We have faced some difficult times before but nothing like this!

With the current situation with corona virus COVID 19 becoming very serious we are starting to see the real effects on Greenacres and we are concerned about how we will survive.

We have seen a rise in requests for help with animal rehomes, these requests are varied and we are trying to advice each case the best way possible. We are also looking at offering outreach services that will hopefully help keep some animals in their original homes.

As of today (18/03/2020 at 4pm) we have made the decision to close all four of our shops, we feel that we cannot responsibly keep them open with a large number of our volunteers being in the 'at risk' category. We really hope this decision will help keep them and our loyal customers safe. The detrimental effect of this is that the shops are our steady and reliable source of income, they are realistically what keep us open. Our events and appeals act as a top up but the shops are the rescues main life force so we have real concerns for the future.

So some facts, we have already seen a rise in requests for help and a reduction in adoption applications, we have had to reduce the amount of visitors and volunteers on site to help protect the staff from becoming ill, all of this will increase demand on running costs. Using last years figures on expenditure it costs approx. £800 per day to keep Greenacres open, so its going to be no easy feat trying to cope with this without the support of our shops.

Also being the stray dog kennel we cannot control intake and must be there for the animals that truly need us, in this time of crisis we cannot let them down, so we appeal to YOU - OUR LOYAL supporter's, please do all you can to help, financially is where we need the support, we need to keep our funds up to keep the bills paid and the doors open. Below are some of the animals we have helped in just the last week alone and many more will need us.

PLEASE HELP US.

We will post updates as things change but for now we need your support and prays.

Thank you

The Greenacres Team <3