This year's Hedgehog Awareness Week falls in the middle of lockdown. Usually this is a great opportunity to raise the profile of these endangered mammals, but also to raise much needed funds for hedgehog rescue centres. As a volunteer at London Colney Rescue Centre I am aware that last year, vet's bills alone came to nearly £4000. This year, without the ability to stand at country fayres, or shake buckets at events, the rescue has lost its ability to generate these vital funds. At the same time, there has been an increase in the number of hogs coming into the rescue. More people gardening has lead to an increase in gardening-related injuries, but also more people being out and about and finding injured hedgehogs. The roads, which although less busy, are proving just as lethal to hedgehogs as drivers speed around. I would like to raise funds to put towards this year's vet's bills and ask those who might have dropped a pound in the collecting tin to consider doing so virtually instead.