Continuing the introductions on some of our fabulous volunteers, we asked Ed to tell us his thoughts about his volunteering at Pen Y Bryn. Ed travels all the way from Chippenham to volunteer and gets stuck in with a lot of the manual jobs that are so important at the sanctuary – creating new enclosures, […]
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We are so excited about the support and belief that we have been given by the Herefordshire County Council and Talk Community enabling us to become a real community hub. As the summer comes to an end the hard work and perseverance is paying off and we are nearing completion on the projects that will
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Continuing with our posts about some of our wonderful volunteers, we asked Mandy, who started volunteering with us earlier this summer how she felt about working at the sanctuary.This is what she had to say: ‘When I first met Peter through dancing & heard he was running this fantastic sanctuary with Kelly I was really
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This summer we have had an influx of new residents at Pen Y Bryn from disabled herring gulls to guinea pigs to chickens to puppies to lovebirds to Pete the Peacock. Unfortunately we can’t take in every animal that is offered to us, though of course we wish we could, but we always do our
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We have some wonderful volunteers helping us at Pen Y Bryn, so we wanted to run some feature posts on them. Our first volunteer who still comes every fortnight to help is Ellie who you will know from the wonderful photographs she takes. We asked her what it meant to volunteer with us: I absolutely
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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN – PHIL ‘Oh hello is that Pen Y Bryn Animal Sanctuary?’ an educated lady’s voice questioned me after I answered my mobile phone whilst halfway through cleaning out one of the goat sheds. ‘Yes, it is, how can I help?’ I answered brusquely, irritated with myself for answering the phone when I was
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Once again this year we’re running some work experience sessions for young people. For all current dates go to our ‘Events’ page. We will add new dates when we can.
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I went quietly back into the garage to see the young fox still feeling relieved and delighted that it was alive. It was still sat bolt upright in the middle of the crate and as I neared its head turned slowly so that our eyes were momentarily locked together. The fox’s gaze was only partially
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