We’re excited to welcome Hector’s House Cat Rescue to the ADCH community as our newest Full Member.

Today, ADCH visited members Cheltenham Animal Shelter to support the induction of Michelle Widger, our new Volunteer Manager.

Tuesday, 25th February, saw the All Party Dog Animal Welfare Group (APDAWG) hold its annual meeting in Parliament to discuss the state of UK dog rescue.

We are delighted to announce that Michelle Widger will be joining ADCH as our new Volunteer Manager on Monday, 3rd March.

To celebrate 40 years of ADCH, we invited our members to share their stories, memories, and experiences of ADCH’s impact. Woodlands Animal Sanctuary kindly contributed their story, From Crisis to Community, highlighting their journey and the vital support ADCH has provided along the way.

At ADCH, we like to share news from our members, and today, we’re excited to highlight a wonderful initiative from ADCH member Mayhew, based in London. Mayhew runs TheraPaws, an Animal Assisted Intervention programme designed to promote physical, social, and emotional wellbeing.

This Valentines, we proudly celebrate a significant milestone – 40 years of ADCH!

Founded on this very day in 1985 the organisation that is now known as ADCH was born from a vision of collaboration and shared commitment to improving the welfare of dogs and cats.

It has come to our attention that ‘companies’ are contacting some of our Members and Exhibitors to offer them sale of attendee lists from ADCH Conference 2025. Unfortunately, this has become a more common occurrence for Association Conferences in recent years and is a sector wide problem.