Dear supporters, It has been many months since I last found the strength and time to write on our blog. The daily struggle just to stay on my feet, the extreme physical and emotional exhaustion caused by instability and advancing age, and the fact that the last few months have been even harder as we’ve […]
Toby’s heartbreaking case of severe neglect is the most devastating we have seen in our almost 15 years of cat rescue. This video, shared in loving memory of Toby, features Paul speaking about what we went through in our efforts to save his life and the importance of hospice care. Watch Video Toby’s rescue story: […]
Thanks to all the generous people who have helped us so far, over the last few weeks we’ve made great progress with our Home Fund, but if we don’t manage to raise a total of €30K for downpayment before August 14th, it will all be in vain; downpayment is 68% funded but we are still […]
We have a very important UPDATE on our extremely difficult housing situation.
For the first time in years, we’ve made a video speech. Sanctuary co-founder Paul sits in front of a camera to explain in detail some important aspects of our current difficult situation. Watch Paul’s speech If you care to help save us, please CLICK HERE to make your contribution.
Dear supporters, In January 2025, after 13 years of hard work rescuing and caring for abandoned cats, we got an eviction order, and at the end of this year we must to leave our home. If we don’t find a new place before the end of the year, we will end up on the streets […]
Dear supporters and friends, Here I’m writing a brief newsletter to reach out to you and ask for a little help. As you all know, last month we were informed that we’ll definitely have to leave the place that has been our home for the past 15 years. Expectedly, all the stress and the pressure […]
Dear friends and supporters, Finally, our court case possession hearing took place and the judge issued an order. Regretfully, our request for a low-income family social rent agreement with the new owners has been dismissed and we ought to move out so that the current owner (vulture fund) can take possession of their property. The […]
Dear supporters, At long last, I’ve finally found the time and strength to sit and write this newsletter to update you on our current situation. Since last summer, our lives have been an emotional roller coaster. As we were fighting our way to court to avoid eviction, suddenly, we lost our beloved Oliver within less […]
Dear supporters, This year, some supporters have asked for a special edition of our regular 2025 Calendar, with photos of all the kitties who left us much too soon and that you all loved so dearly. We thought the idea of remembering and honoring our beloved late cats by having them featured in an ‘in memoriam’ edition […]
Dear supporters, After only eleven days, we could finally raise all the funds needed to continue fighting eviction in court. Considering the challenging times the world is going through, we reckon this is a true miracle, so Jackie and I want to thank all those of you who pitched in to help us achieve such […]
Dear supporters and friends, It’s been a year since a vulture fund came to warn us that they were the new owners of the place we rent and threatened us with taking legal action if we failed to leave. As I explained in a previous newsletter, from that moment on, our life was turned upside […]
Dear friends and supporters, I’m writing to you this time, first of all, to thank everyone who has ever signed up for a monthly sponsorship subscription, and I also want to take this opportunity to explain why supporting us with recurring donations is so very important for us although these small donations may seem so […]
Dear supporters and friends, Many things have happened over the last couple of months, but due to the endless tasks we have at the sanctuary and the struggle we face every day trying to stay alive, I haven’t had the time to write an update. The unexpected addition of two new rescues (Cheeky and Frankie) […]
Dear supporters, Here we are again, celebrating one more Christmas together! Today, December 21st, we are also celebrating our 11th anniversary, over a decade since we started this crusade! 2023 has been by far the most difficult year for us. As you all know, we’ve been struggling to survive having to take each day at […]
For five months, we fed and took care of Cheeky and Frankie, the two female orphaned kittens we found last summer, trying to fend for themselves on the side of a jogging path. On November 1st we could finally rescue them just in time to have them spayed before they’d go into heat and get pregnant.
As those of you who follow us know, we are going through the darkest hours of our lives for all the reasons I explained in detail in previous newsletters, and just as we thought it couldn’t get any worse, it did. At the beginning of October, one of the hottest and longest heat waves in […]
Firstly, we want to thank everyone who contributed to help make this miracle possible in just a few weeks! Thanks to your generosity we can continue fighting for survival.
Along with some of the donations made, we also received many heartwarming messages with kind words of…
Dear supporters, The topic of this second newsletter was not planned at all, in fact, despite all the problems we’ve had to overcome throughout the years to protect our rescues, I never thought I’d ever be writing anything of the kind nor facing such an alarming situation. Last month, a representative of a “vulture fund” came knocking […]
Hi there! This is Paul here at Change One Life, you’ve probably heard my name before and read something about me on some articles about our Cat Sanctuary, the place my wife (Jackie) and I have been running for more than a decade to give shelter to homeless cats (and occasionally other animals as well) that were victims […]