|Summary ofthe objects ofthe<br>charity set out in its<br>governing<br>document<br>For the benefit ofthe public:-<br>To advance the education ofthe public in respect ofthe care and welfare<br>ofsick, injured and abandoned<br>wild animals|Summary ofthe objects ofthe<br>charity set out in its<br>governing<br>document<br>For the benefit ofthe public:-<br>To advance the education ofthe public in respect ofthe care and welfare<br>ofsick, injured and abandoned<br>wild animals|
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||Regular activities:|
||An Annual<br>General Meeting for 2019-2020was held on ge December<br>2020.|
||BWRC maintained<br>an associate membership<br>for individuals,<br>who<br>received our newsletter<br>The Rehabilitator<br>and reduced rate symposium<br>tickets. There were 42 individual<br>associate members<br>during<br>financial year<br>2020-21.|
||Free advice continues to be provided<br>by BWRC trustees and volunteers<br>in response to specific queries from the public via the BWRC website and<br>Facebook page.|
|Summary ofthe main<br>activities undertaken<br>for the<br>public benefit in relation to<br>these objects (include within<br>this section the statutory<br>BWRC held our first virtual<br>annual<br>symposium<br>via Zoom on 21"<br>November 2020. The symposium<br>was attended<br>by 87delegates<br>plus<br>speakers alongside<br>nine speakers and trustees and helpers from Writtle<br>college staff who chaired and assisted<br>with text chat management.<br>The<br>keynote speaker's<br>topic was compassions<br>awareness<br>in the animal care<br>industry.<br>Engagement<br>with external<br>organlsatlons:||
|declaration<br>that trustees<br>have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission<br>on public<br>benefit)<br>Vice Chair Simon Allen continued<br>to represent<br>Gower Bird Hospital and<br>BWRC as a member ofAnimal Welfare Network Wales (AWNW). The<br>AWNW Code ofBest Practice for Animal Welfare Establishments<br>was<br>published<br>in September 2020.||
||A "Joint statement<br>on the captive breeding ofhedgehogs<br>in response to<br>population<br>decline" was written<br>by BWRC in collaboration<br>with the British<br>Veterinary<br>Zoological Society (BVZS), British Hedgehog<br>Preservation<br>Society (BHPS) and others. This was written<br>in response to rumours<br>that<br>some organisations<br>had plans to start breeding<br>programmes<br>and argues<br>against that strategy at this time. Other organisations<br>including<br>BWRC<br>associate members<br>have been invited to co-sign to indicate their support<br>for this policy which was first published<br>online on 1"March 2021.|
||BWRC recorded a 20minute<br>lecture to introduce a series ofnine mini-<br>lectures aimed at veterinary<br>and other students<br>on the principles of<br>wildlife rehabilitation.<br>This was a collaborative<br>project lead by the Bom<br>Free Foundation<br>and the recordings<br>have been published<br>on their<br>website (and will be added to ours when possible).|
||A collaboration<br>with Writtle University<br>College has begun to develop a<br>national<br>wildlife rehabilitation<br>database.<br>This project aims to provide data<br>for research<br>into improving<br>wildlife rehabilitation<br>practice<br>in the UK.|



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|You may choose to include|You may choose to include|BWRC does not generate<br>sufficient funds to engage<br>in grant-making.|
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|further statements,<br>where<br>relevant,<br>about:||BWRC is in the process ofdeveloping<br>a new charity website and expects<br>to fund this from existing capital reserves.|
|~<br>policy on grantmaking;|||
|~<br>policy programme<br>related<br>investment;<br>~<br>contribution<br>made by<br>volunteers.||Besides the trustees,<br>BWRC currently<br>has one volunteer<br>who created<br>and monitors the BWRC Facebook page and provides emergency<br>advice<br>regarding<br>wildlife casualties<br>(this service is not advertised<br>or encouraged<br>but requests are dealt with ifthey come in). The Chair is also an<br>administrator<br>for the Facebook Page and carries out routine|
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|Summary ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe <br>during the year|charity|Associate Organisation<br>INembership<br>was launched<br>in April 2020. Six<br>wildlife<br>rehabilitation<br>charities became BWRC associate organisations<br>between<br>April 2020 and end-March 2021.|
|||In response to the COVID 19Pandemic<br>the following<br>additional<br>activities were undertaken:|
|||~<br>"BWRCAdvice on Wildlife rehabilitation<br>Protocols<br>in case of|
|||Human Disease Epidemic" was prepared,<br>drawing<br>together the<br>available advice pertinent to wildlife rehabilitation<br>practice during<br>the COVID-19 pandemic<br>and published<br>on 31"March 2020.|
|||~<br>monthly<br>(rather than quarterly)<br>newsletters<br>were published<br>from<br>March to August 2020.|
|||~<br>Supporting<br>letters were offered (and provided) to any<br>rehabilitators<br>who were nervous<br>about making journeys<br>to release<br>casualties<br>during<br>lockdown,<br>explaining<br>the purpose<br>and animal<br>welfare justification<br>for their activities.|
|||~<br>A survey ofrehabilitators'<br>experiences<br>ofworking<br>under<br>'lockdown'<br>conditions was canied out and preliminary<br>findings<br>were presented<br>at Symposium<br>2020|
|||BWRC Annual<br>Symposium<br>was held online for the first time in response<br>to the COVID pandemic,<br>but also facilitated attendance<br>ofdelegates<br>who<br>wouldn't<br>normally<br>be able to attend<br>in person.|
|Briefstatement ofthe<br>charity's<br>policy on reserves||Reserves (generated<br>by donations<br>and associate membership<br>and any<br>profit resulting<br>from BWRC training<br>events and meetings) are used to pay<br>costs directly related to the functions ofthe charity including<br>trustee's<br>training,<br>travel and working expenses (related directly to BWRC), for<br>production costs such as design and printing<br>ofthe newsletter<br>and other|
|||promotional<br>materials,<br>and to cover any deficit incurred<br>from BWRC<br>training events and meetings.<br>Efforts are made to ensure that reserves|
|||are spent carefully<br>with approval<br>from all trustees for any significant<br>urchases.|
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|Donations<br>Contributions|839.00|
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|Membership<br>(Trustees)<br>Organisation<br>Associated<br>Membership<br>Organisation<br>Associated<br>Membership-<br>Paid in Advance<br>Individual<br>Associated<br>Membership<br>Individual<br>Associated<br>Membership<br>- Paid in<br>Advance|L0.00<br>L1.00<br>8375.00<br>E225.00<br>L450.00|
|Sale ofWorkshop<br>&Symposium<br>Tickets<br>Symposium<br>Sponsorship<br>Hartpurt<br>Profit Share<br>Bank Interest (Gross)|L45,00<br>L2,200.00<br>E0.00<br>E554.58<br>E5.67|



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|Postage Non Newsletter<br>Hire of Meeting Rooms<br>Cost of Newsletter<br>Cost of Maintaining<br>Website<br>Bank Charges<br>Administration<br>& Legal Fees<br>Eventbrite Fees<br>Symposium<br>Hire Costs<br>Symposium<br>Event Insurance<br>Symposium<br>Event Partners<br>Profit Share<br>Speakers Expenses<br>Symposium<br>Administration||E0.00<br>L0.00<br>E0.00<br>E0.00<br>236.59<br>L69.00<br>625.00<br>2222.93<br>EO.00<br>60.00<br>L0.00<br>E0.00<br>862.39||
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|Ticket<br>Raffle and Donation|E2,200.00<br>EO.OO||
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|Administration<br>Costs (Postage, Stationery,|Gifts,|||
|Zoom)||E62.39||
|Eventbrite Fees||E222.93||
|Hire of Facilities and Catering||E0.00||
|Insurance||E0.00||
|Speakers Expenses||F0.00||
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|Profit/(Loss)|||K1,914.68|