We are delighted to announce that we have raised a grand total of £2,000 from our Charity Christmas Tree and donations from our Charity Wishing Well here at Dignity! We have randomly selected ten animal charities from the list of charities we support and each charity will receive a donation of £200.
This is the second year of creating a beautiful memorial tree at Christmas outside for all to admire. The monkey puzzle tree, which sits at the front of our grounds and has the ashes of Barry & Carole Spurgeon interred beneath it, was lit up with Christmas lights and gradually filled with personalised decorations throughout December. We made all of the decorations in-house to enable us to raise as much money as possible for animal charities.
Kevin Spurgeon said: “We regularly raise money for animal charities through the wishing well here in the Dignity grounds, but the Christmas tree allows our clients to pay tribute to pets that they have lost. We have an extremely generous group of followers who not only want to support to our chosen charities, but also wish to remember their beloved pets.”
At Dignity, we are proud of our ethics, which is one of our core values. In 2014, Kevin was given an honorary fellowship by the University of Winchester for the commitment to running Dignity with ethics and compassion. Supporting charities is one such example and we currently support 39 different animal charities through our wishing well.
164 charity decorations were sold in the run up to Christmas, raising a total of £656! We added £1,100 from donations made in our charity well and Kevin then generously rounded the figure up to make a grand total of £2,000. The charities randomly selected from our list who will all be receiving a donation of £200 are: Blue Moon Animal Centre, Winston’s Wheels, One Bun At A Time, Herbie Hedgehog Rescue, Desperate Greekies, Forever Hounds Trust, Fresh Start For Hens, Greyhounds 4 U, Hearing Dogs For Deaf People and Mane Chance Sanctuary. A huge thank you to everyone who donated, your support is incredible and will make a massive difference to these charities!