{"id":71968,"date":"2026-05-21T11:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=71968"},"modified":"2026-05-21T11:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:25:15","slug":"watch-street-party-plans-for-sheffield-cats-shelter-129th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/watch-street-party-plans-for-sheffield-cats-shelter-129th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Street party plans for Sheffield Cats Shelter 129th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sheffield Cats Shelter is preparing to celebrate their <a href=\"https:\/\/thesheffieldcatsshelter.org\/2026\/our-129-birthday-party\">129th birthday anniversary<\/a> with a fundraising event to support cats across the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shelter has rescued and rehomed cats in Sheffield since 1897 and hopes to raise \u00a33,000 through this year\u2019s celebration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jordan Jonathan, Fundraiser and Social Media Apprentice, says the event is an important opportunity to raise awareness of the charity\u2019s work while generating vital support for the shelter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The birthday is also an appreciation to every cat lover, supporter and volunteers who have supported The Sheffield Cat Shelter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The celebration will take place at the shelter on Travis Place, Broomhall where part of the road will be closed for the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visitors can enjoy stalls run by local businesses, live music and guest speakers, with all proceeds supporting food, medicine and treatment for rescue cats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sheffield Cats Shelter 129th birthday\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wQZ5opNfecs?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sheffield Cats Shelter are hosting a street party celebration for their 129th birthday..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":824,"featured_media":71998,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,21,85],"tags":[712,64,38],"class_list":["post-71968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-charity","category-news","category-top-story-2","tag-cats","tag-charity","tag-sheffield"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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