Support the Centre
Building on a legacy
On 22 July 1822, animal rights campaigner and Member of Parliament, Richard Martin, succeeded in getting the UK’s first animal protection law—the Cruel Treatment of Cattle Act—passed. Nicknamed ‘Martin’s Act’, this law paved the way for more progressive animal protection legislation in the UK and beyond.
Our goals
Our aim is to develop the Centre as a skilled legal resource, contributing to a better understanding of legal rights for all sentient animals, and helping to make change possible. The Centre explores what animal rights laws could look like, as well as presenting the merits and drawbacks of animal rights law. The Centre is made up of world-leading academics who research and publish in the field, support conferences and workshops on animal rights law, and engage with policymakers and governments in the UK, Europe, and beyond.
Why we need your help
As an educational centre, we require funding to support research, teaching, and the promotion of intellectual exchange. To spread the message as far as possible, we strive to make everything we offer publicly available and free of charge, so that anyone may benefit. We are also recording our lectures and talks so they are accessible to everyone.
Download our brochure
In our brochure, we explain why we focus on animal rights and the scale of change that’s making our work necessary. Click here to download the PDF.
How you can support us
Donate
The most impactful way to help us is to donate funds. The Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law is a registered charity in the UK (Registered Charity Number 1190232) and can receive donations tax free. You can sponsor any of the opportunities outlined in the brochure above, and we also accept open, unallocated donations. To make a donation, contact Dr Sean Butler or give directly by clicking here.
In case you would like to boost your donation by 25%, you can fill in the following Gift Aid Declaration (for UK taxpayers only).
Legacies
Please let us know if you would like to leave a gift to the Centre in your Will (contact details below). To remember our Centre in your Will, your solicitor will need the following information:
Registered name: Cambridge Centre for Animals Rights Law
Charity number: 1190232
Registered office: Cambridge Centre for Animal Rights Law
c/o Scrutton Bland, Fitzroy House, Crown Street, Ipswich IP1 3LG.
Volunteer
We are always happy to have volunteers offer their skills to us. In the past, volunteers have helped us organise events, carry out small research tasks, and put together materials for our Visiting Fellows and Researchers. To volunteer, contact our team.
“Animal rights law may be one of the worthiest causes that we can devote ourselves to.”
— Dr Raffael Fasel, The Centre’s Co-founder and Co-Director