Monthly sponsorship
Sponsor a bear
From £70 a month — a personalised e-certificate, then updates about the sanctuary care your sponsorship funds.
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How does bear sponsorship work?
Bear sponsorship through Charity Shop supports bears rescued from bile farms, dancing and caged captivity, now at WARN partner sanctuaries. £70 a month funds food, enclosure care and enrichment — with a personalised e-certificate, giftable in someone's name.
Who should skip this: Skip this if you wanted to rehome a bear in the UK, needed Gift Aid, or expected a posted toy pack. Sponsorship funds named monthly care; nobody takes the animal home. You can cancel through WARN.
Do I own or adopt this bear?
No. A monthly sponsorship here is costed care, not a pet and not a symbolic wild-animal adoption pack. Compare the models in sponsor vs adopt and symbolic vs costed.
Your sponsorship tier
You'll review the gift, optionally add a recipient's name, then complete the donation on World Animal Rescue Network's secure page with the monthly option already selected.
Bear care: the monthly tier and one-off gifts
| Gift | Care idea | Suggested amount |
|---|---|---|
| Honey & fruit for a week | A week of natural foraging food for one rescued bear. | £18 |
| Give a bear a spa day | Pool time, foraging puzzles and enrichment for one bear. | £25 |
| Sponsor a bear for a month | Food, enclosure care and enrichment for one bear, for one month. | £70/month |
| Fund dental surgery | Surgery for teeth broken on cage bars — the most common rescue injury. | £85 |
Where your sponsorship goes
Donations are received by World Animal Rescue Network, a community interest company with a statutory asset lock — no shareholders, no private gain — which directs funds to its partner shelters and sanctuaries across Asia, Africa and South America. The about page states the exact legal structure; figures on this page are reviewed quarterly (last review 17 July 2026).
Prefer a one-off gift? All bears gift tags →
Bear sponsorship questions
What does a bear sponsorship pay for?
Natural foraging food (£18 buys a week of honey and fruit), pool time and enrichment, and the enclosure care that gives a caged bear its life back — £70 a month.
Why can’t rescued bears go back to the wild?
Bears taken young into cages never learned to forage or den. Sanctuary is the honest answer: space, proper food and care for the rest of their lives.