PlayforStrays

10/10/2026

Delighted to get some cat food donated Lila's Legacy yesterday.
Not a lot, but something.
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09/10/2026

Thanks you Hills for the donation of cat and dog food.
Already on its way to separate cat and dog rescues 💜🐾

06/10/2026

It's definitely getting colder on outreach nights and all thanks to our wonderful supporter, Dawn, 4 dogs are now much warmer with their brand new coats.
Plenty of food, treats and toys were also donated.
Also Happy 10th Birthday to Reaching Out Homeless and Community Support, keeping this fragile community fed and watered without fail.
💜🐾

27/09/2026

🎉 10 years of PlayforStrays! 🎉

Today we’re celebrating 10 years, and we simply want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has followed, supported, donated, shared our work or helped us along the way. Your support has allowed us to keep helping animals and people who need it most.

And if anyone would like to send us a little birthday present, a donation of any size would mean a lot 🥳
https://playforstrays.enthuse.com/cf/7864/fundraiser #!/

Here’s to going just as strong into the next 10 years 💜🐾

08/09/2026

Monday night outreach was quite busy with all these pups getting food, toys and treats. Some cat food went too.
We've had some fab coats donated recently too by a wonderful supporter that we know will be much needed in the months ahead 💜🐾

05/09/2026

We were blown away by the support of RAOB, Belfast, and it's patrons last weekend.
The guys and gals from M&D Roofing threw an unforgettable fundraiser with live music, raffles, auctions and the cheapest pints at £4.30!
A FANTASTIC £2,640 was raised for PlayforStrays and to say this has gotten us out of a financial hole is an understatement.
If you're in Belfast call in for one of the cheapest drinks in the city 🍻🍷
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
💜🐾

29/08/2026

I think I’m finally ready to talk about our best boy, Sean 💔

On 8th August, we had to say goodbye to him.

It all happened unbelievably quickly. Kidney failure took him from seemingly being himself to us having to make the decision none of us ever want to make in the space of just four or five days. We barely had time to understand what was happening before we were faced with losing him.

Thanks to the incredible compassion of Home Vet NI, Sean was able to leave us peacefully and with dignity, at home, surrounded by love. PetsFarewell Crematorium in Moira were also wonderful when he was brought to them afterwards, treating our boy with the care and respect he deserved.

Sean came to us from Slaughterhouse Survivors in China, alongside his sister Siobhan. What he endured before being rescued meant he had every reason in the world not to trust or love humans.

But Sean being Sean, he did exactly the opposite.

He absolutely loved people. He had the most personable, gentle and loving nature, and I genuinely don’t think anyone ever met him without falling a little bit in love with him. There was just something about him. 💜

He even became a star of the big screen with Movie House Cinemas, although he was already the biggest star in our eyes long before that. 🌟

One of the hardest things now is watching Siobhan without him. They came halfway around the world together and shared a life together, and she misses her brother just as much as we do. We’re making sure she gets all the extra love and attention she needs while we all try to adjust to a home that suddenly feels very different.

I wish we’d had more time. Four or five days to go from having our boy to losing him feels impossibly cruel, and we are beyond devastated.

But what a privilege it was to have him.

After everything humans had done to him, Sean still chose to trust us. He chose to love us. And in return, we got to give him the life, safety and love that he should always have known.

From being rescued in China to a family who absolutely adored him, with a brief career as a cinema star thrown in along the way.

Our beautiful, gentle, funny, loving boy.

The best boy, Sean.

You were loved beyond words, and you always will be 💜🐾

28/08/2026

A huge thank you to some brilliant businesses who have shown their support for our sanctuary. 🐑🐐💜

First, Simon at Timber Stables Direct who very generously supplied this fantastic field shelter at cost price after hearing about the sanctuary and the animals we care for.

As you can see from the video, it’s an incredibly sturdy, well-built shelter and exactly what we needed. It will provide our sheep and goats with a safe, dry and durable space for many years to come, whatever the Northern Irish weather decides to throw at us!

A massive thank you also to Marcus, Colin and Stevie from M&D Roofing & Joinery for giving their time and expertise to get it erected and ready for its new residents. 🔨

And finally, thank you to Protek for supplying the Stable Coat to protect and finish the shelter. It’s a fantastic quality product, safe if anyone nibbles on it, gives the timber the protection it needs and looks absolutely brilliant too.

As a small sanctuary, support like this genuinely makes a difference. Every bit of help means we can continue improving the facilities we have and provide the best possible environment for the animals in our care.

Simon, Marcus, Stevie, Colin and everyone at Protek, thank you for getting behind what we do. We really appreciate it. 💜🐾
🐑 🐐 🏡

22/08/2026

We've been quiet on the socials for the past while but we're still out there helping where we can.
Funds have been so low we haven't even been able to afford fuel for the van 😞 Hopefully that will be sorted by the end of the month with an event planned for us to raise vital money 💰
If you'd like to help us out in the meantime, here's the link, thank you:
https://playforstrays.enthuse.com/cf/donate 💜🐾

Thank you David from PlayforStrays for the cat litter for us and Foxys Inn Animal Sanctuary. Should keep us going for a good while 😻

09/07/2026

It's Cow Appreciation Day 2026!
That means Paul and Andrew get extra treats and scratches today 🐮
We'd love to get more monthly sponsors to help us with all the costs of the sanctuary, please use this link if you can help: https://playforstrays.enthuse.com/cf/donate
Thank you 🐾💜