# Catherine Cottrell to join Cats Protection as fundraising lead

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/08/03/catherine-cottrell-to-join-cats-protection-as-fundraising-lead/
- Published: 2019-08-03T08:17:02+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Cats Protection has appointed Catherine Cottrell as its new Director of Income
Generation.**

Cottrell, currently Executive Director of Fundraising and Partnerships at Comic 
Relief, will take up the role on 23 September. She will lead the fundraising activities
at the charity which operates through a national network of around 250 volunteer-
run branches and 36 centres.

She will be part of the charity’s Executive Management Team and report to Chief 
Executive James Yeates.

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The charity is expanding its education, advocacy, rehoming and neutering work in
order to reduce the number of unwanted cats in the UK.  

Before working at Comic Relief, Cottrell was Director of Fundraising at Unicef UK
where she doubled voluntary income in five years, and Group Head of Fundraising 
at the RSPCA where she created a strategy that boosted the value of individual donations
and high value partnerships.

On the announcement of her appointment she said: “It’s been great to see the excitement
at the organisation and the great appetite for change. Cats are wonderful companions
to so many people in the UK, and I believe [Cats Protection](http://www.cats.org.uk)
can become a greater part of their lives, helping the charity see through its mission.”

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