New home for pet rescue charity

MOVING in . . . (from the left) Animal Rescue Oldham founder and chairman Rod Smith with committee members Tracy Thompson and Ray Hayes, treasurer Scott Woodhead and committee member Mandy Hughes outside the charity’s new base

A CHARITY supporting unwanted pets in the borough now has a new home.

Animal Rescue Oldham, formerly known as Pike View, moved its premises further down Yorkshire Street into a bigger building on Saturday.

The charity’s shop sells bric-a-brac, furniture and other unwanted items donated by members of the public.

The money they raise is used to care for abandoned dogs — which are kept at kennels in Middleton — and cats, which are looked after in a committee member’s back garden.