> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.rescueconsole.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Our organization

> Your rescue's own record in the Organizations workspace, its locations, and how they relate to Settings.

**Our organization** is your own rescue's record, in the same workspace as the directory of everyone you deal with. Reach it with **Our organization** at the top of [the organizations list](/organizations/list), or by typing its name into the search palette. It needs **See** on Organizations.

Your rescue is not an entry in its own directory. This page reads your organization's settings directly, so there is only ever one copy of who you are and where you are.

## What the page shows

| Field         | What it means                        |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------ |
| Contact email | Your organization's contact email.   |
| Contact phone | Your organization's contact phone.   |
| Country       | The country your organization is in. |
| Plan          | Your RescueConsole plan.             |

Your name, logo, description and public contact details are not edited here. The page links to **Settings → Organization**, which opens [General profile](/settings/organization) in Settings, beside the branding and site settings that use them.

## Locations

The places your rescue operates from: a shelter, an adoption centre, a thrift store, an office, a mailing address. This is the same list as **Settings → Organization → Locations**, and it can be edited on either page: a change made on one shows on the other.

These are not kennels, rooms or foster homes. Those are where animals are kept, and live under Animals: see [housing](/animals/housing).

Adding, editing, retiring and removing locations needs the **Organization admin** role. Everyone else sees the list.

### Your main location

One location is marked **Main location**. The first one you add becomes the main one. Its address is the one that appears on your public page and on adoption flyers, and the page says so under it. **Make main** moves the mark to another location; a retired location cannot be the main one.

### What each location shows

Each location shows its name, its kind, the location it is part of (**inside** another), its address, its hours and how to find it. It also says, in words, whether it is **Shown on your public page** or **Not shown publicly**. **Show on public page** and **Hide from public page** switch this without opening the form.

Every active location also appears as a site on your housing map, so animals can be placed there. Its **Housing** is shown under it: see [housing](/animals/housing).

### Adding a location

Press **Add a location**, fill in the form, and press **Add location**.

| Field                        | What it means                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Name                         | Required.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Kind                         | **Shelter**, **Intake centre**, **Adoption centre**, **Adoption partner (a store that hosts our animals)**, **Clinic**, **Sanctuary**, **Boarding kennel**, **Farm or barn**, **Foster hub**, **Thrift store**, **Warehouse**, **Office**, **Training centre**, **Mailing address (post only)**, **Event venue** or **Other**. |
| Part of                      | The location this one sits inside, or **On its own**. Offered once you have another active location.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Address                      | The address, written as it should appear.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Country, Phone               | The phone number at this place, with its country calling code.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Email                        | An email address for this place.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Opening hours                | Tick each day you are open and set the times, or tick **By appointment only**. **Anything else about your hours** holds the exception, such as "Closed on public holidays".                                                                                                                                                    |
| Finding it                   | Directions, such as "Around the back, past the blue gate".                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| Show this on our public page | Off unless you tick it. When ticked, anyone visiting your site sees this address and its hours.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |

<Warning>
  Leave **Show this on our public page** off for an address that must stay private, such as a volunteer's home. It is off for every new location.
</Warning>

### Retiring and removing a location

* **Retire** hides a location you no longer use but that records still point to, such as a site where contracts were signed. Retired locations are hidden from the list; an Organization admin can tick **Show retired** beside **Add a location** to see them, and press **Restore** to bring one back. The main location cannot be retired: make another one main first.
* **Remove** deletes a location, after you confirm, and cannot be undone. It is not available on the main location. A location that has other locations inside it cannot be removed until they are moved or removed.

When a location is retired or removed, its site on the housing map is retired, not deleted, so animals recorded there keep their history.
