The Cat House
A unique cat themed arts centre & cat lounge in Norwich
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From the very beginning, The Cat House was created with community in mind, and heart. We exist in order to connect people with people, and people with cats and we have far exceeded our original goals in doing this!
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Our creative side has developed hugely and been guided by you, our visitors and supporters. We are happy to say we now provide over 30 different arts, craft and wellness workshops & events, mostly cat themed. These sessions provide many opportunities for local people to attend, make new friends, learn new skills and have space to relax and de-stress in the company of our cats. They are tutored and hosted by local people, experts in their chosen fields. We welcome & encourage people with new ideas to get in touch to discuss viability.
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Our gift shop and art gallery are well stocked with wonderful artwork and creations by local creatives - get in touch if you want to get involved!
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We commission local artists to create Cat House images for our merchandise.
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Our cat mural in our bathroom is still a work in progress, with stunning cats painted by over 25 local artists so far! Get in touch to get involved.
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We offer volunteering opportunities, work experience placements via local colleges and have provided 9 full and part time jobs.
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Our cafe is stocked with locally produced food and drink as far as is possible.
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We promote local cat-themed charities, organisations and businesses and raise funds for them via events and collections.
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We are a collection point for donations for the Norwich Lost & Found Cats Group.
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We offer a local home-to-home cat rehoming service, at no charge. We have helped rehome over 60 cats since we opened in August 2023!
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We run SEND and home-education sessions. We offer lower priced tickets for carers and for students.​
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We sponsor local events via gift voucher prizes in raffles, and online promotion and have worked with many local businesses to run double promotions.
Work With Us
Sorry but we have filled all our available positions and aren't taking any more CV's at the moment as we are snowed under with job requests! If a position becomes available we will announce it on our social media, so be sure to follow us.
BE ONE OF OUR TUTORS
Since we are an arts centre we offer regular artistic and wellness classes and workshops, all to do with cats. If you wish to get involved, and you have a talent for such things please get in touch if you wish to offer something new (and cat-themed!).
A CALL TO ARTISTS
We have ample wall space to display and sell local artists work, so if your work is cat themed, please get in touch.
We charge a 20% commission fee.
All mediums and styles are welcome - we look forward to hearing from you!
Hand made cat-themed gifts are welcome too.
Donate
Our 2 crowdfund campaigns have now ended as far as pledging for rewards goes, but you can still donate through the campaign pages.
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We managed to raise £2400 towards building the cats a wonderful, secure, outdoor catio space with a roof where they can play in the fresh air, lounge in the sun and watch the world go by.
Much love and thanks to you if you contributed!
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Click the Crowdfunder logo below:
We also welcome donations of cat equipment, cat food, and funds to help cover the cats costs and to go towards the rescue charities that we support.
Regular sponsorship of individual cats is most welcome too - please get in touch to have a chat.
We have now set up an Amazon wish list for those of you who have asked about helping out and treating the cats, thanks so much :-)
Volunteer
As of Summer 2025 we have filled our recent volunteer spaces.
Keep an eye on our socials for info about future vacancies.
We do have spaces for college work experience students who need an animal venue to work at, so please get in touch.
PUBLICITY
We are more than happy for publicity in any form. Please get in touch if you wish to feature us in a publication or online.
CONNECT LOCALLY
We are keen to work with local businesses for mutual benefit and very keen to promote local cat focused businesses and ventures too - indeed we love to feature them on our social media and instore.
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Please get in touch to be featured.