About us

ROLDA UK was set up by Dana and Gemma who lead a growing group of wonderful, skilled volunteers. The purpose of the organisation is to rehome responsibly healthy and sociable dogs from our shelter to British families, to generate awareness and support for the Romanian animals and for the poor communities struggling to look after their pets responsibly. The organisation was founded on 16 July 2015, Reg. No. 1162690.

How to adopt a dog from ROLDA?

1. Our dogs are listed here, please make your choice. Every dog profile contains useful information about her/his behavior observed by our staff during daily routines.

2. Contact the British team at rolda (at) rolda.org.uk with the chosen dog (name), questions you might have about dog’ character.

3. The British colleagues will send you the adoption papers that need to be signed and sent back. Be prepared for a home check.

4. The adoption fee for one of our dogs is £150 which covers essentials such as the pet passport, microchipping, vaccinations and blood tests. You can pay the adoption fee online via credit or debit card, bank transfer, PayPal or cheque.

5. Pay the transport fee which varies depending on dog’ size

Gift Aid: Turn every £1 donation into £1.25

Under Gift Aid, the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will usually top up every £1 given to ROLDA UK with 25p. So our charity could receive £250 for every £1,000 you donate at no extra expense to you. For donations to be eligible for Gift Aid, the donor needs to be a UK taxpayer and will have had to have paid an amount of income/capital gains tax equal to or higher than the amount claimed by all charities and CASCs from HM Revenue & Customs (taxes such as VAT and Council Tax do not qualify). This means, for ROLDA UK to claim £2.50 on a £10 donation, the sponsor must have paid at least £2.50 in tax. Gift Aid cannot be claimed on company donations.

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The heart and soul of ROLDA UK is Gemma, a girl who heard about our charity from her mom, who is a board member of our Australian branch. Mother of 2 wild boys, Gemma handles Australia, UK, as well as various other tasks. I created a small miracle and infiltrated ROLDA into her blood and now, I am as certain as one can be, that Gemma is here to stay with us for a very long time. Sometimes annoying, over focused on details, Gemma is the kind of treasure rich, big charities would kill to have in their team. Why? Because of something called loyalty that no money in the World can buy. ROLDA UK became registered CIO in 2015 and Gift Aid can be claimed by British donors. Last year, ROLDA UK progressed impressively; we increased private donations, obtained some grants, had some media appearances including in The Ark Magazine (Catholic Concern for Animals) and The Telegraph. Besides other skills, Gemma is great at recruiting people (after failing terribly with others! LOL!) She managed to recruit a great, talented writer, Michael; a brilliant adoption coordinator, Sarah and Olga who recently began helping us with social media. Thanks to them and our generous British supporters, the future of ROLDA UK looks bright.