In the summer of 2018 Bob Bacon announced that he was planning to step down as both Treasurer and Trustee as he felt that it was time to retire after 10 years of volunteering for SNIP International.

In March 2019 SNIP International was awarded a fourth consecutive welfare grant through the Petplan Charitable Trust. The grant was increased to £2500 and again match-funded by SNIPi

The conference was very successful with a wonderful buzz from all the enthusiastic delegates. In total 75 pieces of TNR (trap-neuter-return) equipment were donated

Amanda Jane Green was a kind, caring and compassionate person with a lifelong love of animals, nature, flora, fauna and freedom.

We received a detailed report from Kastor Foundation, showing that the equipment had been used extensively to help many animals

At the time of his death the number of dogs cared for by the charity had doubled to 15,000, while the number of stray and abandoned dogs in Britain had halved

My friendship with Sylvia and Ian goes back to the 1990s. The catalyst was a pregnant tabby cat sleeping in the doorway of an antiques shop in Paphos, Greek Cyprus.

Fifteen groups received equipment through Project Poland, eleven of these were national branches of TOZ

65 groups applied for equipment, a much higher number than in recent years. This was largely due to the large Polish TOZ contingent