Home Builder’s Donation Helped Hedgehogs Through Winter A LANCASHIRE based hedgehog rescue centre, which rescued and rehabilitated over 150 hedgehogs this winter, has thanked Redrow for much needed funding.
left to Right: Chorley Hedgehog Rescue volunteer Glenda Frearson, founder Janette Jones and Redrow’s Pam Roberts Established in 2015, the Chorley Hedgehog Rescue Centre, a notfor-profit Community Interest Company (C.I.C.) is run by founder Janette Jones and a small team of dedicated volunteers.
The rescue provides an environment for volunteers to learn about hedgehogs and contribute to their care and rehabilitation.
“We rescue and rehabilitate wild hedgehogs that are sick, injured or orphaned and release them back into the wild when healthy, with the aim of increasing the population of hedgehogs in Chorley and Lancashire,” said Glenda Frearson, who has been volunteering at the centre for the past five years.
“We must ensure that we have sufficient trained volunteers on site 365 days of the year to monitor every single hedgehog in our care,” added Glenda.
“The rescue centre does not receive any government funding towards the £60k annual operating costs and relies solely on donations from the public.” The team at the rescue centre applied for one of Redrow’s £500 Sycamore Manor Community Grants, which saw four Leyland based community groups share a sum of £2,000.
“It is very important work and we are very lucky to have such an amazing and compassionate team to look after the hedgehogs.” Sian Pitt, sales director at Redrow Lancashire, said: “The team at Chorley Hedgehog Rescue Centre work hard to look after these endangered mammals. We received several nominations for the charity to receive a community grant so they are clearly a muchappreciated local organisation and we are pleased to hear that our community grant helped the rescue over the winter months.”
“Redrow’s very generous donation has helped the rescue to continue its valuable work; to house, feed, rehydrate and medicate all of our rescued poorly hedgehogs during yet another very tough winter,” said Glenda.
The centre is currently welcoming new volunteers, for further information on volunteering or how to donate visit www.chorleyhedgehogrescue.co.uk
“We had 180 hedgehogs to feed so the community fund donation has certainly made a positive difference in helping us to continue to operate during an incredibly difficult time.
For more details about Sycamore Manor, see www.redrow.co.uk/sycamoreman or call 01772 340811 or visit the sales centre, open daily.
“Businesses often don’t realise just how important a small grant or donation can be to a small charity.” 60
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