Caption: Help care for dogs, cats and little mates like Barney who was recently found a home by the New England Regional Companion Animals Shelter. The Shelter invites anyone interested in volunteering to find out more on Tuesday, 18 June at 6pm.
ARMIDALE Dumaresq Council (ADC) is seeking community volunteers to assist with the operation of the New England Regional Companion Animal Shelter.
The next volunteer intake meeting is set for Tuesday, 18 June, starting at 6pm. It will be at the New England Regional Companion Animals Shelter, 29 Saumarez Road, Armidale (near the Armidale Regional Airport).
Volunteering at the Animal Shelter provides a number of benefits including:
– Enabling more work to be done to provide the best opportunities for re-homing animals.
– Raising community awareness of Animal Shelter activities.
– Assisting some members of the community who are not in a position to own an animal themselves.
– Helping to educate the pet-owning population on how to be a responsible pet owner.
Feeling good about doing something useful for our community and homeless animals.
Volunteers contribute greatly to the health and wellbeing of animals at the Shelter and assist in duties such as bathing, walking, training and playing with the animals, and raising community awareness by attending local events.
The Animal Shelter needs volunteers who can show they have:
– Ability to handle animals.
– Past experience working with animals.
– Availability to attend on a set day each week is preferred.
– Ability to engage and interact with staff, other volunteers and the public in a positive and constructive manner.
– Strong commitment to Council’s policies and procedures in relation to the care and management of animals.
– Ability to meet OHS/risk management/work safety requirements.
Attendance at an Occupational Health and Safety Information Session, presented by Council, is compulsory and is generally conducted during the induction to the Animal Shelter. Initial training in assistance areas is also provided before volunteers commence operational duties at the shelter.
Before individuals can become a volunteer at the Animal Shelter, they are required to complete a registration form, which may be downloaded from the ADC website: www.armidale.nsw.gov.au. Completed forms can be returned in person to the Customer Service Centre, Ground Floor of Council’s Administration Building, 135 Rusden Street, Armidale; or to the New England Regional Companion Animals Shelter, 29 Saumarez Road, Armidale. Otherwise prospective volunteers can email it to pevans@armidale.nsw.gov.au; or post their completed forms to Armidale Dumaresq Council, PO Box 75A, Armidale, NSW 2350.
