Meet RSPCA NSW pups at the 2025 Seniors Festival Expo

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As we speak, seniors attending the free NSW Seniors Expo at the Sydney International Convention Centre (ICC) are being welcomed by loveable RSPCA NSW fur-bassador pups as we celebrate the affection and social support animals provide to our senior citizens.

RSPCA NSW will be at Booth 73 inside the NSW Seniors Expo today and tomorrow championing the power of animal companionship, which is associated with positive outcomes for older people, particularly in significantly reducing loneliness, which in older adults is associated with negative physical and mental health outcomes including cardiovascular disease, depression and accelerated mortality. 

Attendees can learn about initiatives geared towards seniors including volunteering opportunities and our seniors for seniors 50% discount on adoptions fees for Seniors Card or Senior Savers Card holders if they adopt a dog or cat from RSPCA NSW aged over eight years old. 

This heart-warming program also includes RSPCA NSW veterinary hospitals offering a 10% discount on all veterinary services for Seniors Card (and Senior Savers card) holders.   

Along with discounts on adoptions and veterinary treatments, this promotion provides adopters with access to our Home Ever After program. The RSPCA Home Ever After program is a tailored, future care plan for pets, ensuring that animal companions receive ongoing love and care should something happen to their owner. 

RSPCA NSW Gifts in Wills Manager, Helen Trussler is at the NSW Seniors Expo ready to detail with your audience about the wonderful experience at the Expo and everything RSPCA NSW can offer to our senior community members.

What information RSPCA NSW is providing at the festival:

✔️ Owning pets in your golden years with RSPCA NSW Home Ever After, making it worry free.

✔️ Volunteering opportunities for seniors.

✔️ How to support RSPCA NSW.

✔️ Travelling with older pets.

✔️ Community group days.

✔️ Seniors for Seniors discount on pet adoptions and vet care.

RSPCA NSW at the 2025 NSW Seniors Festival Expo

When: Wednesday 12 March 2025 from 9:00am - 5:00pm and Thursday 13 March 2024 from 9:00am - 3:00pm. 

Where: International Convention Centre, Sydney (ICC) in Hall 4 – RSPCA NSW Booth 73

Meet: Helen Trussler – RSPCA NSW Gifts in Wills Manager

More info at www.nsw.gov.au/arts-and-culture/seniors-festival/whats-on/nsw-seniors-festival-expo

MEDIA RELEASE, 12th March 2025

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