Cat Friends of Hyndburn

Cat Friends of Hyndburn We are a volunteer-led, self-funding cat rescue committed to helping injured, stray and abandoned cats and kittens. We cover Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley ♥️

✴️ DONATIONS DESPERATELY NEEDED ✴️We hate to keep asking, but we are in urgent need of donations to help us continue car...
23/06/2026

✴️ DONATIONS DESPERATELY NEEDED ✴️

We hate to keep asking, but we are in urgent need of donations to help us continue caring for the cats and kittens relying on us (like these 3 babies below who are all available for adoption 🤭) 🐾💛

Vinted is one of our main sources of income so we need a constant supply of goods to sell to keep the money coming in 😻

Whether we raffle them, list them for sale online or use them for tombolas, your unwanted items can be turned into lifesaving care.

Unwanted gifts? We’ll take them 😻

🌟 ITEMS WE ARE LOOKING FOR 🌟

👗 Good quality clothing
👜 Handbags & accessories
👠 Shoes, boots & trainers
🧴 Perfumes & cosmetics
🎁 Gift sets
📦 New & boxed items
💝 Unwanted gifts
🍷 Wines, beers & spirits
🍫 Chocolates & treats

✴️ Regretfully we cannot accept bric-a-brac or books ✴️

We have drop-off points in:

📍 Accrington
📍 Burnley
📍 Rishton
📍 Great Harwood
📍 Haslingden
📍 Clitheroe

🚙 Collection may also be possible by arrangement if you send us a DM.

Thank you, as always, for supporting our rescue and helping us continue saving lives 😻

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World leaders come and go, Larry the cat remains in charge 🤭🇬🇧
22/06/2026

World leaders come and go, Larry the cat remains in charge 🤭🇬🇧

22/06/2026

🩵 Homecheck pending for
bonded sisters
Dotty & Doris 🩵

💥🤩 KITTEN CHAOS 🤩💥 Well… Eden, Eryn & Emmy have arrived and are fully prepared to turn your peaceful home into a whirlwi...
21/06/2026

💥🤩 KITTEN CHAOS 🤩💥

Well… Eden, Eryn & Emmy have arrived and are fully prepared to turn your peaceful home into a whirlwind of zoomies, cuddles, and kitten chaos 🤭

Born on 9th April, these gorgeous little fluffs are now firmly in their toddler era and ready to find their forever homes 🏡

EDEN 🩵

Eden is an absolute sweetheart and a professional lap warmer. Affectionate, relaxed, and easy-going, he’s just as happy playing with his siblings as he is curling up for a cuddle. He firmly believes humans are climbing frames and sees no issue with scaling your legs to get closer to you 😆

Favourite things:
Strings and shoelaces
Falling asleep in your lap
Being wherever you are

ERYN 💜

Eryn is the brains of the operation. She was the first of the litter to venture out on her own 💅🏼 and is always investigating what’s going on. Confident, clever and incredibly gentle, she approaches life with curiosity and determination.

Favourite things:
Exploring everything
Supervising household activities
Learning new things
Playing nicely with everyone

EMMY 🩷

Emmy is speed, agility and attitude wrapped up in one adorable package. She has a very distinctive little meow and isn’t afraid to use it! Affectionate and playful in equal measure, she can usually be found racing around at top speed before demanding a good back scratch 💆🏻‍♀️

Favourite things:
Zoomies
Playing chase
Back scratches
Chatting to her humans

🏡 HOME REQUIREMENTS:

These three have grown up together and absolutely adore feline company. They must be homed either as a pair or into a home with an existing cat/s 🐈🐈‍⬛

All our cats are:
✅ Vaccinated
✅ Flea & worm treated
✅ Microchipped
✅ Adoption fee covers spaying/ neutering when they’re old enough.

✔️ Indoor home or home with safe outdoor access (when they’re old enough).

‼️ OUTDOOR ACCESS & LOCATION ‼️
Because our cats’ safety is our top priority, we’re careful about where cats needing outdoor access are placed. If you’re enquiring about a cat with outdoor access, we kindly ask for your postcode and house number at the initial stage, so we can make sure the location is suitable before going any further. This helps us give every cat the safest possible start in their new home — thank you so much for understanding.

✔️ Can be homed with sensible children.

📩 Enquiries: [email protected]

Subject to successful home check and adoption fee (120£ for one cat or 220£ for a pair) ❤️

⭐️⭐️ PLEASE SHARE ⭐️⭐️

⭐️⭐️ HOMECHECK PENDING ⭐️⭐️💜🩷 ADOPT DOTTY & DORIS 🩷💜These gorgeous sisters who are just over a year old, are searching f...
20/06/2026

⭐️⭐️ HOMECHECK PENDING ⭐️⭐️

💜🩷 ADOPT DOTTY & DORIS 🩷💜

These gorgeous sisters who are just over a year old, are searching for their forever home together.

DOTTY 🩷
Dotty is the sweetest little soul. Once she’s settled, she’ll be your little shadow, seeking out cuddles, kisses, strokes and all the affection you can offer. Gentle, laid-back and easy-going.
She loves a grooming sesh 💅🏼 and happily sits for a pamper. Fishing rod toys are her absolute weakness 🎣, and she’s always keen to supervise whatever you’re doing – especially if it involves cleaning her litter tray or topping up the food bowls! 🐷🤭

DORIS 🩷
Doris is the confident queen of the household and fully embraces her role as centre of attention! She adores fuss, cuddles, belly rubs and she’ll happily let you know when it’s time to shower her with affection 💕
Playtime is one of her favourite things, and anything dangly, feathery or stringy will keep her entertained for hours. She’s also a fan of being brushed 💆🏻‍♀️

💅 ABOUT THE GIRLS 💅

These ladies were raised right. They’re fully vaccinated, microchipped, neutered (tubes tied ✔️), and flea and worm treated.

They’re independent young women who know their worth, stand up for themselves, and aren’t afraid to hiss at disrespectful boys 🚩😾😅

Both girls are great with sensible children and have so much love to give ❤️

🏡 LOOKING FOR:

✔️ Indoor home
✔️ Prefer to be the only pets

💷 Adoption Fee: £220 for the pair ❤️

📩 Enquiries: [email protected]

Subject to successful home check and adoption fee.

❤️❤️ PLEASE SHARE ❤️❤️

😤💔 SIMON UPDATE - THE CAT LIVING IN A BUSH FOR 2 YEARS 😤💔Oh how we love this little cat❤️This is 3-year-old Simon after ...
19/06/2026

😤💔 SIMON UPDATE - THE CAT LIVING IN A BUSH FOR 2 YEARS 😤💔

Oh how we love this little cat❤️

This is 3-year-old Simon after a few days in foster care.

Just one week ago, he was living rough, surviving alone in bushes, after being abandoned and left behind by his owner - over 2 years ago!

The response to Simon’s story has been incredible, with over 10,000 views on our original post. Thank you to everyone who shared, commented and cared about this lovely boy.

Since arriving in foster care, Simon has shown us what a truly special little cat he is. He is the softest, gentlest soul you could ever wish to meet. It breaks our hearts 💔 to think about what he has been through, but it’s equally heartwarming to see how relieved he seems to be now that somebody is finally looking after him.

Simon has settled beautifully into his designated foster room, where he spends his days lounging around in comfort - with our volunteer Laura on hand to pander to his every need. He’s taking his antibiotics and painkillers like a superstar ⭐️

After years of fending for himself, we think he’s earned his own personal slave 😻

We’ve now received Simon’s vet notes. In addition to the obvious limp, the vet found multiple wounds on his flanks hidden beneath his fur which have scabbed over. He also has open sores on his elbow and right forelimb, which are believed to be causing his lameness.

Basically, untreated fight injuries. The reality is that Simon has likely been involved in some dreadful fights over territory, shelter and scraps of food. No cat should have to live that way.

Simon — and the thousands of other stray and abandoned cats just like him — deserve for us humans to do better.

🙏 So now it’s our turn to make things right🙏 This is what Simon’s vet care will cost:

💙 Initial vet visit and medication – £130
💙 Neutering – £103
💙 Flea and worm treatment – £20
💙 Flu/FELV vaccinations – £109
Microchip - £20

💙TOTAL £382💙

If you would like to contribute towards Simon’s care, any donation, no matter how small, would be hugely appreciated.

Bank transfer:
Cat Friends of Hyndburn
Lloyds Bank Sort code: 30-90-90
Account number: 35849360

PayPal: [email protected]
Please choose the Friends & Family option so that we don’t incur fees.

🙏😤 We can’t undo the years you spent surviving alone, Simon, but we promise we’ll make it up to you 😤🙏

🩵 PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW FOR SIMON AND DON’T FORGET TO SHARE 🩵

😤💔 SIMON UPDATE - THE CAT LIVING IN A BUSH FOR 2 YEARS 😤💔Oh how we love this little 17 second video (in comments) ❤️This...
19/06/2026

😤💔 SIMON UPDATE - THE CAT LIVING IN A BUSH FOR 2 YEARS 😤💔

Oh how we love this little 17 second video (in comments) ❤️

This is 3-year-old Simon after a few days in foster care.

Just one week ago, he was living rough, surviving alone in bushes, after being abandoned and left behind by his owner - over 2 years ago!

The response to Simon’s story has been incredible, with over 10,000 views on our original post. Thank you to everyone who shared, commented and cared about this lovely boy.

Since arriving in foster care, Simon has shown us what a truly special little cat he is. He is the softest, gentlest soul you could ever wish to meet. It breaks our hearts 💔 to think about what he has been through, but it’s equally heartwarming to see how relieved he seems to be now that somebody is finally looking after him.

Simon has settled beautifully into his designated foster room, where he spends his days lounging around in comfort - with our volunteer Laura on hand to pander to his every need. He’s taking his antibiotics and painkillers like a superstar ⭐️

After years of fending for himself, we think he’s earned his own personal slave 😻

We’ve now received Simon’s vet notes. In addition to the obvious limp, the vet found multiple wounds on his flanks hidden beneath his fur which have scabbed over. He also has open sores on his elbow and right forelimb, which are believed to be causing his lameness.

Basically, untreated fight injuries. The reality is that Simon has likely been involved in some dreadful fights over territory, shelter and scraps of food. No cat should have to live that way.

Simon — and the thousands of other stray and abandoned cats just like him — deserve for us humans to do better.

🙏 So now it’s our turn to make things right🙏 This is what Simon’s vet care will cost:

💙 Initial vet visit and medication – £130
💙 Neutering – £103
💙 Flea and worm treatment – £20
💙 Flu/FELV vaccinations – £109
Microchip - £20

💙TOTAL £382💙

If you would like to contribute towards Simon’s care, any donation, no matter how small, would be hugely appreciated.

Bank transfer:
Cat Friends of Hyndburn
Lloyds Bank Sort code: 30-90-90
Account number: 35849360

PayPal: [email protected]
Please choose the Friends & Family option so that we don’t incur fees.

🙏😤 We can’t undo the years you spent surviving alone, Simon, but we promise we’ll make it up to you 😤🙏

🩵 PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW FOR SIMON AND DON’T FORGET TO SHARE 🩵

🏡💜 HAPPILY HOMED – GRACE 💜🏡We’re sure many of you remember our beautiful tabby girl, Grace. She came into our care with ...
18/06/2026

🏡💜 HAPPILY HOMED – GRACE 💜🏡

We’re sure many of you remember our beautiful tabby girl, Grace. She came into our care with a large growth in her ear that required extensive – and very expensive! 👀 – surgery.

Grace underwent a complex procedure involving the complete removal of the ear canal and mass in her left ear, as well as the removal of polyps from her right ear. During the same operation, the surgeon was also able to remove two enlarged lymph nodes. This type of surgery (TECA) is lengthy, delicate and highly specialised, so we were incredibly fortunate to have the wonderful Robin 💜 perform the procedure and give Grace the very best chance of a comfortable, pain-free future.

None of this would have been possible without the incredible generosity of our supporters, who helped us cover the huge £3,000 veterinary bill. 💰 We are so grateful to every single person who donated and supported Grace on her journey.

Now, fast-forward two years… and just look at her! 🤩

Healthy, happy, loved, and living her best life in her forever home with her cat mum Collette and and family. Stories like Grace’s remind us why we do what we do and how much of a difference your support makes to cats in need 🥰🐾

Thank you for helping us give Grace the happy ending she deserved 💜🏡🐱

💕💕💕 HOMECHECK PASSED FOR BEAUTIFUL KITTEN DOVE 💕💕💕
17/06/2026

💕💕💕 HOMECHECK PASSED FOR BEAUTIFUL KITTEN DOVE 💕💕💕

💙⛔️ SAD RESCUE NEWS ⛔️💙Sadly, we have made the difficult decision to temporarily close our doors to new admissions 😔This...
16/06/2026

💙⛔️ SAD RESCUE NEWS ⛔️💙

Sadly, we have made the difficult decision to temporarily close our doors to new admissions 😔

This is never a decision we take lightly, but we have reached the point where we simply cannot continue taking in more cats without putting those already in our care at risk.

There are several reasons for this:

💙 MOUNTING VET BILLS
Our most recent veterinary invoices totalled over £5,000. Sadly, many well-meaning rescues end up closing permanently because they continue taking in cats without having the financial resources to provide the care they need. We are determined not to let that happen.

💙 COMPLEX MEDICAL CASES
We currently have a number of cats with illnesses and injuries requiring ongoing treatment, medication, investigations and follow-up appointments. Right now, our priority HAS to be giving these cats the care they deserve.

💙 SHORTAGE OF FOSTER HOMES
Without fosterers, we simply have nowhere safe for new cats to go. If you’ve ever thought about fostering, now really is the time. We provide support every step of the way, and you could make an incredible difference to a cat’s life, even if you only foster one cat. It’s not a permanent commitment.

💙 SLOWER ADOPTIONS
This is something we see every summer, as people head off on holidays and put adoption plans on hold. Until more of our wonderful cats find homes, we cannot create space for those still waiting for help 💔

Closing our doors, even temporarily, is heartbreaking for our team. We know there are cats out there that need us, but if we overstretch ourselves, we risk letting down every cat already depending on us.

If you are able to help, there are two things that would make an enormous difference:

🐾 Please consider fostering. Even one spare room can save lives. EMAIL: [email protected]

🐾 If you can spare a donation, no matter how small, it will go directly towards our vet costs and help us continue caring for the cats already in our care. Details are in the photo below.

We promise this isn’t goodbye. It’s simply a pause while we catch our breath, care for those who need us most, and work hard to get back into a position where we can help again.

As always, thank you for standing by us. We couldn’t do any of this without your kindness and support ❤️

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