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.

We are excited to announce that applications for Full Membership with ADCH are now open! This period will run from Monday 10th February to Sunday 2nd March.

We’re excited to welcome The Cat Welfare Group to the ADCH community as our newest Full Member.

As we begin 2025, we are pleased to announce the first organisations to become Solidarity Members.