News

New for this Website in 2010 !

Friday December 18th 2009

Hello everyone!

We now have the ability to upload video clips of our animals in need of new homes to be viewed on our website.

The video is uploaded to YouTube initialy but can be viewed directly from our site under the animals detail page! This is great news for us as it will give people the opportunity to view our animals in more relaxed surroundings. All we need now is to find that precious time to shoot the film!

Here's hoping for some dry and sunny weather!

Christmas Tree Competition

Wednesday December 9th 2009

St Faith's Church in Crosby are holding their annual Christmas tree decorating competition and for the first time Freshfields have an entry.  Our tree has been very artistically designed by Shirley and Tracy - two of our Formby shop volunteers.  Visitors to the church during the week ending 12th December vote for their favourite and make a donation to the corresponding charity.  Why not go along and have a look and of course vote for Freshfields! www.stfaithsgreatcrosby.org.uk

Fundraising Success at the Royal Sportsman Porthmadog

Tuesday December 8th 2009

What a great success our first Christmas fair was at the Royal Sportsman.  A total of £846 was raised!

To make the day even more special we were presented with a cheque for £2,000 from Loius and Vironia the owners of the Royal Sportsman.

A BIG thanks to all who helped on the stalls and baked cakes for the event and a very big thank you to Louis and Vironica who laid on refreshments and supplied the rooms free of charge.

We will be holding an Easter fair at the same venue, date to be confirmed shortly.

Fundraising for Survival!

Tuesday December 8th 2009

£11k needed weekly to keep the rescue functioning at capacity!

As you will see from earlier news articles, there has been a fair amount of vital fundraising activity taking place over the past weeks in the liverpool area.

We have printed much of the detail of this on our news pages because we want our volunteers and our supporters to know that we appreciate deeply their commitment and the energy they put into keeping the rescue open! Those of you out there who follow our activities but are unable to take part yourselves also need to be aware of what it takes to keep the rescue centre running.

One of my colleagues who initially was very keen to publish the results of her and her teams fundraising activity (see list below) has since expressed concerns about doing this. The reason for this being 'if people see what we've raised, what if they think we are ok and stop giving?'

I consider this to be a very valid point (but not one that should stop us celebrating the success that the hard work of individuals has brought us) and think it important that all our supporters, volunteers and the general public alike understnad that their support and fundraising is vital to us and that despite raising a total of £10260.85 over the past few weeks our 'hand to mouth' existence will continue and the regular and one off donations we receive remain crucial to our survivial!

Most charities are experiencing a drop in legacy income, the recession means charitable trusts have less to award applicants, indeed our own Christmas appeal has so far netted only approximately 40% of that received last year. It is no exageration to state that the battle to survive is ongoing!

Anyway, to go back to the point of this article...yes we have done well to raise £10k over the past few weeks and thank you so much all those who contributed! But please...don't be fooled, this magnificent achievement alone won't be enough to see us through! The regular and one off monetary donations are needed more than ever, every few extra pounds is a step closer to survival! So please...keep on giving, your donations literally can mean the difference between life and death for many animals!!!

Helen Stanbury - General Manager (Liverpool)

Fundraising:

Christmas Fayres - Crosby £1500.76, Formby £1767.59, Southport £1827.50

Street collections (Southport, Formby) - £845

The Ghost Walk Team - Haunted Halloween £1700, Ghostly Fireside Tales £1450, Psychic Night (Allerton Hall) £310, Blundell Street (Michael Jackson tribute) £550, Christmas Murder Mystery (The Chimneys, Hooton) £310

Grand Total - £10260.85

Ghost Walk Team Fundraising News

Tuesday December 1st 2009

Please find below a brief resume of  our events news for this Autumn / Winter Period

Haunted Halloween

Haunted Liverpool Ghost Walks ran five tours from Peter Kavanagh's pub (The Georgian Quarter) and two tours from the Half Way House (The Childwall Ghost & Murder Tour). More than 200 people braved the ghostly trails and a total £1700 was raised on the night.

Ghostly Fireside Tales

We have now run four of these. Two at the Punchbowl and two at Allerton Hall, The Pub in the Park. We would like to thank Sarah from the Pub in the Park and Melanie from the Punchbowl for making the evenings such a success. A total of £1450 was raised from these events

Psychic Night - Allerton Hall

This was a very special night with our guest mediums, Agnes Davies and John Allan who touched the hearts of many of the people they spoke to. Allerton Hall served a delicious buffet and the event took place in the most comfortable of surroundings. Allerton Hall is a listed building full of nooks and crannies and oak lined walls. £310 was raised at this event

Blundell Street

Anne Downes, the owner of Blundell Street, very kindly donated the club, the food and a Michael Jackson tribute act. It was a wonderful, lively evening full of dancing and chatter and we would like to thank Anne and Neil McHale (Michael Jackson) for their hard work and input. We'd also like to thank all the Freshfields supporters who turned up and got into the spirit of it all. It was a fantastic night and we have been invited back at the New Year. This event brought in a a total of £550.

Murder Mystery Dinner Theatres

We have only run one of our Christmas Murder Mysteries at the Chimneys in Hooton. We have five more to go, please check upcoming events for details. And this raised £310.00

Of course we would like to thank all volunteers who kindly donate their time and effort to making each and every event a hugh success!