If you are a rescue, independent rescuer, or wildlife-friendly vet in the UK, we’d love to have you registered in our directory. You’ll need to Register an Account in order to add a listing. You’ll then be able to edit the listing at any time, including setting it as ‘temporarily closed’ if you’re full or need a break. You’ll find guidance on adding, claiming, editing and removing a listing – here.

There are three ‘tiers’ to the directory

1. The public directory/’Rescues’
These rescues are the first results shown to site visitors who search our map.

2. The back-up directory/’Small Rescues’
Contact details are publicly viewable on the site but visitors have to look a bit harder to find these rescues.

3. Community Heroes
Contact details are hidden from the public. Our team will refer people to you if they’ve not been able to find help from the first two tiers of the directory.

The table below provides a rough guide to which tier of the directory your rescue best sits in. *We strongly recommend that any rescue less than 2 years old starts off in tier 2 or 3. Your listing can be moved later on, just let us know if you want to make a change.

	1 (Rescues)	2 (Small Rescues)	3 (Community Heroes)
Type of Rescue	Formal organisation with governing documents	Smaller or not yet fully established rescue	Individual rescuer or vet practice
Duration of Experience	2 years or more	Less than 2 years*	Any
Capacity	1000 or more animals a year	100-1000 animals a year	100 animals a year or less
Contactable via	Publicly listed telephone number	Publicly listed telephone number	Private telephone number or e-messaging only
Directory Visibility	Details immediately available to the public	Details available to the public but not in initial search results	Details only available to HelpWildlife.co.uk to use if options from the other tiers can’t help
Finances	Probably registered with the Charity Commission Rescue has its own bank account	Unlikely to be Charity Commission registered, may be registered with HMRC Rescue has its own bank account	HMRC or not formally registered. May be self-funded rather than taking donations.
Policies	Must agree to our Directory Standards	Must agree to our Directory Standards	Needs to agree to our Directory Standards but we may, at our discretion, add some who cannot meet all the standards to this tier and refer people on a case by case basis when no other help is available
Add a Listing	Add a Rescue	Add a Small Rescue	Add a Community Hero