I'd mentioned to Jeannette about doing a cat card next as it's been a while so here we are! I also thought it a useful link to something I wanted to mention. I don't know if any of you have heard of The Cinnamon Trust? ( www.cinnamon.org.uk). Mrs Averil Jarvis MBE is the Director and Founder with Paul McCartney, Sir Peter Sullevan, Katie Boyle, Nerys Hughes and Virginia McKenna being patrons.
As an animal lover and more importantly animal carer I know all too well the concern created by thinking about what would happen to my guys should anything happen to me. It is something that concerns me greatly. For people who are elderly and/or very ill this anguish causes additional upset and distress and there may not be an immediate answer in terms of possibly family or friends offering a home.
The Cinnamon Trust provides the answer to that problem and more. Anyone of any age who is terminally ill can ask the trust for help. The help offered is a 'forever' home for these much loved animals either within someone else's home or at one of two 'home from home' sanctuaries that the trust owns. Foster care is also offered, long term if necessary whilst someone is in hospital or residential care. The trust can even provide help with animals by way of dog walking or any other aspect of day to day care becomes a problem. Over 8,000 'community service volunteers' throughout the country and able to offer help in this huge variety of ways. The trust also campaigns for more residential homes to allow animals and has a guide available which contains the details of 'Pet Friendly Care Homes'.
It's impossible for me to fully explain the work The Cinnamon Trust does. One of their newsletters is a joy to behold, detailing how various long term animal residents are, friendships that have been made and so forth. Particularly touching are the tales of people who need to go into residential care or hospital where their animals are unable to join them. The trust 'matches' animals to people (at the owners request) and so another person who may have just lost an animal and be desperately missing that companionship and friendship, could be matched to an animal in need of a home. The exchange of letters and photographs are encouraged-it truly is such an important service The Cinnamon Trust offers.
I really would urge you to look at the site of The Cinnamon Trust and see the work they are doing. If you know anyone who could benefit from the services the trust provides please do pass on their details.
In the meantime I leave you with some links for more information and/or to offer donations should you wish and also a volunteer detail link should you feel able to offer the trust some practical help. If you are having a car boot sale or thinking of raising money for charity it would be wonderful if you could consider The Cinnamon Trust-all the care and help they offer is costly and many, many animals and their human carers desperately need this often overlooked help.
I hope you don't mind me mentioning this. I've wanted to for a while-I am so touched by the work The Cinnamon Trust provides and the work these people do needs to be made better known-particularly in terms of their ability to offer help to people we may know ourselves facing the issue of worrying about what will happen to a loved pet if residential home or hospital admittance proves necessary.
If the links don't work (no idea why they will or won't please cut and paste or follow The Cinnamon Trust and you will find all the information on their site. Thank you.
www.cinnamon.org.uk
Donation and Gift Aid form:
http://www.cinnamon.org.uk/CT%20Donation-Gift%20Aid%20form.pdf
Volunteer form:
http://www.cinnamon.org.uk/CT%20Volunteer%20form.pdf
The Cinnamon Trust:
http://www.cinnamon.org.uk/home.html
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