Active for Animals

About Us

Our mission is to continuously improve the effectiveness of animal charities by developing and maintaining an interoperable suite of digital tools and integrations

Who We Serve

Our Audience

We build and maintain software for organisations that are reducing animal suffering. Working alongside organisations around the world, we build solutions to common problems across the movement.

To address a common problem we try to work with a few key organisations to develop the best possible solution. We then make this solution available to any organisation working in animal advocacy.

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Founder working at a laptop

Background

Our History

Active for Animals was founded by a team of people in August 2022. We started AFA because we observed a need within the movement to solve common problems across animal charities. With Effective Altruism as a philosophical background, we use evidence and reason to figure out how to benefit the impact of animal charities as much as possible and take action on that basis.

The People

Meet the Team

Peter Rønsby

Peter Rønsby

Project Lead

Peter has worked for nearly two decades in the animal charity field, and has extensive experience with software development from years of IT development work. In his spare time, Peter contracts for EA affiliated organizations, including Rethink Priorities and Northwestern University.

Hereward McGillivray

Hereward McGillivray

Product Manager

With over seven years of experience driving innovation at the intersection of climate action, technology, and social change, Hereward brings a blend of strategic insight and hands-on expertise to the team. At Active for Animals, Hereward leads the full product lifecycle from discovery to delivery, and works closely with our community to ensure our solutions create meaningful impact. In his spare time Hereward loves learning languages, hiking and working on regenerative community projects.

We're here to help

We're here to help you help animals.

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