Thank you for choosing to support our self funded, non-profit, small Charity. Our Charity Number is: 1194952. We receive no funding from the Government, Lottery, or any large organisation, and solely rely on donations and support from lovely people, like yourself.
What costs do you have to cover? You may ask.
Veterinary and medications are the biggest and most important and necessary costs that we regularly need to raise money for. Medications and Veterinary assistance is expensive and we do not receive it for free.
Vets do have a duty of care to see wildlife by law when brought in by a member of the public but most animals are usually put to sleep as they do not have the facilities to care for them. Rescue centres may receive a small discount but are always charged when bringing any animal/wildlife to see a vet, or much needed medications and prescriptions.
We also have to cover all food, baby formulas, and special diets for a variety of different species.
In addition to that, our incubators run 24/7, along with heat pads and heat lamps for our youngsters and the poorly, which is expensive in electricity.
Every single penny raised solely goes on running the rescue. Not one penny lines anyone’s pockets and nobody gets paid.
How to help…
There are various ways you can support Wild Bird Rescue Dorset.
Gift Aid
As we are a registered charity, we are eligible for Gift Aid!
Donating money and filling out a Gift Aid form means we can claim an extra 25p for every £1 you give.
It will not cost you any extra. You need to make a Gift Aid Declaration for our charity to be able to claim.
PayPal Giving Fund
Free to send and receive although it can take up to 2 months to reach our account. Unless you tick the box to allow share with us who kindly sent a donation, it will remain anonymous. There may also be a Gift Aid tick box, which if you are UK Tax payer and tick for gift aid, the charity could receive a further 20% of your donation, from the Government.
PayPal – Wild Bird Rescue Dorset
Please choose friends and family when using this option or we have to pay a fee for every donation received.
Our Amazon Wish List
Please follow this link and choose something lovely for our birds in care, which will be delivered directly to us. Alternatively, you are welcome to purchase bits and bobs of your own choosing and pop them down to our Charity Shop at The Courtyard Centre, Huntick Road, BH16 6BA. Open Wed to Sat 11am until 2pm. Thank you 🙂
Amazon Gift Cards
These can be emailed directly to our charity email address: sandy@wildbirdrescuedorset.uk. This way we are able to buy random bits and bobs for the rescue that are not on our Wish List.
Go Fund Me
Go Fund Me have recently set up a special charity area. You can simply donate here or set up a fundraiser and raise monies for our charity.
Easy Fundraising
The #easyfundraising app is an easy way to raise money for Wild Bird Rescue Dorset when you shop online or on your mobile. It’s completely FREE and available on desktop, iOS and Android too. Please sign up and add us to your chosen charity to support when you shop online.
Charity Shop in Lytchett Minster
We have a small charity shop where we sell lots of bric-a-brac and trinkets of lovely clean quality. Our little shop is stacked full of new, nearly new and pre-loved bits and bobs, and clothes too. The link above takes you to our Charity Shop Facebook Page.
We are always on the look out for good quality donated items for us to sell. This is also a great place to drop off any items from our Amazon Wish List for those items that can’t be shipped to a gift registry address. Our little shop is open Wed to Sat 11am until 2pm. Visit our page for more info.
Bank Transfer is a fast and easy way to donate directly into our charity bank account, without us paying any fees or having to wait. Details of our bank account is below:
Lloyds Bank Charity Account (choose business, not personal account, if prompted)
Wild Bird Rescue Dorset
Account number: 73924860
Sort: 309626
Thank you so very much for all your support. Funding really keeps us going!