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We went to the meeting which incidentally was poorly advertised and poorly attended, when we got there there were three youngish women with 2 very young children (one of which was rolling around the floor and making a LOT of noise which made it very hard to hear, the other was good as gold) also another middle aged woman, my sister and myself, the couple who were doing the presentation and the ladies mother...that was all that bothered to attend. There was a DVD all about the Cinnamon Trust and their aims and then the couple talked a bit about it. Sadly it was a very poor presentation but we did put our names down to find out more about volunteering and should receive details by post shortly. The two sanctuaries they have down in Devon and Cornwall look lovely, it was so sad to see some of the pets that had been bereaved and how bravely they were making a life for themselves. We're thinking of volunteering to feed cats short-term in their own homes, emergency dog walk and maybe foster small animals but not cats or dogs as we have a very anxious cat of our own. We'll also help out with fundraising and spreading the word about the Trust. Also we're both going to join so our two precious boys will be safe it we both drop off the twig at once.
It seems the ideal solution, it's a pity it isn't better known about in this part of the country though (North East)