full support.

You don’t need to be able to afford a pet. GAAS will cover everything.

You do need to live within reach of either the Brentford, Chiswick, Ealing or Hounslow branch of Young’s Vets, and it helps a lot if you can drive, though it’s not essential.

You do need love, and patience, and to always remember that each cat is only temporary - but there’s always another one waiting! 

 I fostered nine cats over two years for GAAS before adopting my final foster, and the one question everyone asked was ‘How can you give them up?’ The answer is that it’s never easy, but always worth it. I still get regular updates on most of my ex-fosters & it’s wonderful to see pictures of them happy in their forever homes.

Imagine a scared cat arriving, watching you from a hiding place and finally deciding that they might be able to let you stroke them… and from there enjoying the first comfortable home and human affection they’ve ever known, learning to trust people and becoming ready for adoption. Could you do that for our cats? 

We’re also in desperate need of transporters - people who can drive cats to vet appointments or to foster homes, and who can pick up donations. This is completely at your own convenience, and it’s an enormous help. 

Please visit our Volunteering page to find out more.​