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We are a Cambridgeshire based charity specialising in
hedgehog rescue and rehabilitation
We are a Cambridgeshire based charity specialising in
hedgehog rescue and rehabilitation
Heather's Hedgehog Hostel is a charity that specialises in providing rehabilitation and comprehensive hedgehog care for Chatteris and the surrounding areas. We take hedgehogs into our hedgehog rescue service, nurse them back to health, and release them when they are back to good health. Find out more about founder Heather Johnson, and our dedicated Trustees, by clicking below.
At our recent sale, we raised a fantastic £508.80 for the hostel on May bank holiday Monday selling local plants and raffle tickets. Thank you to everybody that attended to contribute, it was brilliant to see you all there full of community spirit! A massive thanks to all our wonderful volunteers and trustees for hosting such a successful event for the hostel. So much so that we are holding another on Saturday 24th May, and we hope you can all make it!
The hostel is only able to do everything we do because of the generosity of the community. For monetary donations, any amount makes a huge difference, even £1 a week.
To donate, simply scan our QR code, or click here.
Alternatively, click below to find out what items we can accept for our hedgehogs currently in our care.
We are so grateful to have the support of many volunteers within our community who support us every day. Meet some of our inspiring team of hedgehog volunteers by clicking below!
Heather spoke with The Mirror newspaper on Thursday 20th March to discuss the urgency and implications of the litter crisis, as well as scenarios we have seen and treated at the hostel. Read the full online article by clicking below!
This year. we have been working with the Family Volunteering Club to run some activities for young families in Fenland. We have already completed one day in Chatteris, where we built Hedgehog Hidey Holes for the families to take and position in the gardens or local green spaces. In April, we are running another session for young families to make starter packs for people who suddenly come across hedgehogs in their gardens, and we are also going to run a session in Gault Wood in April, to get people thinking about nature and how we can look after it!
We had a whopping 466 hedgehog come through the doors of the hostel in 2024, with a 77% release rate! This is all thanks to the trustees, dedicated volunteers and the whole community for your valued contributions. We start 2025 with 27 hedgehogs on our books (11 foster hogs and the rest are located at our garage site).
We are so incredibly proud and humbled to have saved and released this many hedgehogs within 2024, and with everybody pulling together, this has been made possible. Thank you everybody!
We are looking for volunteers who are crafty in every way of the word! If you are interested, please click below and let us know your availability.
We are so very excited to announce that Heathers Hedgehog Hostel has been nominated for an award at the Animal Star Awards 2025! We will post further updates soon once voting commences and more information is released!