IT’S BACK! Animal Crackers is returning for the third year and we need your help to make this year’s the best yet!

Not sure what Animal Crackers is? Here’s what we’re doing...

We want to collect food, toys and accessories for the animals that need them the most - and we’ll be splitting the donations between local animal charities who work tirelessly to provide care to our furry friends.

Our chosen charities this year are as follows:

Barnsley and District Animal Welfare

Barnsley RSPCA

Royston Animal Welfare

Barnsley Animal Rescue Charity

RADAR Dog Rescue

Willow Dog Rescue

We’ve teamed up with local businesses to act as drop-off points, where you can leave your donations for our furry friends.

All you have to do is take your donation into the drop off point and we’ll do the rest.

The drop-off points are as follows:

Barnsley Chronicle Front Counter, 47 Church Street, S70 2AS

Mapplewell and Staincross Village Hall, Darton Lane, S75 6AL

Walkers Newsagents, High Street, Hoyland, S36 6BZ

Andy’s News, Barnsley Road, Goldthorpe, S74 9AB

Cookes Pet Supplies, Wakefield Road, Barnsley, S72 8JN

Budgens, Fish Dam Lane, Monk Bretton, S75 2EE

Budgens, Barnsley Road, Dodworth, S75 3JR

Budgens, Upper Wood Road, Darfield, S73 9QRWe are after the following:

Toys

Leads

Coats

Collars

Treats

Food

New Blankets

New Throws

New Beds

(Please note charities cannot accepts Duvets)

We’ve been running the campaign for the last two years and we’ve donated thousands of pounds worth of goodies. We want to beat what we collected last year and do even more this year.

Let’s show Barnsley’s animals how much we care!

We will be collecting donations until Thursday November 20