Edit: due to a pelvis injury myself (Melanie) is unable to safely complete the abseil. I’m absolutely gutted and feel like I’ve let myself and everyone else down; my husband was stepping in to replace me but broke 2 ribs in a bike accident at the weekend! Joannes friend Charlotte Norris to the Rescue! Please please please give what you can, these two ladies are doing an awesome job! And I neeeed us to raise loads of pennies for the kitties and to help me feel less guilty!!!!!! Please read up on the fantastic work YCR do and realise that every penny really does count xxxx

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We are going to abseil down the  Crown Plaza Hotel in Harrogate.... (140ft) just to put this challenge into context, I’m (Melanie) uncomfortable on the second rung of a step ladder. I can’t even get into my own loft because that’s too high up....

So this is a HUGE personal challenge as well as being about the kitty’s. And because of this; I need to make it worth while! How? By raising  LOADS OF PENNIES! Please help us raise as much as possible  for the Yorkshire  Cat Rescue.

Joanne fosters for YCR; as well as organising fundraising events and helping out where ever she can! she takes kittens and cats into her home, cares for them and gives them much needed love. From orphaned babies to pregnant mums, giving them the care they need until they are ready for their furever homes. Constant vet trips, lots of poops & sometimes very timid little things, it’s no easy task. But so rewarding. 

Yorkshire Cat Rescue is registered with the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales and is registered charity number 1160138(formerly 1058218).

The charity exists to save the lives of abandoned and unwanted cats and kittens in Yorkshire and parts of Lancashire.  It offers a rehoming service for such cats and accommodates them at its purpose-built centre near Keighley.

All the cats in our care are neutered, microchipped, vaccinated and given any other medical and behavioural treatment required before rehoming. We have a no-kill policy (unless recommended by vets due to quality of life). This means that we sometimes get chronically ill cats (or kittens) that can still lead a very good life (pretty much equal to any healthy cat) but have to have long-term medication and/or treatment. Any cat in our care will be cared for until we find him or her a home.

Yorkshire Cat Rescue was previously known as Haworth Cat Rescue. It has a rehoming centre based at Cross Roads between Keighley and Haworth, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

The charity’s aims are to relieve the suffering of cats who are in need of care and attention and, in particular, to provide or maintain rescue homes or other facilities for the reception and care of such unwanted animals and their treatment.

Yorkshire Cat Rescue serves a wide area stretching beyond its immediate environs of Haworth and Keighley to Halifax, Bradford, Hebden Bridge, Skipton and Craven and beyond.

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