The Tameside and Glossop Branch of the RSPCA, is a self funded, separately registered charity, run entirely by volunteers.    We do not employ paid staff.

THE BRANCH SUPPORTS OUR INSPECTORS by taking in dogs and cats which they have rescued. We raise all our funds locally to cover costs for their care in kennels, catteries or foster homes and any veterinary fees which can sometimes run into thousands of pounds. Once the animals are fit and healthy we actively seek to match them with a suitable family who will provide them a new home and future. Animals which come into our care have often experienced cruelty, accidents and injury or abandonment.

Whilst we are restricted at the branch level in the type of animal we can provide care for, the National RSPCA actively rescues pets, wildlife and farm animals.

RSPCA branches raise money locally to support the animal welfare work they do.  The easiest way to understand this structure is to think of it in terms of a Franchise. There are over 150 Branches of the RSPCA and every Branch is slightly different from its neighbours. They operate their own animal welfare programmes, which run “in tandem” with the National Society. Each branch raises its own funds and manages its own affairs.

To find our more about our work and finances you can download/view our annual report and accounts for the last 5 years directly from the Charity Commission’s Website here

We raise fund to continue to pay for private boarding, support our volunteer fosterers and to pay for,  often large bills for veterinary treatment and medication for the cats and dogs brought into our care by RSPCA Inspectors.   When our dogs and cats are ready for adoption, they are rehomed to loving and caring new families. Please visit our cat and dog pages if you would like to adopt.

A home visit is undertaken by our volunteer adoption support volunteers to ensure a good match is made between the animal and its potential adopter.

Please note that we will not rehome to homes where other animals are not neutered.

Donations and legacies also enable us to provide assisted neutering and treatment vouchers to enable people facing financial hardship to obtain veterinary care for their animals.

Towns in the Branch area: Ashton-u-Lyne, Audenshaw, Broadbottom, Charlesworth, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Glossop, Hadfield, Hattersley, Hyde, Mossley, Mottram, Padfield, Stalybridge, and Tintwistle.

You can also download our branch leaflet and other info here.