National campaign to raise profile of gpig rescues?

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That baby bunny costume is sooooo cute!

I can't sew but I'm sure that someone could make something similar with that fluffy fabric you use to make teddy bears. Then you just have to film yourself skateboarding off a building into a swimming pool (or something equally idiotic!), and you'll become an instant YouTube phenomenon! Publicity sorted!
 
Er...by the way, I'd just like to add....don't try that at home! (I don't want to be held responsible for some stunt going horribly wrong and maiming human bunnies across the land!)
 
I've seen that Honeybunnies (based in Narborough, Leicestershire) has a display (and it is a decent size) in the Leicester P@H with pictures of available rabbits and guineas that she has etc. so it shouldn't be assumed that petshops will not be willing to advertise for your rescues.

I like the idea of regional groups. Would make it much easier to find out where you can help by being the most productive.
 
JoanneG111 said:
I could certainly make a facebook group, and put all the rescues on it, I could probably update it with pigs available to adopt or sponsor if people emailed me pictures....
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I think this is a good idea, I wouldn't mind helping out on a group. Perhaps there could be a couple of admins that work with a selection of rescues each so that it doesn't get too much for one person (if you think about loading all the pics and details of ALL the rescues - that's a lot!), also covers you for things like holiday or sickness etc.

I think its a really good idea to get local people to help local rescues in ways other than fostering or donating money. I would like to foster, but would like to gain more experiance first (only been a guinea owner since August 09) before offering my services. I have sponsored a Becklen piggy, but I can't afford to sponsor all piggies that are permanant residents at a rescue.
 
Can I just be a bit of a party pooper and point out that if anyone is fundraising they need to be quite clear about the rules around it if the organisation they are fundraising for is not a registered charity.

I know of at least one rescue that has had problems with claiming they were raising money for charity when they weren't registered as one.

For the rescues citizen's advice can probably help out with this if you are unsure.

We also all know of situations where people claiming to be rescues are no such thing - so anyone donating money needs to be sure of where the money is going to go.

I suspect that what is required is some sort of umbrella organisation like the rabbit welfare association, but it's not an easy thing to achieve.

Paula
 
paulag said:
Can I just be a bit of a party pooper and point out that if anyone is fundraising they need to be quite clear about the rules around it if the organisation they are fundraising for is not a registered charity.

I know of at least one rescue that has had problems with claiming they were raising money for charity when they weren't registered as one.

For the rescues citizen's advice can probably help out with this if you are unsure.

We also all know of situations where people claiming to be rescues are no such thing - so anyone donating money needs to be sure of where the money is going to go.

I suspect that what is required is some sort of umbrella organisation like the rabbit welfare association, but it's not an easy thing to achieve.

Paula
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Very valid point. If any rescues who aren't already registered want more info, you can look here http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registration/default.asp for England and Wales and here http://www.oscr.org.uk/Applyingtobecomeacharity.stm for Scotland. I am unsure of the Ireland charity commission. We only need to look at these two at work.
 
paulag said:
Can I just be a bit of a party pooper and point out that if anyone is fundraising they need to be quite clear about the rules around it if the organisation they are fundraising for is not a registered charity.

I know of at least one rescue that has had problems with claiming they were raising money for charity when they weren't registered as one.

For the rescues citizen's advice can probably help out with this if you are unsure.

We also all know of situations where people claiming to be rescues are no such thing - so anyone donating money needs to be sure of where the money is going to go.

I suspect that what is required is some sort of umbrella organisation like the rabbit welfare association, but it's not an easy thing to achieve.

Paula
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Unfortunately you can only apply to be a registered charity if you get £5k in the bank - no chance of that here! If you have under £5k you can't be registered. That's why a lot of home run rescues are not registered charities, as the current rules exclude most of the smaller rescues from applying.

Sophie
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I think I will have to rob a bank Sophie lol do they accept monopoly money? As Sophie said with small rescues as soon as it comes in it is gone on vets bills and care etc and no way do donations reach £5k a year most of the cost is met out of our own pockets.

You can get charitable status though which I thinks is worth us looking into.
 

It may also be relevant to do some research so that you can justify the “30,000 guinea pigs waiting in rescues all over UK†mentioned in the poster campaign - rather than be accused of plucking some completely random number out of the sky.
 
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