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Media team

Get in touch with our media team for interviews with RSPCA spokespeople and the latest statements and reports on animal cruelty and care. We can also help you source case studies and images.

Below is contact information for journalists and the media only.

If you need to report a concern about animal welfare or ask a general enquiry please use the following forms.

Media enquiries

During normal office hours (9am–5pm, Monday–Friday), press officers can be contacted by journalists and the media on the following contact details.

Student journalists

We will do our best to help with student enquiries however please be aware that, as a charity, we can't guarantee to help you in time for your deadline. We have plenty of information on our website which may help you, including our latest news releases and facts and figures.

National enquiries

  • 0300 123 0288
  • 0300 123 0244

Out of hours, journalists only

After 5pm on weekdays, and over the weekends and bank holidays, journalists and members of the media can contact the duty press officer for urgent press enquiries. There is a press officer on duty 24/7, although please note given our very limited resources, this is only for time sensitive and urgent media enquiries.

  • 0300 123 0244

Local enquiries (England and Wales only)

North of England

  • Lucy Bailey
  • 0300 123 0085

Regions covered:

Cumbria, Durham, Lancashire, Tyne & Wear, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Derbyshire, Cheshire and Merseyside

East of England

  • Nicola Walker
  • 07969 294018

Regions covered:

Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex

South East of England

  • Jenny Longden
  • 07969 342036

Regions covered:

London, Surrey, Kent, East Sussex and West Sussex

South West of England and West Midlands

  • Suzanne Norbury
  • 07969 481250

Regions covered:

West Midlands (inc. Birmingham), Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Dorset, Bristol, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall and Isle of Wight

Wales and the Border Counties

  • Gill Hillan
  • 07969 309752
  • 0300 123 8913

Regions covered:

Wales, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire

Press resources

Performing animal welfare

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Publications

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Latest news

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