A Southend charity who helps struggling and homeless individuals care for his or her pets have known as for assist as Christmas rapidly approaches.
Charlie Boy’s Angels are a Southend charity who assist the vulnerable and homeless with their pets, serving to to make sure the pets have been de-wormed, fed, cared for and will be stored with their house owners when their house owners transfer into half-way houses and short-term lodging.
The group units up two nights every week, working at St Vincent’s and on Short Street Car Park on Tuesday from 6:30pm to 8pm the place they supply blankets, collars, leads and a vet nurse, to do normal well being checks and vet referrals if animals are discovered to be severely unwell.
Charlie Boy’s Angel’s supervisor, Lynne Channell, stated: “We are flat out with emergencies and moving people into safe places over the winter, we are struggling with cat food, we are struggling with ourselves physically and emotionally – this time of year is no different to any other time of the year it is just colder and more emotionally draining as Christmas is a trigger for many people experiencing homelessness.
“We have a fully fitted van, so if we feel a pet needs to be sprayed or neutered, which we do to prevent illegal breeding, we promote that and we refer them to Southchurch Road vets, we have no charges, we say if people want to make a donation they can and we also provide, when we can, pet friendly accommodation which is a big part because there is so little.
“We have 5 properties which we are using that are pet-friendly and we make sure residents behave and pay rent as thanks to the landlord,” Lynne stated.
Lynne added that the group is presently ten volunteers and a brand new van, which has been fitted right into a cell vet unit for the group to do their jobs successfully.
“It has a good impact on homelessness figures, we try to intervene as soon as we get a call before they become rough sleepers too,” Lynne stated, including that the general public can assist them at this powerful time by donating cat meals, which “we struggle with more than even dog food” and by sponsoring an animal.
