A big shout out to my supporters.
Its a funny old time in the country and world, with so much disquiet it seems.
In my work at Pricklington Palace, I come across many fabulous people. My Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pricklingtonpalace/ has over 750 supporters and they really do me proud.
When I am short of supplies I publish a wish list and almost before I have finished it, items begin arriving. I recently needed to finance the amputation of a hogs hind leg and put out a call, and the funds came pouring in and covered the cost of that surgery plus several subsequent vet bills. There are regular donors and occasional donors, and visitors with gifts of food and papers, every single donation is appreciated. Then there are those who keep me company on messenger through long nights or traumatic cases and the fosterers who step in when I have no space.
The Palace has been visited by youngsters from a lifestyle team who have come along to learn more about what people can do to help these beleaguered small mammals and have then gone on to have awareness stands at local shows.
Recently I received a card and a beautiful silver hedgehog pin to say thank you for helping to save three hoglets that they had brought to me from Leeds.
And then there is this shield, designed and made and donated to me by Brenda and Terry Taylor just because they wanted to.
So amongst the madness and sadness, the strife, tumultuous politics, and general unrest, one thing running a rescue has taught me is to recognise and remember that there are many acts of quiet, unheralded human kindness going on all the time.
Sometimes it would do us all good to hold on to that.
Rescue, rehabilitate,
release.
Gill Dixon runs Pricklington Palace Hedgehog rescue
here in Howden. Purely voluntarily and single handedly. Please visit
www.facebook.com/pricklingtonpalace/ to support her work.
Donations via
www.paypal.me/Dixon1829
