New paths at sanctuary for wheelchair access - Hornbeam Wood Hedgehog Sanctuary

A huge thank you to Bruce Wake Charitable Trust (https://brucewaketrust.co.uk/) for funding our new wheelchair access paths to all the facilities at the sanctuary!

These paths allow access to the disabled toilet block, the overwintering hotel, the hogspital, the education centre, the outside rehabilitation zone, and to our groundworks storage shed. This was a large project which we are so excited to have complete :)

A big thank you to both Vicky and Jill for helping us with the grant application for these new wheelchair access paths.

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HORNBEAM WOOD HEDGEHOG SANCTUARY 🦔🐾🐾:
A family-run Charity that rescues British Wild Hedgehogs based in Harpenden and covering the surrounding area in Hertfordshire. Set up in April 2015 rescuing wildlife since the 1980s. Mother and son are involved daily rehabilitating wild hedgehogs and orphaned baby hoglets that are sick, injured, or underweight. Since 2015 we have rescued, rehabilitated, and released thousands of injured or orphaned hedgehogs.

We hope to use this platform to spread awareness and help promote ways you can help British Wild Hedgehogs.

We use 100% of donations to help the hedgehogs. Registered Charity No. 1190048

Donate via our Paypal Giving Fund (Please check Gift Aid if UK tax payer):
https://www.paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/charity/4046519

or

Donation via our Charities Aid Foundation:
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See more ways to support us:
https://www.hornbeamwood.org.uk/support-hedgehog-charity

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WHY HAS THE UK WILD HEDGEHOG POPULATION DECLINED SO MUCH SINCE THE YEAR 2000?
As of 2022, The Wild British Hedgehog has been included in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List for British Mammals. Hedgehogs have declined by between 30% - 75% across different areas of the countryside since 2000. The reasons for their decline are complex and aren’t yet fully understood, but two of the main pressures hedgehogs face in both rural and urban areas is lack of suitable habitat and habitat fragmentation. In 2020, it was estimated (PTES) that up to 335k hedgehogs are killed each year on the roads. Roads also create invisible barriers for hedgehogs. Their habitats have been diminishing and their inability to access and travel through gardens and across roads has become in most cases, impossible. The use of poisons like slug pellets, and intensive agricultural farming also have a part to play in their decreased populations. Along with loss of hedges and the use of pesticides.
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