Rescue cats for adoption and rehoming in and around Nottingham

Two of the cat rescues we list keep their cats in foster homes rather than a cattery. Meow and Furever Cat Rescue describes itself as a Nottingham based cat rescue whose fosterers care for cats in their own homes, and Feline and Wildlife Rescue Nottingham, a Nottinghamshire based rescue co-founded by two registered veterinary nurses, has more than twenty cat fosterers.

The third is Ashbourne Animal Welfare at The Ark in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, about 24 miles west, where cats live in a cattery with outside runs and cat gardens, and there is a maternity unit for expectant and nursing cats. Each profile here links to the rescue that cares for the cat, and you apply with them.

Meow and Furever Cat Rescue asks £125 for each cat or kitten, including flea and worm treatment, 5 weeks of insurance with Agria and a voucher for cat food. Ashbourne Animal Welfare asks £100 for an adult cat up to 9 years, £180 for two adults together, £110 for a kitten under 6 months and £190 for two kittens.

A kitten too young to neuter comes from Ashbourne with a neutering voucher, £50 for a female and £40 for a male, so there is a balance to pay at the vet (its cat page). Feline and Wildlife Rescue Nottingham says an adoption fee and home check apply but publishes no amount, so ask it.

Each rescue sets its own adoption fee. Cats Protection says you can expect to pay £80 to £120 on average for an adult cat and £100 to £120 for a kitten, varying between its branches, and Blue Cross fees start from £150 for cats aged 4 months to 7 years. The fee usually covers neutering, microchipping and first vaccinations, and each rescue confirms its own fee.

Each rescue's own process decides how you meet a cat (Meow and Furever's adoption page). These are the steps Nottingham adopters meet most often.

• Kittens in pairs. Meow and Furever Cat Rescue ideally homes kittens in bonded pairs, though it may home a single kitten where there is a young resident cat. Ashbourne Animal Welfare charges £190 for two kittens adopted together.
• A video of your home. Meow and Furever asks for a video of your home and garden with its WhatsApp application form, and can arrange a visit instead. Once it has checked your application you visit the cat, and a volunteer brings your cat home to you (its adoption page).
• Not every cat is online. Feline and Wildlife Rescue Nottingham says some cats are adopted before they are listed, so contact it and fill in its application form. Its cats are vaccinated, health checked and blood tested, including for FIV.
• Enquiry first, then an appointment. Ashbourne Animal Welfare starts with a cat adoption enquiry form, and every visit to its cattery is by appointment. It suggests kittens are neutered between four and five months of age.

These charities rehome cats near Nottingham. We don't list their cats, so search their own sites (Cats Protection Mansfield Cat Centre).

• Cats Protection's Nottinghamshire Cat Centre isn't open to the public and doesn't carry out adoptions, so it points adopters to its Mansfield and Derbyshire centres.
• The Mansfield Cat Centre is on Mansfield Road, Warsop, about 17 miles north, and asks you to book an appointment to meet its cats. At the Derbyshire Cat Centre you enquire about a cat through its listing.
• The RSPCA also rehomes animals; search on its own site.

Take it to a vet or a cat rescue to be scanned for a microchip, so its owner can be traced. The council stray service is for dogs: in England, section 149 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 deals with stray dogs, not cats. In England a pet cat must now be microchipped, so a scan is the quickest way home. Cats Protection's Nottinghamshire Cat Centre takes lost and found cat reports on 01159 386557.

Looking for a kitten? The kittens page lists every kitten near Nottingham today, and there are pages too for older cats, indoor cats and bonded pairs.

Need to rehome your own cat instead? Our Nottingham rehoming page covers the Cats Protection centre for your postcode and its waiting list.