16/06/2022
So after the Trustees had an open afternoon at Sands on Monday, they issued this statement.....
"Thank you to each and every one of you that took the time out of your busy day/evening to attend our community engagement event yesterday. It was really important to sit down and meet our supporters face to face and listen to your views and feelings. It also gave us an opportunity to update you on our thinking as well as to answer any questions you had about the Charity.
We have taken on board all of the feedback and it is clear that Trustees and everyone who attended the event share the same objective: to maximise the care and support St Francis can provide for dogs with the resources that have been kindly donated over many decades.
We even had a guest appearance from former St Francis Rescue Dog, Baxter who put a smile on all our faces 😊.
Thank you to The Sands Resort Hotel, Newquay for having us.
For those of you that were unable to attend, we are currently collating an online FAQ’s document which will contain responses to questions raised previously and at the event. We hope that this provides clarity and transparency about how the Charity will ensure the care and safety of dogs moving forward."
It seems highly unlikely that the original plans they had will go forward, mainly because the costs have risen so much since the plans were drawn up. The initial idea is to have some sort of fostering operation going on from the site & this seems to be quite far down the line.
I don't think they have many ideas as to what can be done for the actual site to reopen as a rescue centre. It does have some issues, mainly with the drainage. Don't really know what to say. I think the afternoon at Sands was to try to get as many ideas as possible & also to gauge what public feeling was towards the situation, past & present.
