Tag Archives: Fundraising

WRAS will be holding a Bingo Night at Haisham's Civic Community Hall off Vicarage Lane, Hailsham on Saturday 6th September 2014. The first game will get underway at 7pm.

Boards are £1 each and there are ten games in total. There are various prizes to be won including High Street vouchers. There will be a bar and refreshments available and all the profits go direct to helping East Sussex WRAS help save local wildlife. » Read more

  • East Sussex WRAS will receive a year’s worth of fundraising and awareness support from the store’s colleagues and customers
  • Customers were able to vote for their favourite charity to be considered
  • It’s the sixth year of Sainsbury’s Local Charity partner scheme, which has raised over £6 million for local charities

Sainsbury’s Heathfield have today announced that East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service (WRAS) will receive a year’s worth of fundraising and awareness support. East Sussex WRAS is a local award winning charity which help thousands of sick and injured wildlife every year. » Read more

An award winning wildlife rescue service is holding a Black Tie charity dinner and evening of entertainment at the Cumberland Hotel on Eastbourne Seafront on Friday 22nd November 2013.

Trevor Weeks MBE founder of East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (WRAS) is inviting people to attend the 3 course dinner where there will also be a champaign reception, silent auction, photographer, DJ and dancing and a guest speaker too. » Read more

East Sussex Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (WRAS) will be holding a 1980s themed Unusual Quiz Night on Saturday 8th June at East Dean Village Hall.

Doors open at 7pm, the meal will be served from 7.15pm and the quiz will start about 8pm. Tickets are £10 in advance or £12.50 on the door. Tickets included macaroni cheese, quiche and salad with pineapple and cheese sticks on the tables as well as free entry to the quiz. Teams can be up to 5 people. » Read more

East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service have launched their "Become a hedgehog helper" Gift Experience!

"We have about 90 hedgehogs in care at the moment which is way more than normal, and they will cost up to £150 each to rescue, rehabilitate and eventually return to the wild in the spring," said Trevor Weeks MBE founder of East Sussex WRAS, "as our funds are low, we are hoping that this will help us to fund this vital work. These hedgehogs would not survive if it wasn’t for WRAS. Nationally there are not enough places for sick and injured wildlife to be cared for and we need to expand our work not cut it back, but that is what will happen if we can’t continue to bring enough money in." » Read more

Severe lack of funds threatens the number of wild animals and birds the Sussex-based charity, East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service (WRAS), will be able to help this winter.

"This has been an exceptionally busy year. We have been running at 90 to 100% capacity since Easter," said WRAS co-founder, Trevor Weeks MBE. » Read more

East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service founder Trevor Weeks MBE will be at Eastbourne Arndale Centre on Saturday 1st September with a display about the charity and raising funds to keep the valuable local service on the road.

Trevor who was awarded the MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List this summer will be present to meet people and talk about the work of WRAS, which he has been undertaking since 1985. » Read more

Sandra Palme, professional wildlife artist, has drawn this fabulous fox portrait to help raise funds for East Sussex WRAS. She will be sending it out to a person selected at random who donates on this page.

You could be the owner of this unique picture which is 24cm x 32cm drawn in pastels on Sennelier Pastel Card and signed by the artist. » Read more

Sussex based charity has launched an appeal to help save the lives of injured deer, many of which are attacked by dogs, caught in stock fencing and entangled in netting or rope swings.

If we can't get this hospital off the ground hundreds of deer will die a needless death" said WRAS founder Trevor Weeks. » Read more