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Iʼve raised £5,383 to Support the daily running costs of Brockswood Animal Sanctuary during the Coronavirus outbreak.
- Brockswood Animal Sanctuary
- Funded on Tuesday, 21st July 2020
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Sadly, due to the current situation with COVID-19, for your safety, as well as the wider community, and the welfare of our team (all of us with jobs that we simply cannot carry out from home!), we have had to make the very difficult decision to remain closed until this changes, despite the financial problems this will cause us. As a not-for profit organisation, receiving NO outside funding, we completely rely on funds raised from your visits and kind donations. Our closed period during the winter is a particularly tough time for us financially without the funds that you help to raise by visiting, and with costs continuing to rise we look forward to spring knowing that this will improve.
As our hard working team continues to care for our many rescued animals, remaining closed will have an enormous impact on our funds, with it currently costing just under £3000 per week to look after the animals. This includes food, bedding, enrichment, medicines/veterinary bills, and utilities such as water rates/electricity, as well as rent paid to the council for the use of the site. These costs add up very fast!
We have never been in this position before and must admit that we are concerned for our future. We are so grateful to all of our amazing supporters for aiding our important work here so far, and hope that you will continue to do so now when we need you more than ever before. We have a HUGE vision for this sanctuary and so much more that we want to do here – if you are interested in this, you can find it all in our Three Year Strategic Plan, which covers much of the vision we have been working towards and the future that we want to secure for our animals with your help.
If you are able to support us in any way with the ongoing costs of our animal care, please donate here, or visit our website How You Can Help section for more donation options. If you wish to support us through the donation of physical items, i.e. food for our animals, please call or email us directly (Steve or Neil at: 01902 884 390 / or Claire at claire.thompson@brockswood.org)
We would like to thank you for your ongoing support during this difficult and uncertain time.
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- 5 years ago
Claire Thompson
5 years agoWow, you are AMAZING! Thank you so much for all of your support. Doing this job you can sometimes see the worst in people; animal cruelty, neglect and more. Thanks to YOU we're seeing the BEST in people too and it is such a huge morale boost. Thank you all, it means the world to us and our animals.
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- 5 years ago
Claire Thompson
5 years agoWow! We are all bowled over by the amazing response we've had to this fundraiser. We are so very grateful to each and every one of your for your generosity at this difficult time. You will be pleased to hear that our animals are all doing very well, we are managing to source all of the food and supplies that they need, and have been able to arrange any vet care that they may need over the coming weeks - but fingers crossed they won't. Thank you for helping to keep their home safe for the future. Every single penny will make a difference!
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233
Hayley
Jun 12, 2020
So sorry to hear of all the trouble you've had with theft and vandalismReally hope people get behind you and raise the money you need to look after those gorgeous rescue animals
Nicola Summers
Jun 8, 2020
This donation is from my 9 year old son Alexander, who has donated it from his saved pocket money. He can’t wait to come back and visit once it’s safe again.
£20.00
Diana Perry
Jun 6, 2020
You all do a fantastic job, good luck x
£10.00
Kieran Swann
Jun 4, 2020
£100.00
Barbara Howells
May 30, 2020
So sad to hear what happened to your beloved pets the other night. Please put my contribution towards helping keep your animals and birds safer. Thanks for all you do xx
£5.00
Anonymous
May 29, 2020
Eamoinn Young
May 27, 2020
Good luck in the future.
£100.00
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Claire Thompson
Brockswood Animal Sanctuary
As Senior Keeper at Brockswood Animal Sanctuary, I have dedicated almost a decade of my life to caring for the rescued animals at Brockswood, who have become family to me. The animals are relying on us to care for them and we will continue to give them the very best care!