Celia Hammond Animal Trust

The Celia Hammond Animal Trust (CHAT) is an animal charity with two London clinics, as well as an East Sussex and a Tunbridge Wells branch. The charity looks to care for, rescue and re-home thousands of unwanted animals. The clinics have neutered over 110,000 animals, preventing the birth of thousands of unwanted puppies and kittens and have vaccinated over 157,000 animals.

The Lewisham Branch Veterinary clinic opened in October 1995 as the country’s first low cost cat and dog neutering and vaccination clinic with the objective of bringing affordable neutering and vaccinations within the reach of all pet owners.

The charity has been aiming to expand and improve its offer in Lewisham for over ten years, gaining a planning permission in 2011 for a new development on the site. Unfortunately, due to funding reasons this project was not able to proceed beyond the implementation of the planning permission.