Our Mission is to be one of the leading animal welfare and re-homing charities for the care and rehabilitation of animals.

National Animal Welfare Trust (NAWT) was founded in 1971 as an independent charity, and was originally known as Animal Welfare Trust (the word national was added in 1996 as part of our 25th Anniversary celebrations). The roots of the organisation can be traced back to 1958, when the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) established BUVA Dog Rescue. The Aims and Objectives of the charity are the provision of care and shelter for stray, neglected and unwanted animals of all kinds, the protection of animals of all kinds from ill-usage, cruelty and suffering, and in particular, to rescue and provide care and shelter for stray, neglected and unwanted animals of all kinds and find suitable homes for any such animals.

Rehoming Centres
Care&Shelter
Rescue