Welcome to the Vale Wildlife Rescue web site

URGENT APPEAL

The current global recession is extremely worrying for us. We do not have reserves to fall back on as some larger charities do. We have no more than 3 months running costs in hand, and with donations down by 30% so far this year, we are very concerned for our future.
If we do not continue to receive support from the public we will not be able to carry on the work that we do for Britain's wildlife. We have to raise over £20,000 every month to enable us to continue our work. To achieve this we rely on the support of members of the public who want to do something to help the hundreds of thousands of sick or injured wild birds and mammals in Britain.

As you visit our site, please will you consider giving a donation, however small, to help us to carry on helping sick, injured and orphaned wildlife!

Please remember - every little helps and plays an important part in helping us in our work, we are extremely grateful for all donations

Donations can be made very easily via our donations page on this site. You can also donate by cheque, made payable to 'Vale Wildlife Rescue' & sent to Station Road, Beckford, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 7AN, or by credit card by ringing the Centre (01386 882288).

Each year in Britain an estimated five million wild birds and other animals are injured or disabled in some way. A vast majority of their injuries are caused by people, mostly accidentally, such as road accidents, but some are intentional like poisoning and badger baiting. We at the Vale Wildlife Rescue offer help to thousands of these casualties every year by treating them and where possible release them back in to the wild. We are on call 24 hours a day, every single day of the year.

 We are a registered Charitable Trust that was set up in 1984. Our running costs of almost £20,000 per month are ever increasing, we are completely dependent upon donations and voluntary assistance.

Our treatment and rehabilitation centre is located in Beckford. mid-way between Evesham and Tewkesbury.

To learn more about us and our work in the rescue and rehabilitation of British wildlife please look through the site using the navigation links on the left or bottom of each page. Also checkout the news page for the very latest update on what is happening in Vale Wildlife Rescue.

Are you interested in working at VWR click here for more details.

We now have a webcam on-line, read more about it by clicking on the webcam link

Vale Wildlife Rescue Open Day 2009 - to celebrate our 25th anniversary we will be holding an Open Day on 7th June 2009 at our rescue centre - see our news page for more details

Wildlife Rehabilitation Courses at VWR...- see our news page for more details

Car Boot Sales  - our car boot sales take place every Saturday. See the news page for more details

You can now find us on Facebook. Click on the facebook logo to go to our group page.

Arctic Challenge!! - Two of our supporters, Helen Colbourne & Natalie Gould, have bravely volunteered to drive a team of huskies 250km across the frozen wastelands of Norway into Sweden to raise much-needed funds for Vale Wildlife! - see our news page for more details and how you can sponsor them and information about their fundraising raffle.

Read more news about VWR by checking out our news page, it includes details about Caroline's Blog, our new forums and discussion area,  using Ebay to raise funds for us, our car boot sales, the exciting news about our planning permission for a new Education and Training Centre and details about our Wildlife Courses.

• If you find a fledgling (a youngster, fully feathered apart from probably having a very stubby tail!) bird, do not immediately assume it has been abandoned or orphaned & pick it up. Most birds, when they first leave the nest, cannot fly well, if at all, but spend most of their time on the ground or in low bushes & branches, practicing their flight but are still fed by their parents. They should be left alone. If you have a cat, keep it in at this time of year as much as possible.

• Fawns (young deer) are left alone sometimes for many hours, while the mum goes off to feed. Do not go near them, but leave them alone.

• Fox cubs which appear to be abandoned are usually fine. Please seek advice from us or a similar organisation before interfering.

• IF YOU ARE UNSURE OF WHAT TO DO, PLEASE CONTACT US OR YOUR LOCAL WILDLIFE HOSPITAL / WILDLIFE RESCUE CENTRE.

Vale Wildlife Rescue

Registered charity No. 702888

email info@vwr.org.uk
telephone - 01386 882288 (treatment & rehabilitation)
Last updated 04 June, 2009

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