I was delighted to be invited to formally open the new WRAS charity shop at 192 Terminus Road this morning, alongside their founder Trevor Weeks MBE. I’ve known Trevor and been a big supporter of WRAS ever since I came to Eastbourne. The organisation he started up many, many years ago does an incredible amount of vital work helping, rescuing and protecting wild animals that have been injured; either through illegal traps, malicious intent, hit by vehicles or the myriad of other causes.—Stephen Lloyd, 10 October 2016
The new shop (opposite TJ’s) is a significant investment by the animal charity. And Manager John Racher asked me to flag that if you have any spare clothes, bric a brac etc they’d be hugely grateful if donated to WRAS, and that all would be put to good use
“East Sussex WRAS was established as a voluntary group in 1996, but some of its rescuers have been rescuing since 1985. The organisation 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.”
“WRAS deals with calls from members of the public and other animal welfare organisations like the Swan Sanctuary, Fox Project, Southdowns Badger Group, International Animal Rescue, British Divers Marine Life Rescue, Sussex Bat Hospital and many others. Our service is free of charge, we DO NOT charge – but the average cost to the charity of responding to and dealing with a call-out is £75, which includes veterinary bills, food, water, electric, bedding, caging, rescue equipment, vehicles and fuel, phone bills and other necessary expenses, so we appreciate any donations to help cover these costs.”
“Every year between 2-3,000 calls are made to WRAS’s rescue line. Our rescuers are all volunteers and are funded by kind donations from people like you.”
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Check out the shop folks. If you can help in any way I know it will be genuinely appreciated.
I’ve always been firmly of the view that we measure how civilised we are as a society by the way we treat animals. WRAS is testimony both how far we have still to go but also, by the nature of the tremendous support it receives from the public locally – how far we’ve come!
Trevor and his team are an inspiration to us all……
East Sussex WRAS Charity Shop
192 Terminus Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex
Grand Opening
SATURDAY 8 OCTOBER 2016, 10:30am
Stephen Lloyd was the Liberal Democrat MP for Eastbourne from 2010 to 2015. Following his defeat on 7 May 2015 by Conservative candidate Caroline Ansell, he announced he would retire from politics. He said he “never had as much fun as being MP for Eastbourne and Willingdon”. During his campaign in the 2015 Election. a theme emerged on posters, “Everyone knows someone who has been helped by Stephen”. He lost his seat by 733 votes. On 15 July 2016 Stephen Lloyd announced that he had decided to re-stand as the MP for Eastbourne in the next General Election.
