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Rochdale RSPCA’s Hollingworth Lake

Animal Centre and café now open

The Hollingworth Lake Animal Centre – the Visitors to the lake and to the animal centre
new home of the Rochdale & District RSPCA – will also enjoy accessible facilities, including
and the Woodlands Café at the Lake are now improved public toilet facilities, upgraded
open. reception and information area, a meeting
room and shop.
Settled against a picturesque backdrop of
rolling hills and Hollingworth Lake, the former The Woodlands Café at the Lake is a large
visitor centre has undergone an extensive dog-friendly café, run by the team who also
refurbishment and expansion to be given a new run the café at The Willows Dementia Hub. It
lease of life for the Rochdale RSPCA branch. boasts a traditional café menu, with vegetarian,
vegan and gluten-free options. The café is open
The new state-of-the-art animal centre houses every day until 4pm.
the many abused and abandoned domestic
animals and wildlife casualties which are There is a television screen displaying photos “If you would like to help us, please get in touch.
brought in by RSPCA inspectors. of animals currently being cared for in the
centre and available for adoption. Anyone “We have a team of volunteers, many of whom
Any wild animals at the centre receive vet interested in rehoming any of these can have been recently recruited, who assist the
treatment and rehabilitation before being enquire at the reception desk for details or staff in the care of these wonderful animals
released back into the wild. Those requiring check the Facebook page: who through no fault of their own have come to
further treatment will be transferred to the www.facebook.com/RSPCARochdale us requiring treatment and rehabilitation.
RSPCA’s wildlife centre at Stapeley Grange.
David Canavan, chair of trustees for the “However there are many other roles within
In the last 10 years, Rochdale RSPCA has RSPCA’s Rochdale branch, said: “The move the centre which may interest others such as
rescued, rehabilitated and rehomed over 6,000 from our former premises in Rochdale after 83 working on reception.
animals and birds and looks forward to many years has given us the opportunity to further
more years of promoting animal welfare in the develop our services for animal welfare in the “On behalf of all these animals we have been
area. The branch has taken in around 700 area. We need your continuing support to do able to help, I would like to say thank you to the
animals in the last twelve months alone. this. people of Rochdale and beyond whose support
has made this possible and is critical to our
future.”

Become a Friend of the Hollingworth Lake
Animal Centre

Visitors to the café and centre will also be able
to sign up as a ‘Friend of the Hollingworth Lake
Animal Centre’ enabling the local RSPCA to help
as many animals as possible.

A leaflet is available setting out the benefits of
becoming a Friend, or you can request
information by calling 01706 861897 or
emailing rec.rspcarochdale@btconnect.com

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