Meet the team
Rabbit Residence Rescue is lucky to have such dedicated staff and volunteers!
Caroline Collings
Caroline founded the rescue (see our page on how the rescue began) and is also one of our three trustees. We have been extremely lucky that Caroline is always on hand to offer support and advice despite no longer working for the rescue herself as she focuses on her young son, Theo and running her own business, Rabbit Owner Support Services.
Sue Kent
Sue travels over two hours in order to volunteer at the rescue and is also one of our trustees.
Lea Facey
Lea began volunteering at the rescue in 2015, starting out with cleaning hutches and fundraising then taking on many other tasks such as being in charge of new intakes and rehoming as the need arose.
Lea is also one of the three trustees and has managed the rescue on a voluntary basis since the birth of Caroline's son, Theo alongside her full time job.
Lea is passionate about rabbit welfare and is currently studying a course in rabbit behaviour and is an advisor for the One Voice for Animals 2021 campaign: A Better Life for Rodents & Rabbits.
Lea also runs home based rabbit sanctuary, Hope for Hoppers which cares for harder to rehome rabbits and has offered nursing and palliative care within a home environment for many of the long term Rabbit Residence rabbits.
Laura Middlemass
Laura joined the rescue as one of our animal care assistants in autumn 2018 and became our Senior Animal Care Assistant in 2020. Laura is devoted to the bunnies and we’d be lost without her! Incredibly talented, our bonding guru Laura also helps with fundraising, designing signage and a range of merchandise including our successful rescue calendars as well as being one of our rabbit photographers.
Paige Everdeen
Paige started off as a volunteer, we then offered her a position as a part-time animal care assistant in 2017. Paige definitely deserves a medal as she turned up day after day to take care of the rabbits in thick snow when no one else could get to the rescue. She’s hard working and reliable and a real asset to the rescue.
Lynda Martin
Lynda volunteers at the rescue every Friday and also helps at fundraising events too as well as helping Lea organise our successful Facebook auctions. Lynda also assists the rescue in applying for grants. Lynda is also a member of the rescues committee.
Helen & Graeme Joslin
Graeme is our handy man that can, with out him the rescue would literally be falling down around our ears! theres nothing Graeme cannot mend or build from our meagre resources. Helen regularly volunteers on site, often donating lots of tasty treats for the bunnies and is also a member of the rescues committee.
Derek Collings
Derek's help is vital in keeping the rescue afloat. Derek helped us claim back VAT amongst many other chores such as taking the laundry to be washed and trimming back hedges on site.
Andrew Ball
Andrew is part of our behind the scenes team, he's definitely someone we couldn't survive without as he deals with the rescues wages and pension scheme.
Heather Pointer
Heather runs the rescues sponsorship scheme and also designs our calendars and our greetings cards.
Caroline Collings
Caroline founded the rescue (see our page on how the rescue began) and is also one of our three trustees. We have been extremely lucky that Caroline is always on hand to offer support and advice despite no longer working for the rescue herself as she focuses on her young son, Theo and running her own business, Rabbit Owner Support Services.
Sue Kent
Sue travels over two hours in order to volunteer at the rescue and is also one of our trustees.
Lea Facey
Lea began volunteering at the rescue in 2015, starting out with cleaning hutches and fundraising then taking on many other tasks such as being in charge of new intakes and rehoming as the need arose.
Lea is also one of the three trustees and has managed the rescue on a voluntary basis since the birth of Caroline's son, Theo alongside her full time job.
Lea is passionate about rabbit welfare and is currently studying a course in rabbit behaviour and is an advisor for the One Voice for Animals 2021 campaign: A Better Life for Rodents & Rabbits.
Lea also runs home based rabbit sanctuary, Hope for Hoppers which cares for harder to rehome rabbits and has offered nursing and palliative care within a home environment for many of the long term Rabbit Residence rabbits.
Laura Middlemass
Laura joined the rescue as one of our animal care assistants in autumn 2018 and became our Senior Animal Care Assistant in 2020. Laura is devoted to the bunnies and we’d be lost without her! Incredibly talented, our bonding guru Laura also helps with fundraising, designing signage and a range of merchandise including our successful rescue calendars as well as being one of our rabbit photographers.
Paige Everdeen
Paige started off as a volunteer, we then offered her a position as a part-time animal care assistant in 2017. Paige definitely deserves a medal as she turned up day after day to take care of the rabbits in thick snow when no one else could get to the rescue. She’s hard working and reliable and a real asset to the rescue.
Lynda Martin
Lynda volunteers at the rescue every Friday and also helps at fundraising events too as well as helping Lea organise our successful Facebook auctions. Lynda also assists the rescue in applying for grants. Lynda is also a member of the rescues committee.
Helen & Graeme Joslin
Graeme is our handy man that can, with out him the rescue would literally be falling down around our ears! theres nothing Graeme cannot mend or build from our meagre resources. Helen regularly volunteers on site, often donating lots of tasty treats for the bunnies and is also a member of the rescues committee.
Derek Collings
Derek's help is vital in keeping the rescue afloat. Derek helped us claim back VAT amongst many other chores such as taking the laundry to be washed and trimming back hedges on site.
Andrew Ball
Andrew is part of our behind the scenes team, he's definitely someone we couldn't survive without as he deals with the rescues wages and pension scheme.
Heather Pointer
Heather runs the rescues sponsorship scheme and also designs our calendars and our greetings cards.
Gary Sherin
Ace photographer and Big Ears, Tiny Tails blog writer Gary AKA bunny hugging volunteer has been foster dad to many of our rabbits over the last ten years.
Cheryl Bullock
Cheryl has volunteered on site for many years now and also produces craft items for the rescue to sell.
Julie Hall
Julie helps with all of the rescues signage needs and produces our rabbit ID cards.
Charlotte Mallett
Charlotte used to be our senior animal care assistant, although she no longer works at the rescue she is still a committee member and regularly volunteers on site as well as providing the bunnies with lots of enrichment she also helps Lea run the rescue on Saturdays.
Hannah Bird
Hannah was originally one of our adoptees and then started helping with fundraising doing digital drawings and designing car stickers. She’s also great at DIY too which has made a huge difference to us.
Cat Davies
Former trustee, Cat recently took over responsibility for managing our Instagram and Twitter accounts.
Eddy McKnight
Eddy and his family recently came on board as a fosterers and often takes on younger single rabbits until they are ready for rehoming.
Emma Jones
Emma and her partner, Rob have fostered for us for many years and currently take care of our lovely, OABs Delta and Scamper.
