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Weʼve raised £8,480 to build a wildlife hospital and education centre for Whitby Wildlife Sanctuary
- Whitby, United Kingdom
- Funded on Friday, 16th June 2017
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Whitby Wildlife Sanctuary
Hopes and plans for the future
As some of you may already know, we have been granted planning permission for a dedicated wildlife hospital. This is very exciting news for us. We already admit over 2100 rescues every year, the charity is ever expanding and the number of casualties ever increasing. We expect this year to be another record for rescues.
Presently, the whole rescue is run from Broomfields farm - our home! Luckily we do have the land for aviaries and enclosures but it is getting increasingly difficult to accommodate rescues from home. They need their own building. The building costs, electricity, plumbing, the works is estimated to cost around £120,000 (yup - you heard me right: 120k!!)
At the moment we are managing to raise over £20,000 a year - this only covers the cost of everything else - food, veterinary costs, ambulance expenses, equipment, list goes on…
And that’s where you come in.
We have 7000 supporters on our FB page, members who follow our work. If every member donated £20 we would raise that money.
If half of our supporters committed to raising £40 each, we would raise that money.
If only a seventh of our supporters committed to raising £120 each through fundraising activities, we would raise that money. That would have to be a thousand of you. Ideas could be to do a sponsored event such as a run, cycle or walk. Cake sales, evening events, coffee mornings, jumble sales, car boots, auctions, competitions, raffles & tombolas, car wash, wildlife days or uniform free days at our local schools, Green day, art and crafts, quizzes, stalls at local events … we can help you organise these and give you support.
We admit all wildlife; all manner of birds including seabirds and birds of prey, hedgehogs, foxes and deer. List goes on!
We aim to educate the public in conservation and the environment and provide a rescue and rehabilitation service for sick, injured and orphaned wildlife.
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- 7 years ago
alexandra farmer
7 years agoJust want to thank every one of you who have made a donation towards this project! Nearly 400 of you made a donation - we just could not have done it without you!
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- 7 years ago
alexandra farmer
7 years agoDay 90 and £17,000 has been raised towards the new hospital build! That's support from over 300 of you!! An incredible effort. We have 10 days of this justgiving campaign left to go.
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- 7 years ago
alexandra farmer
7 years agoDay 81 and we have now raised £16,000 towards the new wildlife hospital!! The donations are still coming in as the word spreads of what plans we have here. So touched to know that there are so many people spreading the word, sharing the campaign and showing their support. £4000 to go till we can start building!!
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- 7 years ago
alexandra farmer
7 years agoDay 79 and £15,000 has now been raised for the new wildlife hospital!! The support we have received has been amazing. In case you didn't know we have a new way to donate to the charity... by text! Simply text WILDLIFE to 70660 to donate £1 xx
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Supporters
386
SC
Jun 16, 2017
❤️
£3.00
Charlotte Chester
Jun 16, 2017
can't wait to meet you and the patients!
£150.00
Perri Ball
Jun 16, 2017
For Stephs hair!
£10.00
Lisa McKnight
Jun 15, 2017
Hair
£10.00
Frances Daunt
Jun 15, 2017
Re Steph Gell's haircut - can't wait to see it! And good luck with the fund raising x
£10.00
Anonymous
Jun 14, 2017
You're doing a fantastic job. My pupils have raised £47.90 and have just bought a Hogilow from your Amazon wishlist so had £2.90 left to donate on here. Keep up the good work!
£2.90
denise Roulson
Jun 13, 2017
My donation is on behalf of Steph Gell Haircut.Good luck.
£10.00
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alexandra farmer
Whitby, United Kingdom
I am founder and manager of Whitby Wildlife Sanctuary, registered charity no: 1165589.