Lend a hand, any way you can.

The centre runs on local goodwill. Give some time, give a gift, raise money or remember the centre in your will.

AVolunteer
BDonate
CGifts in kind
DFundraise
EGifts in a will

09.AVolunteer

Give some time.

The centre is run by volunteers, and new volunteers are always welcome. Ring to find out what help is needed at the moment and how to get started.

The centre is also governed by a volunteer committee of 5 to 12 people. If you would like to know more about the committee, ask us.

Not ready to adopt but could look after an animal for a while? Ask about fostering.

Ring about volunteering

A black and white sheepdog working across a steep grassy hillside below a line of sheep and distant mountains. — An illustrative photograph, not an animal at the centre.

09.BDonate

Give a gift.

Donations help the centre care for animals. This website does not take payments: get in touch and the team will tell you how to give.

By phone

Ring to arrange

Call the centre and say you would like to make a donation.

Ring 03 308 4432

In person

At the centre

4 Seafield Road, Netherby, Ashburton. The centre is volunteer-run, so please call before visiting.

Find us

Ask us about a donation receipt

In New Zealand, people who pay tax can usually claim a tax credit of one third of their donations of $5 or more to approved donee organisations, which include many charities (Inland Revenue: about donation tax credits). Ask us about a receipt and whether your gift qualifies.

Where the money goes

The centre's income and spending for every year since 2018, from its annual returns, are on our About page. In the year to 31 December 2025, income was $9,142 and expenditure $46,545.

Give in crypto

The centre takes gifts in Solana and Ethereum. Scan a code or copy an address, and send on the matching network. A gift sent on the wrong network can be lost and can't be refunded.

Solana (SOL)

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Solana network only.

Ethereum (ETH)

0xA45f30695b07D936Ff07eF4F74b4f5eAC3E9DdA5

Ethereum network only.

A fluffy black and white cat sitting on a rock beside old fence posts and wire. — An illustrative photograph, not an animal at the centre.

09.CGifts in kind

Things, not just money.

If you would like to give goods rather than money, please ask us first what the centre needs at the moment, and when to drop them off.

Ask what is needed

09.DFundraise

Raise money for the centre.

Planning a bake sale, a sponsored walk or a collection at work? Wonderful. Please talk to us before you start, so we can help where we can and agree how the centre's name is used.

Tell us your plan

09.EGifts in a will

Remember the centre in your will

If you would like to leave a gift to the centre, talk to your lawyer and give them our full name and registration number:

The Mid Canterbury Animal Welfare Centre Incorporated
Registered charity CC56428 (Charities Services, New Zealand)

You are welcome to let us know, but you do not have to.