It's back! This year is even bigger and better with new Cat-egories!

Welcome to West Norfolk Cat Centre's Virtual Cat Show

There are even more chance to win this year with 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each category up for grabs! There is even a chance to vote for your favourite winner with 'Best in Show' being voted for by you on our Facebook page.

To enter all you need to do is email fundraising@downham.cats.org.uk with the picture of your cat, your name, your cat's name and contact details. Make a donation of £2 per entry (suggested).

Categories for 2024:

❤️Cutest Kittens - anyone aged up to 12 months

❤️Adorable Adults - cats aged between 1 year and 12 years

❤️Super Seniors - for those golden oldies aged 12 and up

❤️If I ‘fits I sits’- (All ages)

❤️Insta VS Reality (All the pictures our cats would like online Vs the ones they wouldn’t)

Each category is open for 7 days and will be judged* by our wonderful volunteers here at the centre and announced a week after closing.

You can enter as many categories as you like, we suggest £2 per entry or why not enter all 5 for £10!

*please note we are not professional judges, this is a fun prize draw comp. to raise money for Cats Protection and care for cats here at West Norfolk Cat Centre.

Virtual Cat Show Terms and Conditions – West Norfolk 2024

1. The Virtual cat show will launch 12th August 2024 with each category going live at midday each day.

2. To enter email: fundraising@downham.cats.org.uk with the photo of your cat along with names (your cat and yours), contact details and which category you'd like to enter.

3. Please note, we are unable to accept entries where cats have been dressed up as this does not meet with our welfare standards, cats in clothing, including bows and fancy collars, will be excluded from the competition. 

4. Cats Protection has the right to reject an entry to the Cat Show for any reason. 

5. There is a suggested donation of £2.00 per entry (or £10 for 5 entries) via Just Giving https://www.justgiving.com/page/cats-protection-downham-market-ac-1719756474678 you do not have to donate to participate in the show, you can enter for free. 

6. We have a team of volunteers who will be judges for the cat show, taking a category each. Each entry will be impartially judged removing names and contact details, all judging will be based on the photograph.

7. There will be a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winner for each category. The winner from each category will go on to the Best in Show final which will be judged by likes on West Norfolk’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/CatsProtectionWestNorfolk

8. Each category will be live to enter for 7 days, once the cat show is finished original posts of categories will be updated to advise of this and to ensure no additional entries are posted after judging has finished.   

9. Each winner will be announced by midday the week following when the cat show category is closed and published on West Norfolk Cat Centre’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/CatsProtectionWestNorfolk.

10. Best in show judging post will be launched on the 31st August with the winner announced on the 7th September.

11. We reserve the right to use your entry photo and cats name when we announce the winner for each category. 

12. Category winners will receive a 1st prize rosette and gift, 2nd place rosette and 3rd place rosette, this will be available to be collected from the Centre and will be held for 21 days.

13. If the winner cannot be contacted or does not claim the prize rosette within 21 days of notification, we reserve the right to withdraw the prize rosette from the winner and offer this to next place entrant. 

14. The results of each category is final and no correspondence will be entered into.  

15. All funds raised will go to West Norfolk Cat Centre Registered Charity 203644 (England & Wales) SC037711 (Scotland).  

16. Any money received after the end date of 23rd August midday, including late entries after the categories have closed, will be treated as a donation to help fund the work of Cats Protection and will not be refundable. 

17. Cats Protection respects and is committed to protecting your privacy. The personal information you provide will remain private and will only be used for the purposes of the competition unless you give permission otherwise. 

18. Our privacy policy explains how we collect and use your information and can be found here: www.cats.org.uk/terms/terms-privacy    

Cats Protection help more cats than any other organisation and we want to help millions more. We are a dedicated community of passionate employees, volunteers, supporters and partners, working together to make life better for millions of cats and the people who care for them.

We are the voice of cats in society and we speak up for their protection.

We’re working towards a society where every cat is treated with kindness and respect.

Making a better life for cats, because life is better with cats.

Find out more: www.cats.org.uk