New Building Fundraiser!
New Building Fundraiser!
We are a small Hedgehog Rescue Charity located in South Devon. We take in over 1200 hedgehogs a year which are either wounded or sick Hedgehogs or disturbed nests. We treat, rehabilitate and release back to the wild to a hedgehog friendly environment. Hedgehogs have had a dramatic population decline in the last 20 years. We need to help our prickly friends as much as we can. Our mission is to raise awareness of the plight of our native hedgehogs, rescue, treat, rehabilitate and release. Also educate the public in how to encourage and look after wildlife in their gardens and surrounding area. Provide advice and encouragement.
We currently operate from the founders, Judy and Alan’s, home, we have now outgrown the property and need a purpose built hospital. We are run entirely by volunteers and therefore every penny we need to build this hospital will need to be raised. At any one time we will have up to 165 hedgehogs in our care plus nursing mothers and babies in a barn , and another volunteer with up to 20 babies for 4 hourly feeds. We cover a huge area of South Devon and its important we have our own hospital as other local rescues over the past few years have had to close due to rising rental prices.
The new hospital will allow us to take in more Hedgehogs and also have a better environment for them to recover, with outside soft release pens and special rooms for mums and babies or for the more poorly needing incubators. We can also have a reception for visiting guests and be able to do more awareness and education from the hospital. We currently take veterinary students and Duke of Edinburgh awards students but again this is currently limited due to space restrictions.
We need to raise a huge amount, so please give what you can, but we appreciate all donations, however small.
To donate please visit our Donations and Help page
or click on the button below to go to our Facebook Fundraising page.
