help us help them
Behind every rescue centre is a team of people giving everything they’ve got for animals that have nowhere else to go.
They don’t get the big charity budgets. They don’t make the national news. They just show up, every day, for animals that need them.
My Pet Matters exists to change that. When you shop with us, you’re not just buying quality products carefully curated for your pet, you’re helping fund the shelters that give other animals a second chance ♥️.
We empower shelters by giving them their own shop and donate 10% of what you buy to your cause of choice.
first, choose your shelter to support
These aren’t statistics. They’re real rescues, real animals, real people. Meet the three shelters at the heart of Fund My Shelter.
Turkish Tails Animal Rescue
Turkish Tails rescues dogs and cats from the streets of Turkey and finds them loving homes across the UK. We are helping smaller rescue centres like this get the visibility and funding they need to help more animals in need. Shop now and take care of your pet and them at the same time.
Equine Half Way House
Equine Half Way House gives horses, ponies and donkeys a second chance in Kent. Run entirely by volunteers, they take in animals others can’t help, from neglect cases to horses whose owners have fallen on hard times. They’ve already raised funds through Fund My Shelter, and every purchase helps them keep going.
NI Exotic Sanctuary
NI Exotic Sanctuary provides a permanent safe haven for exotic animals that have been abandoned, surrendered or seized across Northern Ireland. From reptiles to parrots, they care for animals with nowhere else to go often for life. Your support helps them keep the doors open.
Every purchase makes a difference
Quality products for your pet. Real support for rescue centres that need it. That’s what shopping with My Pet Matters means.
New and FREE fundraising help for small animal rescue shelters. Help offered by Fund My Shelter with the backing of My Pet Matters.
How it works
1. Each shelter’s Fund My Shelter page entry will have details of their work, location and a donate button so readers can donate to the shelter of their choice. Entry will be free for ever.
2. Shelters will be invited to tell their story and raise funds on Enthuse and Crowdfunder, the leading fundraising platforms for local, community fundraising. Shelters will be offered the opportunity to
create and run events and other community fundraising initiatives, see campaign progress and process and receive funds without the need to hire staff, consultants or freelance fundraisers. Fund My Shelter is sponsoring this support and will provide it free of charge until sufficient funds are being raised for shelters to be able to cover the cost themselves.
3. My Pet Matters will offer discounts on its pet products to purchasers at a good discount, with this discount being passed over to shelters nominated by purchasers.
4. “No win-no fee” marketing and fundraising. Fund My Shelter will offer members the opportunity to benefit from a “no win-no fee” marketing and fundraising programme that will help to increase the funds they raise. These programmes will include direct mail, digital fundraising and online prize draws operated by Crowdfunder. These programmes are all operated on a “no win-no fee” basis, meaning that members will never have to invest their own funds in them. All costs incurred by Fund My Shelter will be met from donations raised, with the surplus going directly to members.
5. Free online shop. In due course shelters which are members of Fund My Shelter will be able to raise funds by selling pet products to their own social media connections and supporters via e-commerce pages provided and managed by My Pet Matters.
We are looking for shelters across all the UK: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Fund My Shelter already has three members: Equine Half Way House, based in Kent and Turkish Tails Animal Rescue, based in Birmingham and NI Exotic Sanctuary. Equine Half Way House has already successfully raised funds through their page on Enthuse, a leading fundraising platform for community fundraising initiatives.
We and our collaborating partners believe that this initiative will be of real help to small animal rescue shelters at a time of great need.
Are you a small animal rescue? Click the button on the left to get in touch.
Want to help a small animal rescue? Nominate a favoured pet rescue charity to get the help it needs
