Sick and injured animals benefit from new hospital
Sick and injured wild animals and the volunteers that look after them are benefiting from a brand new wildlife hospital, thanks to funding from Warwickshire County Council.
The County Council’s Nuneaton and Bedworth Area Committee donated £5,000 to the Nuneaton Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary to create an accessible hospital.
Work onsite has now finished, and the new hospital was officially opened on Saturday (14th July) by Warwickshire County Councillor, John Burton.
A new hospital has been created so that more volunteers, especially ones with limited mobility and wheelchair users, can get involved.
The old hospital unit was a small and uneven floored shed, which meant volunteers were unable to get involved in the valuable feeding of injured animals, which were in the hospital unit.
Now volunteers feel fully involved, which means volunteer numbers are growing generally, with a 40% increase in volunteers with disabilities the main reason for undertaking this project.
Councillor Burton said: “I am so pleased that Warwickshire County Council has been able to fund this project and that volunteer numbers are growing.
“I am glad that disabled people are able now to move around the site easily and that they can get involved in all of the activities as I am sure the feeding of the animals is the most exciting job.
“Projects like this show the real difference small grants can make to community activities. I wish the Sanctuary and all of its new and existing volunteers the very best of luck.”