Advice: Volunteering
East Sussex WRAS is a voluntary organisation and relies on volunteers to undertake its valuable work around the county. There are several ways in which you can help volunteer, so please read through the following and contact us if you are interested in helping out in any of these ways.
On-call Rescuers
Rescuers normally take on one or more days a week and initially start by helping out with the more minor rescues like the transportation of hedgehogs and garden birds. Once a committment has been shown then WRAS will provide further equipment and rescources for your use so that you would be able to deal with more complex rescues and deal with more difficult casualties.
It is important for rescuers to commit to one or more days a week and be available all day. It may take 12 months or more for volunteers to recieve all the necessary experience and training. The more days which are committed to the quicker rescuers become trained.
Rescuers must be prepared to use their own vehicles and travel expenses can be paid where volunteers cannot afford to cover these costs themselves. It is essential that volunteers have the use of a mobile phone too. Team work is essential. Unfortunately we can only take on new rescuers when the time and resources allow us to do so. If you are interested in helping as a rescuer please email us so we can arrange to meet up and discuss this further.
Horsebridge Care Unit Volunteers
Volunteers are also required to help cover shifts at our veterinary care unit at Horsebridge. Shifts are about 2-4 hours at a time and are needed in the mornings starting at 9am weekdays and 10am weekends. Plus, 5 or 6pm evenings all week.
This role involveds the feeding and cleaning out of casualties at the care unit as well as cleaning the building itself. It depends of how many casualties are resident as to how long each shift lasts. Volunteers normally work in pairs.
Reliable volunteers are required as the casualties welfare is paramount, therefore a commitment is necessary, to ensure that the animals do not suffer. Shifts can be covered as long as we have plenty of notice in advance. Team work is essential. If you want to help out at Horsebridge then please email us.
Fundraising
We are always on the look out for people to help out with fundraising, from helping with grant applications, tin shakes, fairs and organising raffles and more. We have a small group of people who meet every couple of months to look at fundraising ideas, we always welcome more people to join. If you would like to help out with tin shakes and fairs then please contact Julia. If you want to help with any other types of fundraising ideas or with grant applications please contact Andy.
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