James Wellbeloved wheelie make a difference
22nd May 2008
Our old animal centre van, a white ford transit was well and truly on its last legs and it was letting us down on a regular basis. As you can imagine without our van the centres capability to operate successfully is severely compromised and we began to look at the possibility of purchasing a good quality second hand van.
We soon realised that good quality vans don't come cheap and being a self funded local charity most of the vans that we viewed were out of our price range and we became increasingly concerned.
At this point the decision was made to have a speculative chat with a long term company friend of the centre the dog food manufacturer James Wellbeloved. We explained the situation to their national sales manager and he said he would relay our request to their head office.
After a nail biting couple of months the fantastic news came through that James Wellbeloved were in a position to give us a budget to purchase a van. As you can see by the pictures the RSPCA Chesterfield & North Derbyshire Branch now has a reliable set of wheels that will enable us to continue with our valuable animal welfare work for years to come.
We would also like to say a massive thank you to James Wellbeloved as a company for all their kindness and enthusiasm and for supporting grass roots animal welfare work at a local level.
Pictured: Animal centre manager, Richard Woodwards and kennel assistant Emmeline Virgilio with the new van |