The Ferret Education & Research Trust is the first dedicated national registered charity within England and Wales which aims to promote the care and welfare of the domesticated ferret. It has strong ties with various other ferret organisations and welfares; international & overseas, national and also those operating in a local capacity.

It was our group intention to establish a charitable cause that would be able to support the fundraising of other ferret welfares around the UK and also to offer a means to educate and inform the public regarding the plight of this hard working and much maligned animal.

As we progressed through 2006 we attended a number of national shows including The Three Counties Show at Malvern and also The Town & Country Show at Stoneleigh; both were amazingly successful and we achieved our aims in both fundraising and education.

In September 2006, after the success of the Town & Country Show, the founders of FERT decided to apply for registered charitable status to further establish its intentions to the public and the ferret community.

On 22nd November 2006 FERT was the first dedicated ferret charity to be awarded registered national status by the Charity Commission.