Northern English Springer Spaniel Rescue is very pleased to announce
that as a result of our application to Office Scottish Charity
Registration (OSCR) just over 3 months ago we have been granted our
formal status as a Scottish Charity.

Earlier this year we
approached OSCR to discuss our work in Scotland both in terms of the
dogs we help and also our fundraising. We were told then that they were
happy for us to work in scotland and fundraise. However we felt that it
would benefit NESSR and the dogs from Scotland if we applied for
Scottish Charity Status on top of our England & Wales status, many
other UK wide charities do this. Due to time commitments we were not
able to get our application in til late summer, it takes at least 3
months for it to be looked at and approved. OSCR told us in a letter today that we had met all the criteria needed to become a scottish registered charity.

This
new Scottish Charitable Status will not change the way we work. We will
not be operating seperately in Scotland, our annual audited accounts
will be submitted to both charity commissions (this is allowed). The
benefit of remaining as one organisation is that we are able to keep
administration costs to a minimum whilst at the same time making sure
that all the dogs we help regardless of their geographic location will
get the same benefits of being helped by NESSR. We will be able to
spread our work in Scotland and fundraise more easily in that area to
help ensure we continue to have the funds to help the scottish dogs. In
time we hope that we will be able to increase our existing pool of
volunteers in Scotland as well as other areas of the UK so that more
and more dogs can be helped.

We are very excited about this news and hope that it will open up new opportunities to spread the work and word of NESSR.

Thanks

The NESSR Team