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Sponsor a second chance for pets today

Your support ensures that we can offer life-changing second chances to thousands of pets every month.

By sponsoring a second chance from just £5 a month, you’ll get to see first-hand how your support is helping homeless pets to find happy new homes.

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Become a second chance sponsor

The difference you'll make

Your sponsorship gives second chances to homeless and abandoned pets, providing them with everything they need while our dedicated team searches for their ideal forever home. Your support will help to deliver a tailor-made range of services for pets including rehoming, behavioural support and veterinary care.

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Lilly’s second chance

Lilly came into our care blind, lethargic and underweight for her age. Our team at Burford were determined to give her the very best shot at a happy, fulfilled life and set about getting her well again, and starting special training so she was able to navigate the world without her sight.

Read Lilly's full story

Collage of printed materials from Blue Cross charity, featuring photos of puppies, kittens, rabbits, and horses. Items include a ‘Your second chance sponsorship pack,’ a thank-you card, a certificate, and information panels about rehoming services and veterinary care across the UK. The design uses Blue Cross branding in blue and white, with text highlighting the impact of sponsorship and images of animals receiving care and finding new homes.

What you'll receive

We’ll post you a welcome pack showing how your sponsorship will help give pets a second chance and email you up to seven times a year with behind the scenes updates, showing how your donations make a difference. You’ll also get our heart-warming supporter magazine ‘For Pets’ twice a year.

Illustration showing a large circular pound (£) symbol divided into segments on the left, separated by a vertical line from a group of smaller pound (£) coin icons on the right, with an equals sign above them suggesting for every £1 we spend on our fundraising we receive £7.77 back to reinvest in helping even more pets.

Where your money goes

We do all we can to keep costs as low as possible. This means that 74p of every pound we receive is spent on helping pets. For every £1 we spend on our fundraising we receive £7.77 back to reinvest in helping even more pets.

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How we help pets

Blue Cross has been helping sick, injured, abandoned and homeless pets for more than 125 years.

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In 2024, thanks to people like you, we were able to help 35,000 pets.

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By the end of 2026 we aim to have helped 38,000 pets. Your support will help make that happen.

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Stories of second chances

Black and brown spaniel looking into a man's eyes

Five week old Lilly weighed just 2kg

“We were very worried about her when she first came in. She was very flat and just a bit lifeless”

Read Lilly’s recovery
Tiny black and brown stripey kitten being held by a woman

Tiny kitten found in hotel roof

“He was the size of a hamster when I picked him up, so tiny."

Read Bernard's story
Bay Sheltand pony, Gary, facing side on and looking to camera in a grassy field with a wooden fence and trees in the background

Tiny foal rescued from car

Crammed into the back of a car by a group of reckless youths, Gary must have been terrified.

Read Gary's story
Hamster fawn burrowing in a thick pile of bedding

Stressed hamster's second chance

Fawn came to us terrified and stressed, but our experts turned her chances around.

Read Fawn's story
Black and white spaniel puppy with a docked tail standing in a dog playground

Not expected to make it

With his mutilated tail hanging by a thread and his skin raw with mange, Piglet overcame the odds.

Read Piglet's story
Three young brown rabbits huddled together and looking to camera with some hay in front of them on the floor

Bunnies left alone in an empty home

These newborn rabbits have a safe space to grow after being left when their owner moved house.

Read Honey's story

How your donation supports second chances

A Blue Cross equine handler leads a small grey pony along a gravel track. The handler is smiling and the ponies ears are pricked forward.

Rehoming

Every year we help thousands of homeless pets get the support they need and the second chance they deserve, in a loving new home.
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Veterinary

Each year we give veterinary care to over 20,000 pets. We treat homeless pets in our care, and help pets when their owners can’t afford private treatment.
XL bully, Luna, on a sofa chair looking very cute

Campaigning

We lobby the government to make changes to the law, that will have a positive impact on pets’ lives, and improve pet welfare.
A black and tan point eared rabbit sitting on a ladies lap outdoors. In the background is a Blue Cross rehoming centre.

Advice

We provide advice to millions of pet owners, and we work with young people to educate and inspire the animal lovers of the future.

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