The non-profit organisation works with pet owners as well as councils to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome animals.
However, Chesterfield Animal Rescue does not have “a place to call home” or a “headquarters from which to run the rescue” and therefore relies on volunteers and fosterers who open their homes to abandoned pets until they are able to be adopted.
Following a successful bid to the Charity Commission, the organisation now hopes its new registered charity status will help it become a fully-fledged rescue centre in which it can provide residence to even more animals.
Rachel Bradley, a trustee of Chesterfield Animal Rescue, said: “Ultimately, we need a rescue centre and we are fighting hard for that. We just need a rehabilitation centre which would enable us to save thousands more animals every year.
“Nine times out of 10 it’s not their fault they’re in rescue. It’s hard…
