# How do animal sponsorship gifts work?

> Animal sponsorship gifts explained: a monthly donation from £30 funds real care, and your recipient gets a personalised e-certificate plus updates.

## Quick answer
An animal sponsorship gift is a monthly donation made in someone's name: from £30 a month it funds real care — a kennel, a cat pod, a sanctuary place — at a WARN partner shelter. The recipient receives a personalised e-certificate and ongoing updates; you can cancel or change the sponsorship any time.

## What does the recipient get?
Two things. First, a personalised e-certificate from World Animal Rescue Network naming them and the animal their sponsorship supports — emailed after your first payment, ready to forward or print. Then the ongoing part: updates about the care their sponsorship funds, so the gift keeps arriving long after the wrapping would have been binned.

You pay; they get the relationship. Nothing locks either of you in — sponsorships are managed by WARN and can be changed or stopped at any time.

## What does the money buy each month?
Each sponsorship is priced at the real cost of a named piece of care: £30 a month funds a warm cat pod, £40 a rescue dog's kennel, £50 a donkey's sanctuary place, £75 a share of an elephant's sanctuary care. Prices are reviewed quarterly with WARN's partner shelters.

## How do I set one up?
Pick the animal, choose the monthly tag, add the recipient’s name and occasion, and complete the donation on WARN’s secure page. The certificate is emailed to you within minutes of the first payment.

## FAQs
### Can I cancel a sponsorship gift?
Yes — sponsorships are managed by World Animal Rescue Network and can be changed or cancelled at any time. The recipient is never billed; only you, the giver, manage the payments.

### Is a sponsorship the same as adopting an animal?
No — charity "adoptions" are usually symbolic donations to a species. A sponsorship here funds named, costed care (a kennel, a pod, a sanctuary place) and comes with updates about that care. Nobody takes the animal home.

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Source: https://charity-shop.org/answers/how-do-animal-sponsorship-gifts-work · Reviewed 17 July 2026 · Charity Shop UK — the online charity shop from World Animal Rescue Network (WARN).