Marianne Farish

Seal Pentathlon fundraiser for British Divers Marine Life Rescue

Fundraising for British Divers Marine Life Rescue
£1,240
raised of £1,000 target
by 58 supporters
Donations cannot currently be made to this page
Seal Pentathlon, 30 July 2023
This page is for all donations and fundraising events for British Divers Marine Life Rescue in the Edinburgh, Lothians and Borders region. The money donated here will help towards the costs of rescues and equipment for BDMLR.

Story

In the 35th anniversary year of BDMLR, volunteer marine mammal medics and supporters are fundraising to generate funds to help us rescue and rehabilitate seals and other marine mammals along our coast.

135 miles represents the journey from the East Coast, (from Berwick and around Edinburgh) to the seal sanctuary at Hessilhead on the west coast and to Portencross where the seals are released after months of dedicated care by their brilliant team of volunteers.

There are very few facilities to help wildlife and especially seals in Scotland and Hessilhead Wildlife Sanctuary is a charity who BDMLR work closely with that takes in all manner of wildlife but who are absolutely amazing at taking in and caring for poorly seals.

The act of rescuing and relaying injured, starving or exhausted seal pups to the shelter can be the job of one volunteer medic but more commonly is a team effort with several medics coming together to help at the beach or to relay the pup from beach to vets, to overnight emergency accommodation, with onward journey east to west and to its final destination. All of our medics are volunteers and sacrifice their own time and money to help our local wildlife.

PLEASE SPONSOR US TO HELP TRAIN MORE MEDICS, BUY ESSENTIAL KIT, HELP RESCUE, DISENTANGLE, REHABILITATE, FEED AND TREAT POORY SEALS AND OTHER MARINE LIFE

About the campaign

This page is for all donations and fundraising events for British Divers Marine Life Rescue in the Edinburgh, Lothians and Borders region. The money donated here will help towards the costs of rescues and equipment for BDMLR.

About the charity

British Divers Marine Life Rescue is an organisation dedicated to the rescue and well being of all marine animals in distress around the UK. Continuing to train teams of volunteers and maintaining specialised equipment is vital and your support will help us continue our important work.

Donation summary

Total raised
£1,239.37
+ £283.75 Gift Aid
Online donations
£1,239.37
Offline donations
£0.00

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