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How You Can Help

Our Charity has no offices or paid staff. If it wasn’t for the support of local businesses and the community we couldn’t do what we do.

Every donation we receive goes towards the long-term survival of the seal colony. Our work continues all year round, so every contribution is much needed and welcomed.

Photo by Mark Reynolds

Donating to the Friends of Horsey Seals

Friends of Horsey Seals is a Registered Charity (Number 116‍9539). We are dedicated to protecting the grey seal colony at Horsey and Winterton from disturbance or harm. The charity relies totally on the continuing support of our donors and sponsors. We would simply not be able to carry on the work we do without this vital and generous support.

One-off or monthly donation

If you would like to make a one off donation, you can do so either by debit or credit card or through PayPal.

Or you can donate to us monthly through a Direct Debit.

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Become a Friend

Our Friends membership scheme gives you exclusive access to news, information and event previews.

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your whole household here.

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Become a Seal Warden

Another way you can help is by volunteering to become a seal warden. There is always a turnover of wardens due to changing circumstances and some moving away from the area so we are continually recruiting new wardens to replace them. With the growing size of the colony and an increasing number of visitors each year, we need to make sure we have enough wardens to cover our rota.

You can contact us to register your interest in becoming a warden at any time or respond to our recruitment campaign in July. You will need to attend one of our pre-season training workshops in late summer before starting. If you are interested in finding out more please email recruitment@friendsofhorseyseals.co.uk.

Fundraising

Every year FoHS actively fundraises through events and collections.  It is an essential part of our job to make sure we can carry on our work.  Individuals and businesses also fundraise on our behalf, from selling garden plants, sponsored dieting, baking cakes to donating percentages from sales or workplace collections.  Donors can choose to dedicate their financial gifts to pay for specific FoHS projects like our online rota system or website.  Let us know if you would like to help. Email: enquiries@friendsofhorseyseals.co.uk

People Power

Individual Fundraising

Support from our fundraisers sometimes comes in unusual ways.  One found time in lockdown to grow more seedlings than she needed.  She sold the plants, raising £275 which she donated to Friends of Horsey Seals. Another traced an outline of a seal and encouraged members of the support group she ran to fill the outline with 5p coins.

The group raised £82 for FoHS. One lady raised money while losing weight and invited her friends and family to sponsor her for each kilo she lost by dieting over three weeks. She lost a total of 10 kilos and raised well over £400 for the charity. And one Young lad saved his pocket money and instead of buying chocolate bars donated it to FoHS. All the money we are given goes towards helping the seals.

Cash for Stretcher

Business Fundraising

Majestic Amusements in Great Yarmouth generously donated £350 to Friends of Horsey Seals for a much-needed mobile stretcher carrier to help us rescue sick and injured seals from the beach. Nicola and Russel Ghigi who run the popular amusement centre said, “The money was raised from donations for the recyclable plastic bags we give to our customers.

It’s a tremendous pleasure to see the money go towards such a worthwhile cause” Peter Ansell, Chairman, ‘Friends of Horsey Seals said. “This piece of equipment is absolutely vital to help us rescue the many seals we help because some can weigh in excess of 230 kilos. So, we are extremely grateful to Nicola and Russell for their generosity and kindness.

Photo by Jo Davenport

What We Do With Your Donations

As a small charity, Friends of Horsey Seals depends entirely on the income we receive through our ‘Friends’ subscription scheme, from your generous donations, and grants from a number of funding organisations which help us to pay for major projects. Our charity’s main objective is to be able to protect the breeding colony of grey seals at Horsey and Winterton long into the future.  

While our dedicated team of volunteer wardens give their time freely, we use a large percentage of the funds we receive to enable our wardens to do their vital work. This includes insurances, two-way radios while on duty, hi-viz vests, handbooks, training, first aid supplies and health and welfare support are essential to enable our volunteers to go about their wardening duties safely. Another substantial cost is operating the FoHS Rescue Team and their 4WD rescue vehicles, used for frequent trips to the RSPCA Wildlife Hospital at East Winch, to transport sick and injured seals for treatment and rehabilitation. Our rescuers need specialist equipment like stretchers, nets, pig boards and a mobile phone for operational and emergency calls about seals. We also fund the Seal Count team during the pupping season.


Site Management

Another responsibility is site management at Horsey and Winterton. Every year we buy and replace large quantities of rope, posts and signs. This work ensures a safe viewing experience for visitors whilst also protecting seals from disturbance and conserving the environment and stability of the dunes.  The number of people coming to see this amazing wildlife spectacle now exceeds 120,000 a year.

Other ongoing costs include running our website, which is constantly evolving and being improved, and our dedicated on-line rota and communication system for wardens. Finally, we need to allow for professional fees, bank charges, public liability insurance and other basic administrative costs.


 

Emergency?

If you see any seals in difficulty, please contact the FoHS Rescue Team on 07706 314514
or the RSPCA on 0300 1234999.

Friends of Horsey Seals

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7 Church Road
Repps with Bastwick
Norfolk
NR29 5JP

enquiries@friendsofhorseyseals.co.uk

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