**UPDATE 12/02/24**

Thank you to everyone for all your support so far! We are absolutely blown away by your continued support. We've almost reached £15,000 which will help towards the majority of the costs we are facing. Ideally, however, we need to raise more than this to help us put in more sustainable fencing to survive should we flood again in future years. On top of this, we're currently paying an additional £375 a week on hard feed for our field animals. Our goats are still isolated to the one field during the day but we are taking them for walks when we can. We hope for the flooding to go down beginning of April.

Please keep sharing our story where possible. Thank you for all of your continued support.

**UPDATE 20/01/24**

Unfortunately, since launching the campaign, we've discovered the costs are going to be more than originally anticipated. The flooding is causing more damage than initially thought. Replacing the damaged animal shelters alone will be over £7000. We understand that everyone is feeling the pinch just after Christmas but if you can spare just a couple pounds it would be very much appreciated. And if you can, please share our story across social media.

Since we opened our centre doors, our farm has been prone to flooding. Some of you may even remember our campaign back in 2020 with Barry the pig (may he rest in peace) who couldn’t swim. Over the years, we’ve put as much flood prevention in as allowed without impacting the local village and for four years this seemed to have done the trick! Now disaster has struck, as the floods have come back in full force this January, much to the horror of our field animals.

Although many would think this to be a picturesque addition to the farm, the flowing river has made its way across four of our fields, causing calamity across the centre. Our poor goats, Woody and George, are absolutely terrified of the rising water that has invaded their paddock and are refusing to come down off their elevated platforms even when bribed with food.

The majority of our field animals have been moved to higher ground, but our goats Woody and George have been confined to a smaller area, with 2 out of the 3 fields of their paddock being flooded. As the water level continues to rise, so does their fear… as these goats don’t float!

Worst case scenario, we will have to move the goats out of the field they call home.

The water is also now verging on the edge of comprising our cesspit, and once this happens, effluent will be brought back up, making these fields completely unavailable for use. At the moment, we can still walk our dogs around the waterway, but when this happens, most fields will be out of action. The water is also prohibiting our access to our large dog run, which means that whilst we can still walk our dogs, we have nowhere to let them enjoy enriched play time securely off lead.

If the water levels continue to worsen, and our driveway becomes flooded (as it has in previous years) we will have to close our centre doors, resulting in a financial loss of £525 per day, but even more importantly, this will prohibit us from carrying out our crucial work for rehoming the animals under our care. Meaning longer time for them staying onsite rather finding them the homes they deserve! Staff will also struggle to get on site when the drive floods, making it harder to provide the essential care our animals need.

On top of all of this, the flooded water is causing immense property damage by destroying our ground, our fencing and animal housing. We estimate this will cost us over £10,000 in repairs for our centre, just to keep our animals safe.

We are desperately asking for your help in this difficult time. If even just half of our centre supporters donated £2 each, we could cover the costs in no time and help get animals like Woody and George get their feet back on the ground. Please consider donating to help today.