Our aim is to rescue and take care of feral and abandoned cats, as well as watch over the existing cat colonies in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona. There are many ways in which you can help us as a member of the Jardinet dels Gats team of volunteers. Here is a small summary of what you can do to help so you can choose what you would like to do the most.
- Come to the Jardinet dels Gats once a week to help, together with other volunteers, keep the garden clean, feed the cats, and look after the cats in boxes, whether they are ill and have been to the vets or they are cats which have recently been rescued.
- Help out when we do fairs. That way we can self manage the organisation and tell people about what we do, in addition to find adopters, foster homes and sponsors as well as recruit more volunteers.
Given that we are a group of exclusively volunteers, we do request that all volunteers commit to a specific day and time in which they will come to the Jardinet. Without this commitment, we wouldn’t be able to look after the cats in the colony as well as we do.
For them, there are no holidays, bridges or holidays and it is worth it if the day is raining, it is cold or it is sunny, every day they need the volunteer team to meet their basic needs such as food, and cleaning. They are cats who are asylum-seekers and mostly do not like contact or proximity and therefore must respect their spaces and times. In return you can enjoy their company and know that you help to make their life better.
Would you like to become a volunteer? We are always looking for cat lovers who would like to volunteer with the aim of providing a better life for each of the cats.
Once you have sent the request, 24 to 72 hours, they will answer you and you will have to fill in a form with several questions, once received, the team makes the assessment and when there are enough people interested, and volunteering is required in any of the teams, you are called, to an informative meeting, and in case you are interested, the training period is one month, coming a specific day once a week, up to four times. And from here the day of volunteering is assigned, according to the needs of the entity.
If you want to be a volunteer send a email to: eljardinetdelsgats.voluntariat@gmail.com