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The Friends of the RSPCA Leybourne Animal Centre (Registered Charity Number 1049828) |
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ABOUT THE FRIENDSABOUT THE FRIENDS The RSPCA Leybourne Animal centre near West Malling in Kent was opened in 1996 and was built with the support of the national RSPCA and local branches. The Friends of the RSPCA Leybourne Animal Centre, a Registered Charity, was set up even before the building was finished – and it has not looked back since. The Friends are a group of dedicated volunteers who help to raise funds to improve the lives of the animals at the Centre. Work done is co-ordinated by the Friends Executive Committee whose members are elected or appointed on an annual basis, with the officers being elected from the membership of that Committee. Executive Committee Meetings take place regularly to discuss and plan future fundraising activities. The medical condition of many animals coming into the Centre is extremely poor. Without the extra help to pay for large veterinary bills, many animals would not stand a chance of being nursed back to health enabling them to be found new homes. The Friends work tirelessly to raise the additional funds to fill this ever increasing divide. In addition, the Friends have provided many other much needed facilities for the Centre. In the year 2000, a Dog Compound costing £20,000 was erected and supplied with agility equipment so that the dogs could take free exercise in a grassed area. In 2008 the Friends contributed £70,000 which, together with a generous legacy from Mrs.Claire Nelzina Warrington, enabled RSPCA Headquarters to build a new brick Small Animal House to replace the overcrowded wooden facility the Centre had before. You can read more about the Friends’ Projects in the section below. HOW DO THE FRIENDS HELP THE ANIMALS AT LEYBOURNE? The Friends are able to help the many needy animals that come into the care of the Centre by Fundraising. Money raised can be used in many different ways from providing raw hide chews to keep the dogs happy, to catch scratching posts to keep the cats busy, to large secure grassed exercise areas to give the rabbits a chance to stretch their legs. It can fund expensive veterinary treatment or pay for new facilities at the Centre. The most important part of the word “fundraising” is the first three letters – FUN! The Friends of the RSPCA Leybourne Animal Centre would not exist if they were not enjoying the way in which they can work to help the animals. We have regular Sponsored Walks, Christmas Fayres and our most prestigious event our annual June Fun Day hosts a large Dog Show with a class that selects a dog to go forward to the RSPCA Dog of the Year competition. For Members, we have an annual Members Open Day where you can come along and have a “Behind the Scenes” tour of the Centre and an Annual Ball held at a local venue. If you look at our Future Events page, you will see dates for your Diary so you can come along and support us, or sponsor someone, thereby helping the animals. In the short time that we have existed we have already completed many Projects:
As the Centre is now 12 years old, and sadly the needs of animals are growing all the time, not only do existing facilities need to be replaced or updated but new things are required as well. You can help us realise our dreams! We need to continue to fund-raise if future Projects are to become a reality. Please help us by
Every Single Penny really does count! WHAT DOES IT COST AND MEAN TO BE A FRIEND The annual subscription is only £10, just £6 for pensioners and those under 18 years of age, but this money is important to us and enables us to carefully plan our Projects for the benefit of the animals As a Friend
All this for just £10 a year – with every penny of that helping the animals! You can download a Membership Application Form below – do it now and show the animals that you care! In addition, as of 6th April 2000, your membership subscription became eligible for Gift Aid, which means we can claim tax back on your donation and receive an extra 28p for each £1 from the Inland Revenue, without it costing you a penny! The only requirement is that you must be a UK tax payer and should you cease to be a tax payer, you must notify us of your change of tax status. You are entitled to cancel your Declaration at any time
HOW DO I BECOME A MEMBER? By filling in one of the Membership Application Forms – you can download one here, complete it and post it to us and we will soon be in touch to welcome you and to thank you for being ‘A Friend’. DOWNLOAD A MEMBERSHIP FORM, INCLUDING GIFT AID
HOW CAN I HELP THE FRIENDS? Apart from becoming a Member and supporting our fundraising events, we would be most appreciative of any Donations towards the work that we do. This can be sent to us at our postal address: The Friends of the RSPCA Leybourne Animal Centre RSPCA Leybourne Animal Centre 199 Castle Way Leybourne WEST MALLING, Kent ME19 5HW There is also plenty of work to do behind the scenes to ensure the smooth running of our events, so we could do with help with setting up stalls, making a few cakes to sell at the events, growing or potting up plants to sell at our plant sale, running stalls, collecting things from the Centre and taking them to the various Event venues, pricing goods to sell (especially if you have any areas of expertise like antiques, valuable books etc). You can also assist us with the publicity of the fundraising events we hold by displaying or delivering posters, telling your friends about them. The list is endless. You can contact us on our email address at friendsofrspca@btinternet.com
WHO ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE CURRENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE? The Current Executive Committee, elected at the last AGM, is as follows:
Representatives appointed by the RSPCA Regional Board
RSPCA Staff
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