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Caring colleagues give worthy causes 376,453 reasons to smile

MORE than 100 charities and worthy causes that help people, animals and the environment have benefited from the kindness of colleagues at VetPartners who raised £376,453 during 2025. Teams from our veterinary practices and associated animal healthcare businesses throughout the UK and Ireland ran marathons, climbed mountains, baked cakes and organised dog shows, quizzes and raffles to generate money to help worthy causes and those most in need. Colleagues raised £214,300 duri

Jan 123 min read

Patient Care Focus to help owners keep pets in good condition

HELPING owners to understand what a healthy body condition looks like for their pets is the aim of VetPartners’ first Patient Care Focus of 2026. With many of Ireland's dogs and cats overweight, we’re aiming to educate clients about keeping their pets in a good condition from a young age and help them to understand that a healthy shape equals a healthy life. Pets with a balanced body condition have more energy, better mobility and a reduced risk of disease. With more than hal

Jan 52 min read

New Year, New Skills - Learning resolutions you'll want to keep

New Year is the perfect time to set fresh goals and make resolutions for personal growth. If you’re setting career goals in 2026, defining your long-term vision or setting objectives like learning a new skill or seeking a promotion, then support is at hand to help you on the road to success. VetPartners is relaunching its Career Pathways programme this spring to support colleagues with their professional development. Find out more here.... NEW resources will be launched on ou

Jan 53 min read

Caring vet Alistair is among our latest Nettie winners

A VET who put the care of his colleagues, clients and patients before himself during a sudden outbreak of avian flu has been rewarded with a VetPartners Nettie award. Alistair Chilcott, who works at Poultry Health Services (PHS), was due to fly to Spain for five days of CPD but decided to cancel his trip the night before when avian flu was confirmed in one of the practice’s farms. It meant Alistair, who was VetPartners’ Vet of the Year in 2024, was available for one of the bu

Dec 16, 20253 min read

Volunteering in Cambodia was an experience of a lifetime for Camilla

Through VetPartners’ overseas volunteering fund, colleagues can support worthy causes while boosting their clinical skills by working often in the most challenging conditions. Whether in Africa or Asia, vets and RVNs can apply for funding to undertake clinical work with animal charities across the world. As we mark International Volunteer Day on December 5th, Camilla Ackroyd, an RVN at Wood Vets in Gloucester, talks about her unforgettable experience of volunteering for a ch

Dec 5, 20253 min read

Working together to promote the responsible use of antibiotics

VetPartners Group Director of Clinical Research and Excellence in Practice Dr Rachel Dean with the 2025 Antibiotics Stewardship Report VETPARTNERS believes cross-country collaboration between its practices will help to combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) to help reduce the emergence and spread of drug-resistant bacteria around the world. As a result of drug resistance, antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents can become ineffective, therefore, some infections become diffi

Nov 18, 20253 min read

We've given charities and worthy causes one million reasons to smile

VETPARTNERS colleagues have pulled together to raise more than £1million for worthy causes over the past 10 years. Whether baking cakes to sell, running marathons, climbing mountains or jumping from planes, our colleagues in the UK and Ireland have joined forces to support dozens of charities and worthy causes. Pets as Therapy, Cinnamon Trust, Gambia Horse and Donkey Trust, StreetVet, Irish Guide Dogs, Guide Dogs NI and Air Ambulances UK are among the organisation to have rec

Oct 30, 20253 min read

African adventure was an incredible experience for RVN Nicky

VETS and RVNs can now apply for the latest round of funding from VetPartners to undertake clinical work with animal charities across the world. Through our overseas volunteering fund, colleagues have the opportunity to support worthy causes while boosting their clinical skills by working often in the most challenging conditions. Nicky Weitendorf, Senior Veterinary Nurse at EC Straiton Vets, swapped Stafford for a week volunteering with Maun Animal Welfare Society (MAWS) in Bo

Oct 17, 20256 min read