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Sally’s Duck Rescue is charitable rescue and sanctuary based in Marshland St James helping ducks and other waterfowl of all shapes and sizes. We specialise in providing sanctuary and a forever home ...
Volunteering with the ducks - lots of opportunities
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Summary
Health Support, Mucking out, Waters, Feeding, Housekeeping, Wake up/Bedtime, Maintenance/Building, Grounds & Gardening, Transport, Fundraising & Egg CollectingDetailed description
Can you spare some time? Would you like to work with ducks and improve your health and wellbeing?
We have lots of volunteering opportunities at the moment. As long as you are physically fit (for the physical roles) and don’t mind getting dirty we would love to hear from you
Roles
Health support
We have a number of disabled and elderly ducks who need support with their care including bathing for those who cannot do so fully.
Mucking out
We have over 70 duck houses so mucking out and cleaning is a critical part of rescue life.
Waters
Every pen has several pools for the ducks to swim in and drink from. All need cleaning and refilling
Feeding
Feeding of all the flocks by refilling all their food tubs usually takes about 1 – 1.5 hours each week and requires some physical strength as the food comes in 20kg bags
Housekeeping
Keeping the rescue tip top, tidy and organised
Open up and close up
Helping with waking the flocks in the morning or putting them to bed at night. Times vary depending on the time of year. Usually takes 45 mins to 1.5 hours each end of the day
Egg collecting
Collecting and boxing eggs to go in our honesty box.
Maintenance and building
We often have duck houses in need of repair or for new areas or items to be built
Grounds and gardening
We have a lot of space and so there is always a need to keep the hedgerows clipped and opportunities to grow food for the ducks. We have a poly tunnel, fruit tunnel and horticulture space ready for growing
Transport
We often need help with collecting and dismantling items. For example when buying something second hand in the local area like a shed or duck house. (This could be any days and times)
Fundraising
Working on events and plans for fundraising and putting the plans into action (This could be any days and times)
Volunteering can be any time or days between Monday to Saturday daylight hours. Whilst we prefer a regular commitment, we also welcome ad hoc support.
To find out more, please email Sally indicating what you would be interested in and your phone number.