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It's been two whole months since I posted anything on here & I apologise sincerely for this. We have been quiet on the animal front (although this years figures are already well up on 2007), but despite this things seem to have been hectic all winter.
We have had a major office reorganisation, as things had been piling up in there for so long that we ended up with about 2 square feet of floor space with mountains of paperwork surrounding us - this might be just a touch of an exaggeration but not much! The whole hospital has had a spring clean (or winter clean as it is in this line of work), the staff & volunteers have been hard at it building new enclosures outside, & they've made a fantastic job of constructing some new accommodation for ducklings, young gulls, fox cubs & other youngsters.
I think that we are now just about ready for the inevitable spring rush, with fox cubs probably being the first to arrive, any day now.
As well as preparing for all the youngsters we have the constant worry of raising all the funds needed to look after them all (oh, & to pay the staff!!). We also need to think about how to raise the £400,000 needed to build our Education & Training Centre which we now have planning permission for - any lottery winners out there?
Anyone who is familiar with Ebay might like to take a look at the items that we are selling on our charity Ebay site, & maybe put in a bid. Our user name is vale-wildlife (surprisingly!). If you are selling anything & would like to donate a percentage to us, we are registered with Missionfish, the charity partner of Ebay & you can nominate Vale Wildlife as your chosen charity when you are listing your items, to receive all or part of the sale price.
Well, that's it for now but I WILL be back soon with some more news from the Hospital.....
