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The Pollyanna
Pickering Foundation
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The
Pollyanna Pickering Foundation raises funds and campaigns
for conservation and animal welfare in the UK and worldwide
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The Pollyanna Pickering Foundation was formally established
in June 2001 to continue Pollyanna's commitment to working for
the welfare of wildlife. The launch party was attended by guests
from around the world, including visitors from Spain, Holland,
France, Germany and Japan. The first fundraising event - a celebrity
garden party - was held later that summer.
The Foundation was inaugurated just after Pollyanna had taken
the difficult decision to close her hospital for injured birds
of prey, and wanted to find a way of carrying on her conservation
and rescue work with wildlife. Initially the Foundation was
set up to raise funds for wildlife hospitals and sanctuaries
carrying out similar work in rehabilitating British wildlife,
and continues to buy equipment and build pens for many centres
in the UK. However the Foundation’s scope soon widened
to raise funds for the protection and rescue of wildlife worldwide
as well as emergency disaster relief. Funds have been raised
to help protect Rhinos in Africa, Wolves in Ethiopia, orphaned
polar bears in the arctic, and help build a tiger orphanage
in Nepal. Equipment has been purchased for project tiger rangers
working in India, and many smaller grants have been made to
wildlife and environmental projects. Although the majority of
our work is with wildife, on occasion we also make grants to
other charities close to Pollyanna's heart, including cancer
support and childrens charities.
Funds are raised through Pollyanna's exhibitions and talks,
our annual prize draw, donations, and one off special events.

Summary of Major Projects
The first major project, The Eye
of the Tiger in the summer of 2001 raised over £5,500.00
to buy equipment for Project Tiger, and funds
for the Victims of the Gujurat earthquake in
India. In addition a letter writing campaign was initiated urging
the Indian Prime Minister to give priority to Tiger Conservation.
A petition of over 1,000 signatures was sent to the Indian Government.
“I am absolutely stunned by the
magnificent cheque you have sent us following your "Eye
of the Tiger" appeal. It is absolutely wonderful of you
to help us in this way, and I am sure you know how extremely
grateful we are"
Virginia McKenna
The Born Free Foundation/ Project Tiger.
"The generosity of the Pollyanna Pickering
Foundation will give immediate relief to the survivors and help
to rebuild their shattered lives. Please convey my thanks to
all those involved in raising and contributing to this sum."
Brendan Gormley
Chief Executive/ Disasters Emergency Committee
The 2002 On Top of the World
raised £3,700 to buy equipment for Born
Free's project to rear and rehabilitate orphan polar
bears in the Arctic, and in conjunction with the Brigitte
Bardot Foundation a petition of over 1,000 signatures
was sent to the Canadian Government in protest at the continued
clubbing of seal cubs.
The 2003 Rhinoark appeal
raised £4575.00 to help create a safe haven for Rhinos
and other wildlife within the Aberdare national Park in Kenya.
The 2004 Company of Wolves Appeal
raised £5660.00 for wolf conservation, £3650.00
of which purchased Rabies vaccine for the Ethiopian
Wolf Conservation Project.
The 2005 Land of the Snow
Tiger appeal has to date raised £5750.00 to build
a Tiger Orphanage in Nepal – fundraising is ongoing. A
letter writing campaign has
been initiated to urge the Russian government to relocate a
planned oil pipeline which would destroy the habitat of the
Amur Tiger.
Most recently the 2006 Shamwari Lion
Appeal raised £8100.00 to build an enclosure
for rescued circus lions within a sanctuary in South Africa,
while in the same year the Haven appeal contributed
£7,000.00 towards the founding of a new Breast cancer
haven in Leeds. Pollyanna has since visited Shamwari
to see the rescued lions in the sanctuary.
The 2007 Wonderful World appeal is ongoing.
Meanwhile the Foundation has paid for the construction of new
pens, and a new hospital building at the Cedar wildlife
Sanctuary in Derbyshire – and fundraising is
ongoing to build further aviaries at their site.
The Foundation has been very active since in its inauguration,
and in addition to the major appeals has assisted the following:
2001: The Foundation provides a wildlife hospital in Cheshire
with six boxes of medical supplies; Over 100 slides of Indian
wildlife sent to the Rajasthan province of India for use in
a travelling education programme in schools; The Foundation
builds artificial badger setts and tunnels at a sanctuary in
Northumberland to assist in the rehabilitation and re-release
of injured and orphaned badgers.
The Foundation also joins forces with Naturewatch
to promote their campaign to wipe out badger baiting in the
UK.
2002: An incubator and runs are purchased for the Prickly
Patch Hedgehog Hospital in Derbyshire; Two Iguanas
sponsored in a breeding and release programme in Belize
2003: $2,5000.00 woth of building materials purchased for the
Roar Foundation Big Cat Sanctuary; Grant to
the Dorset Wildlife Trust Orchid appeal
"Thank you for your generous gift of $2,500.00
........... without question you are helping to make a real
difference in the lives of animals who would otherwise be struggling
to survive"
Tippi Hedren The Roar Foundation
2004: Contribution towards the transportation costs of rescued
lion 'Ma Juah' to the new sanctuary at Shamwari; £2,500
of materials purchased for new rehabilitation pens at 'Secret
World' wildlife sanctuary
"Thank you so much for the fantastic donation
towards our swan unit. My thanks for your support and kind wishes
to all at Secret World"
Pauline Kidner
Founder Secret World
2005 : Six courses of Leprosy treatment paid for; £1,000
contributed towards the running costs of the Refuge
24 hour emergency help line, a further £1550.00 contribution
to Born Free projects; The Macmillan
Fund; the Derbyshire Association for the Blind,
. Smaller grants have also been made to Ashgate Hospice,
Wolfwatch UK, Care for the Wild, Friends of the Sea Otter, the
Disasters Emergency Committee Tsunami Appeal, RNID, Epilepsy
Action, RSPB local reserves, and St Helen’s
community project, among others.
2006 : As part of our worldwide tiger conservation project,
an additional grant of £1100.00 is made to the Siberian
Tiger Conservation Trust, Grants also made to Naturewatch,
WWF, Cheltenham Animal shelter, Epilepsy action, the Derwent
Valley Donkey sanctuary, Bluebell wood children’s hospice,
Sheffield Animal shelter, Worldvision,
2007 : Additional grants so far made to Cheltenham
Animal Shelter, National Children’s Homes, Epilepsy Action
and Born Free.
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