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About World Animal Rescue Network

Animal welfare starts with understanding local needs.

WARN brings people, information and fundraising together to help animals. We are building a grant-making approach around capable local organisations, clear purposes and records supporters can check.

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Purpose and practice

A careful route from concern to useful support

People closest to an animal welfare problem can help explain what is needed. Our role is to listen, assess requests and raise support for a defined purpose. A funding decision must connect an evidenced need with an organisation able to carry out the work.

  1. Understand the need

    Use dated local reports, direct discussions and specific requests. Keep an organisation’s account of its own work separate from WARN’s activity.

  2. Assess a proposed grant

    Review the recipient’s identity, permissions, welfare practices, delivery capacity and budget. An awareness link alone does not make an organisation a grant recipient.

  3. Make the record useful

    Document the purpose, recipient, amount and payment status. Describe outcomes when evidence is available, including limits and changes to the original plan.

Read the grant-selection process

Dated progress update

Listening to organisations in Indonesia

WARN staff are currently meeting organisations in Indonesia to understand their needs and identify how we can help. Funding shortfalls have been raised in these discussions. Grant recipients have not yet been selected.

The Kalimantan appeal explains the proposed support, public evidence and fund terms. Meetings are part of assessing needs; they are not a report of a completed grant or rescue.

Read the Kalimantan appeal

Know who you are supporting

A useful appeal makes its purpose, limits and current status easy to find. These pages bring together the information you need before and after giving.

Reporting status: A reconciled financial summary has not yet been published. Individual grant records have not yet been published. Check the reporting detail.

Questions about WARN

What is World Animal Rescue Network?
World Animal Rescue Network (WARN) is an animal welfare organisation registered in England and Wales as a Community Interest Company. We publish educational resources and raise funds intended to support eligible local organisations. Our grant approach starts with understanding needs and assessing proposed recipients.
Is WARN a registered charity?
WARN is World Animal Rescue Network CIC, company number 17298990. It is a Community Interest Company, not a Charity Commission registered charity. WARN does not offer Gift Aid. The registration page explains the legal identity and governance.
What is WARN doing in Indonesia?
WARN staff are currently meeting organisations in Indonesia to understand their needs and identify how we can help. Funding shortfalls have been raised in these discussions. Grant recipients have not yet been selected. Read the dated Kalimantan appeal for the evidence, proposed uses of funds and recipient-selection status.
How much of a donation supports programme delivery?
WARN’s target is 80% of unrestricted donations for programme delivery. This is a planned allocation, not an audited spending result or a guarantee about an individual donation. Designated appeals have their own terms, including eligible uses and charges.
Does a country guide mean WARN funds a rescue there?
No. Country and wildlife guides are educational resources. A directory entry, article or link to another organisation does not establish a WARN partnership or grant. Published grant records are the place to check a named recipient, purpose and payment status.

Give what you can. Help in the way that fits.

A donation is one route. You can also share an appeal, offer a skill, help someone find a rescue contact or pass on accurate wildlife information.

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