We have been persuing charity status for the last 5 years and believe me we have tried everything possible to become "legal". Unfortunately we don't fall under any catergory they have here - we were once offered to become registered as a storage facility as that was the closest they could find to a rescue shelter. Even then we wouldn't have been allowed to raise money.
No-one seems to know why we haven't got charity status - some people in the authorities have even asked us what the hold up is. If we knew we'd sort it out but we can't get an answer. We seem to have submitted all the right paperwork in the right language to the right people in the right buildings, plus a load more that it turned out wasn't required.
Until then we can't accept cash donations - hence why we ask that people who want to help financially to pay off some of our vets bill.
We have been persuing charity status for the last 5 years and believe me we have tried everything possible to become "legal". Unfortunately we don't fall under any catergory they have here - we were once offered to become registered as a storage facility as that was the closest they could find to a rescue shelter. Even then we wouldn't have been allowed to raise money.
No-one seems to know why we haven't got charity status - some people in the authorities have even asked us what the hold up is. If we knew we'd sort it out but we can't get an answer. We seem to have submitted all the right paperwork in the right language to the right people in the right buildings, plus a load more that it turned out wasn't required.
Until then we can't accept cash donations - hence why we ask that people who want to help financially to pay off some of our vets bill.
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