RSPCA Leeds, Wakefield & District Branch

Caroline Lewis-Jones, Chief Executive Officer for the RSPCA Leeds, Wakefield & District Branch.

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00:00My name is Caroline Lewis-Jones, I'm the Chief Executive of the RSPCA Leeds Wakefield District Branch.

00:06We're a small animal charity based in East Ardsley.

00:09We're in very grave financial difficulty at the moment.

00:13We're running a public appeal to be rescued.

00:15We rescue animals, now we need rescuing.

00:18We're running out of money rapidly.

00:21We're having to downsize our animal centre at the moment

00:25and put people on threat of redundancy, which is a heartbreaking situation.

00:29We need as much help as we can to be able to keep our doors open.

00:33If anybody out there can help, contribute to our appeal, go into our charity shops.

00:38We don't want this to happen and we're desperate for help.

00:42So if anybody out there can give us a thought, we'd be very grateful. Thank you.

00:48Q. If somebody does want to help, what way can they do that?

00:50Anybody can do anything.

00:52We'll take donations into our shops and onto eBay.

00:55People can volunteer.

00:57If they have loose change in their pocket, if they can do some fundraising activities,

01:01if they want to do a bake sale, we've got children giving us their birthday money.

01:06We have people coming in with loose change in their pocket.

01:10It's the most amazing thing.

01:12We have an amazing staff team here with volunteers and they have hearts of gold.

01:18The animals are everything to them and we really don't want to see them move out of here

01:23and not do the job that they love to do.