## GUARDIAN ANGELS BIRD SANCTUARY ## Trustee’s Annual Report For the Year ended 31[st] March 2023 Registered Charity Number: 1162553 Registered on the Register of Charities on 7[th] July 2015 ## Administration **Trustees:** Mrs. R. Blagg Mrs. R. Smith Ms. N. Barsby Ms. V. Avery **Treasurer:** Mr. D. Blagg **Patron:** Ms. Ann O’Neill, Veterinary Surgeon **Principle Address:** 26, Wood Street, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire NG16 3DD **Telephone:** (01773) 770891 ## **Acknowledgements:** We would like to thank all our volunteers and supporters who give up their muchvalued time and efforts to help our cause. **Aims and Objectives:** Our principal objectives are: ~ to promote humane behaviour towards birds. Providing appropriate care, protection, treatment and security for birds which need care and attention by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or require rehoming. Whereby legitimate reasons are given by people who can no longer look after them. ~ to rehabilitate traumatised, disabled, sensitive and aggressively difficult birds with a view to finding permanent, loving homes. ~ to educate the public in matters pertaining to bird welfare and to increase awareness in general for the prevention of cruelty and suffering among birds. ~ to provide and maintain rescue homes and other facilities such as fostering for the reception, care and treatment of such birds in need. ~ to promote responsible ownership, offering help, support and guidance in the general health and welfare of birds where required. **Our Values:** ~ we aim to find the best adoptive home for each individual bird in our care and will support each new owner, if required, to care for their new bird, offering help and advice if necessary. ~ we value our volunteers and all supporters without which we would struggle to continue. ~ we pride ourselves on our commitment and our honesty in the work we undertake. **Review of our Activities for the Given Period:** ## **Fundraising Activities/Income Generation** We are extremely grateful to all our supporters, especially in today’s financial climate, who continue to donate and visit our stalls and stands at our various fundraising events. ## **Fundraising events** 10/04/22 GABS Easter Fair at Awsworth Village Hall 21/05/22 Hucknall Rotary Club Spring Event 30/05/22 Greasley Gathering 09/07/22 Hucknall Dog Show 16/07/22 Horsley Woodhouse Carnival 07/08/22 Guardian Angels Bird Sanctuary Open Day 20/08/22 Lenton Abbey Park Fun Day 28/08/22 Brinsley Animal Rescue Open Day 09/10/22 GABS Autumn Fayre at Greasley Sports Hall - 26/11/22 Stapleford Xmas Lights Switch On event - 29/11/11 Eastwood Xmas Lights Switch On event 02/12/22 Greasley Christmas Cracker 03/12/22 Beeston Christmas Lights Switch On event Our income generation is based almost solely on our fundraising activities and these funds are primarily used to feed and house the birds and for aviary maintenance. The majority being spent on necessary feed and vet fees. Obviously, during this period, especially April until August. ## **Current membership numbers:** Number of current members as of 31[st] March 2023 = 166 Number of bird sponsors as of 31[st] March 2022 = 15 ## **Educational Events:** We endeavour to undertake more educational outreach talks and events in the coming year to various groups and societies to help promote care, advice, support, guidance, and general awareness on caring for pet birds. Every three months we attend Melbourne House Care Home in Nottingham and take with us some of our more friendly birds for a “Meet and Greet” and put a smile on most of the residents’ faces. We regularly go into Brinsley Primary School to let the children stroke the birds and ask questions about them. All “Meet and Greets” and educational talks that we do are totally free of charge and feel we, in a small way, are giving something back to the community. ## **Publicity:** When we have a big event on the horizon, we kindly ask BBC Radio Nottingham to publicise it. They gladly agree but almost insist that we go in and have a chat on air. Not that we mind. ## **Future aims:** Our aim for the future is to raise our profile within our community. We are currently setting up an improved website, and we have an established Facebook page and endeavour to keep these up to date with information and upcoming events. We hope to include more use of social media in the future, including Twitter and YouTube videos. We hope to make better use of digital media, which should help to promote us more to the public giving greater awareness regarding the services we offer and the help we are able give. We also aim to increase our membership and sponsorship numbers. We also intend to source opportunities for grant applications with a view to supplementing our fundraising activities. We hope to put at least one grant application forward in the coming year. Since last year we helped several school and college students with work experience and have many more booked in for the coming year. We are also in the act of helping adults gain experience to help with their university course. Now, we are offering a boarding service to the public covering sickness, holidays and hospitalisation whereby help is required by the public to look after their birds. BBC Radio Nottingham have invited us back in the future year to advertise our forthcoming events. ## **Financial Review:** As a small charity, we feel it is in the public interest to provide our accounts. **Accountant:** Mr. Howard Jones HPJ Bookkeeping 39, Plumptre Road, Eastwood Nottinghamshire NG16 3LP Telephone: 07891164542 9 3888 00 ooth 00 TX O th 8 888= 888 888 8 8 r4 S8 8& 8 88 8 o ui T E C C c J J J