The BARKS centre fears it is facing a bleak year unless it can win major new funding or donations to help it pay for the heating of animal pens.

B.A.R.K.S is a small, self-funded, volunteer-run local charity dedicated to the rescue and re-homing of cats, kittens, rabbits, guinea-pigs and small rodents. We take in abandoned and unwanted pets, care for them, and find them loving, lasting and approved homes.