Category Archives: volunteering

Adult Greed v. Childhood Innocence

By Lesley | Published: April 12, 2007

It was a beautiful day on Easter Saturday. The Fund-raising Committee at Llys Nini had organised an Easter Bonnet competition and an Easter Egg Hunt for the local children. There was a small entry fee (it was, after all a fund raising day as well as a ‘fun day’), with concessions for family groups.

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Cat-chase through the Uplands

By Lesley | Published: March 24, 2007

Although this is not the actual cat… it looks very similar! We had already done a full morning’s voluntary work for the animal centre… a dog, three rabbits and a cat had been transported to the vet’s surgery for treatment.

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Rainbow Bridge, Llys Nini

By Lesley | Published: March 2, 2007

  On Thursday, The Bishop Of Swansea and Brecon, the Right Reverend Lord Bishop Anthony Pierce came to Llys Nini to dedicate and open the Rainbow Bridge. It was also a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the opening of the lovely animal re-homing centre at Penllegaer, Swansea, after its move from the old Dogs’ [...]

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Ultimate recycling?

By Lesley | Published: February 23, 2007

It was ‘Bin Day’ today. We have got our landfill bag down to one smallish black bag per week, and nearly all of that is made up of unnecessary packaging from shops. I spent 15 minutes yesterday trying to extract four printer cartridges from their impermiable and unassailable thick plastic armour. The old cartridges have [...]

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Wales Air Ambulance

By Lesley | Published: January 12, 2007

One of our favourite charities is the Welsh Air Ambulance

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Animal Welfare Act

By Lesley | Published: November 11, 2006

Congratulations to the Powers That Be for seeing sense at long last! On November 8th, the Animal Welfare Bill finally received Royal Assent. This is very good news because

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RSPCA Volunteers

By Lesley | Published: August 10, 2006

As volunteer animal ambulance drivers at Llys Nini Animal Rescue Centre, we regularly transport a variety of animals to and from the local vet. This entails going in and out of the centre’s vast grounds at hours when the centre is closed to the public, early in the morning and late in the evening.

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