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The Country Book Shop have a range of books covering the conservation of wildlife & habitats

Get active in 2009

What can you do for animal charities?
There wil be plenty! Here's a list of stuff you could do to help. The help wanted varies from charity to charity.

What can you give animal charities? Here's a list of things you can give - examples, there will be more!

Sign up to Animals Matter, a petition, it will take 30 seconds to click through & find out about it

How can you make a difference? More ways in which you can make a difference.

Make a big difference in your local area as these folk have done for Cats Protection!

Create your own site

Creating your own web site is easy - you don't need to be a computer expert. Find out more about Do Your Own Site.

Boost your activity levels

If you want to improve your own fitness levels and wellbeing, you can include certain sorts of activity which will help you increase the amount of bending, stretching, gentle lifting, walking, strolling, sweeping and general moving around that you do.

In short, helping animals and charities can become part of your exercise programme for the week - and it won't even seem like exercise (and thus hard work!).

Boost your own wellbeing and activity levels (we won't call it exercise, sounds too much like hard work) by helping animals.

Helping Charities and Animals Hands-On

Gardening for a charity or at home
Creating a wildlife haven in your own garden
Maintenance, DIY
Dog walking
Driving
Filling water buckets, haynets
Sweeping to keep things looking good for visitors
Cuddling, stroking
Mucking out
Grooming
Distributing and collecting money boxes on foot
Clearing litter from the countryside or seaside
Standing and shaking a tin
Baking cakes for a cake stall without an electric mixer
Going to visit suitable homes for a new pet
Riding horses (experienced riders)
Giving a pet who needs exercise a home
Stuffing things into envelopes instead of chocolates into your mouth!
Making teas and coffees (think of all that lifting)
Creating paths for walkies
Taking kids on a nature walk to teach them about the countryside
Helping an elderly or terminally ill person with their pet care
Take pets to the vet for people who cannot get there themsevles e.g. the elderly or sick, or those going through a hard time
Becoming a puppy parent for an assistant dog charity
Leave the car at home and walk to save the environment.
Attend events and get a good walk in as you make your way around the stands

Raising Money

Do a sponsored event:

Slim (put a limit on this so that you do it sensibly)
Give Up e.g. booze, chocolate, crips, fizzy drinks, smoking...the money you would have spent on your forbidden item goes into a collecting box
Walk - even just a mile to get you started. Build up gradually!
Run
Swim
Ride on horseback or cycling
Swim in the sea on Christmas Day/New Year's Day
Charity Challenge, e.g. skydiving, abseiling, walk along China's Great Wall

Or leave the car at home and ignore public transport and walk, putting the money you save on petrol (or public transport) into a pot for a given charity.

Work possibles

Charity challenge, e.g. get the team abseiling
Do a physical task for a day for an animal charity or conservation group
Get involved in Take Your Dog to Work Day (an annual event every September) and get a team taking the visiting canines out for walkies at lunch time.
Allow dogs into the office full stop!

It is always a good idea to get a check up from your doctor before you begin getting more active, especially if you have any current medical conditions or haven't done any exercise for a long time.

Walking is a very easy way to get moving, as is swimming, so one or other could form part of your new exercise routine and help raise money for your favourite animal charity!

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Small actions add up

Used postage stamps
Save your used postage stamps and send them to animal charities...Every stamp adds up for them.

Stop Junk Mail
Stop junk mail coming to your home - eliminate the hassle of dealing with it - and help leave the trees in forests for animals to live in.

Because animals deserve better
Sign up to the Handle with Care petition to stop suffering caused to animals on long distance journeys

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