24 hr Rescue Hotline:
0300 10 26 999

Become a Pen Friend

Join our Pen Friend program and make a difference for East Sussex's wildlife in need!

Our Pen Friend Scheme is temporary unavailable to buy and will be launched again in early 2025. 

East Sussex WRAS was set up in order to provide a front-line rescue service for wildlife casualties who unlike their domesticated cousins, do not have owners to help look after them. Our wildlife doesn’t have much, and they will fight tooth and claw to keep their valuable life, its our job to help them do that and by becoming a Pen Friend your help will make all the difference to the wildlife in our care.

In the last year we have dealt with over 5,500 casualties and received thousands of calls to our rescue line. Our rescuers are all volunteers and funded by our generous supporters. We rely on your support to help look after the birds and animals that come into our care.

Why we need your support

It costs, on average, £80 to respond and deal with a casualty , including helping them until they are ready to be returned to the wild. Your on going support will make all the difference. Be a Pen Friend yourself or share the care by giving the gift of a Pen Friend to a loved one.

  • Contribute to the cost of equipment and vehicles that we need to help and rescue wildlife
  • Food and bedding – it will help ensure we have enough food and specialist food as well as bedding to make our casualties comfortable.
  • Medical care – it will help provide veterinary treatment and care, essential hospital and treatment facilities.
  • Safe place to get better - helping to fund pens for recovery and rehabilitation for each type of animal.
  • It helps support successful releases of the wildlife when they are recovered
“Your Pen Friend support is so important. Every day I can see the difference it makes, thanks to friends like you.”
Trevor Weeks MBE. Founder & Operations Director

How being a Pen Friend will help

Your gift will be helping our local wildlife!

You can be a pen friend to the Badgers, foxes, squirrels, hedgehogs, birds or be a Special Pen Friend where your support will help any of the animals in our care

Make the amazing possible. Your sponsorship could provide the vital treatment, food, shelter and care that will help wildlife have a future.

What will you receive

When you choose from a badger, hedgehog, fox, squirrel, Birds Pen Friend or Special Pen Friend for £3 per month you will receive:

  • Pen Friend certificate
  • A fact sheet
  • A photo of one of the animals at our rescue centre
  • Four updates a year via a newsletter

Join the Wildlife Rescue Mission Today!

Your support makes a world of difference to the wildlife we rescue. Whether it’s a one-time donation, regular gift, volunteering your time, or simply spreading the word, every action counts.
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