Long Service Awards

Volunteer Long Service Awards

Halena Ali 10 years

Halena has been helping Gables with all sorts of things over the years and is a very important part of our fundraising team. She spends countless hours wrapping lucky dip prizes for us to sell at events to raise funds for our animals. She has a great sense of humour and is always keen to raise more funds for us - whenever and however she can. We are very grateful to her for all her efforts and support for the last 10 years.

John Cridge 5 years

We have been lucky to have John as a part of our volunteer team for five years this spring. John’s main role as a volunteer is to assist our maintenance team where he can be found doing all sorts of things ranging from helping fix any faults with the kennels, mending fences and even gritting the paths in winter. He has also been known to turn his hand to helping out with our on and off site events. John always brings a smile to our faces when he comes in to volunteer (and not just because he brings us snacks) Thank you John, here’s to the next five years!

Employee Long Service Awards

Ruth Rickard, Deputy Manager 15 years

Ruth joined Gables in March 2008 and has been an integral part of the development and achievements of the charity over the years. Taking responsibility for the day to day operations of the home she juggles many different tasks that constantly change in priority – which is not an easy thing to do! She liaises with other charities such as the RSPCA to help rescue animals from terrible conditions and situations such as abusive owners, hoarders and puppy farms. She takes great pride in rehoming our animals to new homes and loves to see how well they all do in their new lives. She looks after our staff and volunteers as well as all our animals.

Ruth is also very experienced at hand rearing and caring for vulnerable puppies and has saved countless litters as well as individual puppies.

We are very thankful and lucky to have such a wonderfully dedicated and hard working person leading our team.

We are so thankful to all of our employees and volunteers who do a fantastic job, sometimes under some very challenging circumstances.