Free
Half Term Halloween Crafting – Pumpkin Carving
Thursday 30th October
Pumpkin Carving places need to be booked in advance to ensure we have enough Pumpkins for everyone.
Places are free and all children need to be accompanied by an adult and the adult must stay for the duration of the carving. The adult will need to assist their children with the pumpkin carving. The carving sessions are for an hour.
The carving is being held in the community space in Tesco Brockworth GL3 4AA, The space can be accessed by walking along behind the tills to the far end of the building.
Our Crafting and Pumpkin carving is made possible by Tesco Brockworth, The Rotary of Gloucester and the volunteers of Brockworth Hedgehog Rescue
A large percentage of the hedgehogs we have brought to us are returned to the garden they were found in, the guidelines from the British Hedgehog Preservation Society state that hedgehogs should be returned back to where they came from where possible.
We will only release hedgehogs where there is already an existing population, which is within the guidelines set out by the BHPS, if there is not a population there will be a reason for that.
When feeding in the garden we must remember that this is support feeding, we are not trying to replace their natural feeding.
We recommend feeding the following
Meaty Cat food
Cat Biscuits
Specialist meat based hedgehog food such as Brambles or Vale Hedgehog Food
A shallow bowl of water
Mealworms
Peanuts
Sunflower Hearts,
Dried Fruit
Eggs
Cooked / Raw meat
Processed foods such as cakes etc
The foods that are listed to avoid are due to the effects they can have on the health of the hedgehog
The only time the public have access to the hospital part of the rescue is on our 2 open days each year in May and September. Please see our events page for more information.
