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 […]
A group of 30 staff and volunteers from Vetlife, BVA, VDS and Summit climbed the o2 arena in London in support of our Vetlife Day campaign. The team has so far raised over £6,500 on their JustGiving page, and the Veterinary Defence Society has committed to match fund a further £2,000 bringing the grand total to […]
On World Vet Day, 26th April 2022, vet Kate McMorris and her home-bred horse, Marilyn will set off on the adventure of a lifetime. It’s not a journey for the faint-hearted – Kate and Marilyn will be tackling difficult terrain, mountains and moorlands, roads and ravines and unchartered tracks, often facing some of the harshest […]
RVN and Vetlife supporter Robyn Lowe has set up a walking group for the veterinary community via the Veterinary Voices Facebook page. In this Q&A, Robyn shares her motivation behind the group, and why getting out and about can make all the difference. What made you set up the group? I have long enjoyed walking […]
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