Role: Trustee and All Round Support
Joined: 2020
I am a Trustee and work alongside Heather at the Chatteris site to provide all round support that the hostel requires. I started to volunteer as I thought that it would be really interesting (and I was right!!).
Lucy's fun fact: I can name most breeds of sheep in the British Isles! (Baa-rilliant)
Role: Hedgehog Care and Crafting
Joined: September 2024
My main duties include feeding, cleaning out and weighing the hedgehogs, as well as crafting items to raise money for the hostel. I started volunteering to do my part to give hedgehogs a fighting chance of going back to the wild.
Dawn's fun fact: I absolutely love crafting!!
Role: Hedgehog Transporter
Joined: August 2024
Hedgehogs are my favourite wild animal and I feed up to three each night. One became unwell in July, and I took him to Heather, who successfully treated him. Soon afterwards there was another poorly hedgehog which I offered to collect, and therefore officially joined the Chatteris team!
Helen's fun fact: I love travelling with my camera and have photographed birds in Arctic Norway where it was -28°C!
Role: Hedgehog Care, Fostering, Transporter
Joined: May 2023
My main duties are as a fosterer, driver and I occasionally help at the hostel with cleaning out, removing fly strike etc. The reason that I started to volunteer at Heather's Hedgehog Hostel in Chatteris is simple - I absolutely love hedgehogs!!
Sharon's fun fact: I know my onion! I used to work at an onion factory! (Very ap-"peeling"!)
Role: Hedgehog Ambulance Driver
Joined: September 2024
I collect poorly hedgehogs in and around Chatteris, and bring them to the hostel to be treated. Hedgehogs are my favourite animal and I started volunteering because these wonderful species need all of the help that they can get.
Clare's fun fact: I am a superfan of the band A-ha!
Role: Hedgehog Care and Ambulance Driver
Joined: August 2023
I (Alison) support with cleaning cages and weighing hedgehogs with help from my daughter Emily (5). Emily especially enjoys keeping the hedgehogs company in the car when I bring poorly hedgehogs to the hostel.
Alison and Emily's fun fact: We love to call ourselves the Hedgehog Ambulance!
Role: Hedgehog Care
Joined: June 2024
I started volunteering as I finally retired and I had more time. I do the afternoon shift, we check the hogs, feed babies, check food and water and clean them when necessary. I love doing it, for the love of the hedgehogs. It's inspiring because Heather literally puts everything into looking after them and she never turns anyone away.
Marie's fun fact: I make a mean carrot scone!
Role: Website Support
Joined: August 2024
After working in recruitment and marketing for most of my career, I wanted to make a difference in the Chatteris community after moving here in 2022. I love hedgehogs!!
Laura's fun fact: I am the biggest ABBA fan on the planet, and I played a hedgehog in a school Christmas nativity once... I think they ran out of donkey costumes...
Role: Social Media Support
Joined: October 2024
My role is to help with video and scheduling content for our social media platforms. I've created video content for companies big and small, so if I can help such a wonderful (and cute!) cause with my passion for video, I'm there! My parents used to care for hedgehogs too, so I have many happy memories looking after them as a child.
Rob's fun fact: An animation I made in 2014 was shortlisted in 8 film festivals worldwide!
From hosting our craft stalls, to caring for the hedgehogs every day, to standing outside with charity buckets, to picking up hedgehogs in the community - our volunteers are a family, and are a huge asset and we would not be without them!
Look how many certificates I have to hand out to my volunteers!! They have been busy doing training and keeping their skills up to date! The Hostel would not be successful without them, and they all work so hard. WELL DONE guys!!!