The festive period can be a difficult time for many people for a variety of reasons, and the Vetlife Helpline is available 24/7 over the holidays for all who need to talk – including Christmas day. In this blog, a Helpline volunteer shares their experience. I volunteered to join the Vetlife Helpline in the […]
With the festive period fast approaching we’ve put together some gift ideas which give back to Vetlife. Donations from the sale of these items help us to support all in the veterinary community. Christmas cards in aid of Vetlife are now available in our shop. This years festive snow globe card was designed by […]
Vets Lucy Morley and Sophie Church have completed a mammoth climb to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of Vetlife. The pair who graduated from RVC together, along with a group of friends, reached the whopping 5,895 meter (19,341 ft) peak on the 20th October. Not for the faint hearted, Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is […]
The cumulative donations made over a number of years by the RCVS through its Mind Matters Initiative (MMI) to the veterinary community support charity Vetlife have now topped £1 million. Vetlife delivers support to the profession through its core services: Vetlife Helpline, Vetlife Health Support and Vetlife Financial Support and has long received financial […]
Enter for your chance to win! Children aged 14 and under are invited to get creative and design a Christmas card for our festive competition. The winning design will be sold in the Vetlife shop and will receive a £100 Amazon voucher courtesy of NSV The Vet Recruiter. Vetlife President Graham Dick will be choosing […]
This October marks the third Veterinary Month of Movement (VMOM) – the month where the veterinary community is encouraged to come together, get active, and fundraise for Vetlife. We’re calling on all in the veterinary team to join in and support our charity! How to get involved: Take part in VMOM by yourself or […]
Last weekend (22-23rd July) the Veterinary Voices Hiking Group set off on the National 3 Peaks Challenge in aid of Vetlife. Co-founders Paul Horwood and Robyn Lowe, a veterinary surgeon and registered veterinary nurse, guided the group across Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon. The team started at Ben Nevis and then drove […]
Vetlife has revised its governing documents to provide for broader representation of veterinary professionals. This follows a review by the Vetlife Board of Trustees of its Articles and Memorandum of Association, parts of which date as far back as 1919. With the most recent partial review last conducted in 2008, the Board had identified a […]
Vetlife Financial Support service provides aid to veterinary surgeons in need of assistance. Here, a beneficiary of Financial Support shares how a special one-off gift from Vetlife has transformed their life. Dear Vetlife, I had to put into writing to you, just what your recent gift of an E-Bike has meant to me. I was […]
Vet nurse and co-founder of the Veterinary Voices Hiking Group Robyn Lowe talks in this blog about the theme of this years Mental Health Awareness week: Loneliness. Recently I asked a group of veterinary professionals on Veterinary Voices UK if they ever felt lonely – 72% said yes. Of this 72%, 52.5% were lonely occasionally […]
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