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| HERE ARE THE SOME OF OUR YOUNG VOLUNTEERS They did not win but they are the best! These youngsters give up every weekend to work with the animals some even give up there holidays to be with the animals. Rain, snow even sunshine (when we get it) they turn up ready to work, mainly outdoors with the animals. They eat when they get chance, they go home covered in muck. They also go home in tears when we have lost one of the poorly animals or when their favourite has been rehomed, but they are back the following week to continue to help the animals. So three cheers for the unsung hero's who help at NANNA's week in and week out they deserve a huge pat on the back, without them a lot of animals would not be alive today. 
Hooray! About NANNA NANNA was set up in 2004 and after setting up we kept being asked if there was any need for another animal charity? Since NANNA started we have helped over 6000 animals, sadly the answer to that question is yes. We have six trustees who all have two things in common, the welfare of the animals in our care and to make sure they either find new forever homes or they stay with us until they do.  Carla, with the help of the students and all the volunteers, looks after, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, hamsters and practically any animal that happens to come through the doors, her greatest love is horses and she has three of her own! She is NANNA's Hon. Secretary and helps at most of the fundraising events when she can. Carla has had ME since she was thirteen and has found helping with the animals has helped her to cope with her disabilities and she feels she is giving something back. Michael just goes where he is needed, he has built all the new animal pens, and loves to do fund-raising for the charity. He is trained in microchipping and is our home visitor, his titles, apart from Gofar, are Microchipper and Homevisit Co-ordinator. This is a picture of Michael in is everyday outfit!!!!!!!! Michael is committed to NANNA and also Higglety Pigglety Farm Rescue which he started on his own because he soon realised that there were many pet farm animals that needed the same love and care as domestic pets. NANNA is really lucky to have someone like Michael who gives up every spare moment of his time to the animals and charity, he is brilliant with the students and even though he has a full time job he always finds time to help at NANNA where ever he is needed. He's a pretty good husband and Dad too!  Stephen is our Hon. Treasurer and he tries very hard to keep us on target, but has soon learnt that animals can't read! Stephen started with NANNA as a volunteer mucker outer whilst looking for a job and is now in full time employment but still helps out at NANNA's most weekends and some evenings. Here is Stephen doing his favourite act as Hon. Treasure his nickname is Fagin! Hi, I am Petrina and I help Carla, my daughter, to look after the animals and being disabled myself I find it hard to do too much, however, I do the web sites, paperwork, help to organise fund raising event and takes care of most of the many hand-reared animals that come through the door. I try to get sponsorship and I give Michael, my husband, his orders for the week! My title? Chairperson. I love all species of animals and have just began to handle ferrets which I have always had a fear of! Then there is Lillian who is camera shy! Lillian joined NANNA with her husband David and became our Dog Re-homing Co-ordinators and from there Lillian has become a Trustee. Her love of dogs and her loyalty to NANNA is beyond question, you can often she her outside shops mid-week raising funds with some of the Newfies or her own dogs, Angel, Gwenie and Jess three beautiful collies and of course once a month at Wellingborough Market. What does NANNA do for the community? We take in students from local school through Connextions We support local fetes, carnivals and other local events We train students from Moulton College We visit schools, brownies and guides We take animals into care homes We also help families, who have lost loved ones by helping to find new homes for the pets who have been left behind and no-one in the family can take in. We help when a child or memeber of the family has become ill and the animals cannot stay with the family just incase they carry something that may harm that person. We help when people separate, they have to sort the children out ,but we are there for the pets that get left behind. We help when people who have to give up their homes by taking in their pets when they cannot take them or afford them anymore. We are even there for little kittens who hitch a lift on a lorry from abroad! Little Manuel-Ronaldo Corby How do we pay for all of this? Fund-raising! But you can help too by donating from pennies to pounds it all goes to the animals in our care The sensible and 
Photographs by www.rosydesign.co.uk' The not so sensible  But whatever we do it is for the animals! Sometimes we would like to say what we think, sometimes we do! But most of the time we just take in the animal. Afterall it is not there fault! Not one of us receives any wages for what we do. There are no 'fat cats' running NANNA. We just have needy animals! The NANNA Trustees are here to help animals, by giving up our time, homes and quite often our money to help NANNA to survive. NANNA does not just state we don't put a healthy animal down, we go further by stating we don't put a treatable animal down. If you would like to get involved please check our volunteers page. All you need is a love for animals, a heart of gold, time to spare, oh and it help to be mad too!
Warning there is someone using the name NANNA on the internet working from Northampton this is not NANNA and we have requested they stop using our name NANNA to rehome their animals, but they have refused! Obviously they like what we do so much they don't think they can rehome using their own name!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
|  Since NANNA start five years ago, over 6000 animals have come into our care and the majority has gone onto new forever homes with a fresh chance of happiness. Some sadly were too poorly for us to help other than to give them the best we could whilst they were with us. NANNA actually has at the moment, cats, rabbits, ferrets, hamsters, rats and guinea pigs all looking for new homes. We also have many animals that are not going to find homes easily, including 32 old cats and some animals needing lifetime medication.
All our kittens are rehomed in pairs only and they are neutered at 6 months at NANNA’s expense. This will hopefully reduce the amount of young cat falling pregnant before the owners can afford to get them done! We neuter all our cats and ferrets as well as all the male rabbits, at the moment we can not afford to neuter all the female rabbits, but we do suggest to all the new owners to consider getting them done ASAP
We do everything in our power not to knowingly rehomed sick animals or misguide new owner as to age and ‘personality’ of their new pets, nor do we shut our doors on these animals at anytime. We try hard to find the right home for the right animal. NANNA will not put to sleep one animal to make room for another, we only euthanise an animal when advised by our vet to do so. We take in ugly ones, (if there is such a thing?) old ones, injured ones, naughty ones and poorly ones not just the ones we know we can rehome quick, there are plenty of other places that do that, we are here for all! NANNA always have albino ferrets looking for homes NANNA Helping all animals who need helping! | | Every year we get Christmas cards from some of the animals we have rehomed over the last five years. It is always lovely to hear from the animals we have rehomed, okay not the animals themself but their new staff! Pictures are put on the wall and it is fun to look at now and then and see how much better they are looking, although we look after them well, they always look better settled. Armani and his sister Chanel came into NANNA at 14 weeks old. NANNA would like to thank everyone who has been involved with us. Day after day we stride to improve, sometimes it is frustratingly slow but in the end it is worth the wait. Please if you are looking for a pet why not come and see what we have to offer? NANNA Making a difference! . 01933 650372 Goldie Oldies 01295 811320 We are always updating this site! WHY NOT COME AND SEE US?
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