I want to make a gift that would be along the lines of sponsoring a particular cat. preferably some sort of email with the name and photo of a cat.

A dog shelter used to do it, and although it was a con in the fact that it was stock photo of a dog, and the money went to the shelter and not to a specific dog (despite what you were lead to believe) , it made a good present.

Does anyone know if a cat charity does the same,

I sponsor a pen with Cats Protection. They write every now and then with an update about the cats that've been resident in 'my' pen - including photos.

Maybe you could set something up at your own cat sanctuary Keio

Blue Cross has a scheme for you to either rehome or sponsor an actual cat

https://www.bluecross.org.uk/sponsor/cat

Choose which cat you want to help click on sponsor and then follow instructions.

Also PDSA have a 'sponsor me better' page https://www.pdsa.org.uk/get-involved...nsor-me-better

and CPL do a similar scheme too

http://www.cats.org.uk/sponsor

These 3 are good causes.

..but how are you supposed to decide which cat? I wouldn't be able to choose!