The Gang

Who we are · Our Corfu cat sanctuary

The Gang


We are a small community of passionate volunteers committed to helping the cats around Corfu Town. We are a registered charity, but we aren’t government-funded — all the costs for cat food, medicine and vet treatments are covered by donations.

We started by looking after a small colony of about 30 stray cats next to the cemetery of Corfu Town. Today our cat sanctuary is home to a much larger family. We provide food, medical treatment, sterilisation and a safe place to live. For the poorly ones and the tiny kittens, we were able to rent a small shed to keep them safe; all the other cats live in our open outdoor sanctuary, where we built a large roof construction to protect them from rain, sun and storms.

We aren’t an official, government-run shelter — there are none on Corfu — but for the cats in our care, we are a permanent sanctuary: a safe place to belong, for as long as they need it.

200+

cats cared for, from a colony that began with about 30

365

days a year of food, shelter and medical care

100%

donation-funded — a registered charity with no government funding

What drives us

Our goal

Our goal is to find loving homes for every single cat. 💙🐾 If you would like to know more about our work, we’d love to hear from you.

Our team

The people behind the sanctuary

You cannot run a cat sanctuary without reliable people. Behind every rescued cat on Corfu is a small, dedicated team who show up day after day — in storm, hail and scorching summer heat — feeding, medicating, fostering, driving to the vet and simply refusing to give up.

We are all very different, and we each bring something different to this cause. Together, we care for 200+ cats, all year round. Meet a few of the people who make it possible.

The Cemetery Cats Corfu team

Part of our team — the day we made it official.

Sofia at the shelter with a kitten

Heart of the shelter

Sofia

Superwoman. Almost single-handedly she has saved thousands of Corfu’s cats — and she’s at the shelter every morning and every evening.

Meet Sofia
Theda travelling with a cat

Our fairy godmother

Theda

A young 82-year-old who has spent years showing up, teaching and refusing to give up. She doesn’t just rescue animals — she teaches others how to.

Meet Theda
Natushka with the cats

Our queen

Natushka

Part British, part Greek — she knows everyone, promotes us like no one else, and is the voice of reason and unofficial therapist for the whole team.

Meet Natushka
Chrisa at the shelter

Our cat whisperer

Chrisa

Our early bird and keeper of order — a true cat whisperer who wins over the shyest cats, and the photographer behind many of our Kittygarten moments.

Meet Chrisa
Indre

The one who keeps it all running

Indre

A visitor from Lithuania who never really left — six years and 200 cats later, she keeps the whole shelter running, mostly imperfectly and always with heart.

Meet Indre
Gillian

Family for life

Gillian

A proper Scottish lady with a sunny Greek heart. Now back home near her family, she still returns to visit, volunteer — and deep-clean everything.

Meet Gillian
Leonard, who stands in for our anonymous sponsor

Our guardian angel

Our Sponsor

An anonymous friend who appeared at exactly the right time and made our shelter renovation possible — represented, of course, by his handsome boy Leonard.

Read our tribute
Simone

The volunteer who became family

Simone

A visiting volunteer from Germany with a bottomless well of love — our carpenter, cuddler of the tiniest babies, and Sofia’s partner in crime.

Meet Simone