Summer Open Day Success – Over £4,000 Raised!

Thank you to all of our volunteers, the cake makers, donors of gifts and everyone who made the effort to help our summer open day such a success.

Although we officially opened at 11am, the crowds started from 10:30. We had a constant stream of visitors throughout the day, with over 1,000 attending in total.

On the day, we raised over £4,000 for ourselves to keep the charity running and advance our wildlife hospital, also other animal charities had fundraising stalls.

On the day we had;

 

  • Tea, coffee, soft drinks and home made cake stall
  • Veggies burger van
  • Marlpool Brewery licensed bar selling real ale, including Blind Boris, the beer named after our famous blind bull.
  • Fund raising fun stalls such as tombolas, raffles with great prizes
  • Cinema slide show of the animals we have rescued.
  • Cats Protection
  • Collie Dog Rescue
  • Sound Bites
  • Greenpeace
  • The Farmhouse Indian restaurant in Brinsley
  • Animal Accident Rescue Unit
  • Safe haven – Parrot Rescue
  • Cat Rescue

 

 

 

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