Today I took a little trip down to Whitesmith, East Sussex to meet the lovely Kathy and Trevor over at East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (WRAS for short). I have pledged to help them fundraise as they are so busy out and about rescuing wild animals in need and answering 100s of calls they rarely get time to do any themselves. I really admire people like Kathy and Trevor who selflessly give up their valuable time to do such valuable work in the community. I didn't realise until I met them just how challenging it is working for a wildlife charity, not least because there is actually very little funding for what they do (government or lottery), and people generally tend to give money to human or charities for domestic animals. What they do is really a great service to both people and animals - often seeing injured animals is just as distressing for the humans who report it as for the animals themselves, and the people who ring up can rest easy knowing that there will be someone to help within the hour.
I have chosen to help this little known charity as I love what they do (being an animal lover myself) and I love to support local businesses so why not a charity?
The old 9am to 10pm job of course doesn't allow for me to actually help with the ambulance service (much as I'd love that) but what I can do is use my time on the train to draft emails to companies, write newletters, blog posts and anything else I can do electronically to help. Don't get me wrong, I'm no mother Theresa (she didn't swear as much as I do), but I do so love to stick my nose in and 'help' people so I thought I'd try and put those nosey busy body skills into action. Please do follow WRAS on twitter and like their facebook page!
Next raffle is coming up shortly for WRAS so keep a look out. Lovely prizes donated by lovely bloggers again and Joules clothing.
If you would also like to help WRAS in some way or you simply would like to donate a prize I'd so love to hear from you: sian.kneller@gmail.com
P.s: I may be on glue or something, but I have signed up for the Brighton half marathon on February 19th, 2012. If you would like to take part for WRAS please do let me know.
P.s: I may be on glue or something, but I have signed up for the Brighton half marathon on February 19th, 2012. If you would like to take part for WRAS please do let me know.
TTFN
Sian x
