Badger Trust

A big thank you to the HFSL team at @Hastingsdirectcareers for raising £968 through September and October this year as part of our two month partnership. As part of the company's charity of the year scheme, the HFSL team held an art competition and received a Wildlife Crime training session with Craig Fellowes MBE. We are very thankful for the enthusiasm and support shown!🦡 ♥️ Badger Trust is looking for corporate partners for 2025. If you or your company are interested and want to learn more, please get in touch with our team at fundraising@badgertrust.org.uk.

WE'RE HIRING - Chief Executive Ready to join team Badger? An exciting opportunity to lead a small charity to protect badgers, champion nature and campaign to end the badger cull. We are looking to fill this role due to our present Chief Executive retiring after more than three years at Badger Trust. Badger Trust is the leading voice for badgers in England and Wales, dedicated to the welfare, conservation, and protection of badgers, their setts, and their habitats. With the support of over 50 local volunteer badger groups and thousands of passionate followers, we work to ensure a future where badgers thrive. We’re looking for a dynamic and visionary leader to guide Badger Trust into our next chapter. As Chief Executive, you’ll be at the forefront of our campaigns, championing the cause of badgers, while ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of our organisation. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference for wildlife and their habitats, influencing policy, managing a passionate team, and growing our community of supporters. Apply now \>

There are just three days remaining to participate in Badger Trust's first-ever auction. This is a unique opportunity to bid on exceptional homewares, exclusive experiences, rare collectibles, and stunning artworks created by award-winning artists. Your participation supports our vital efforts to protect badgers, their setts and habitats so don't miss out on owning these remarkable pieces while making a difference. Visit Badger Trust's Facebook page (https://buff.ly/3VC0n6v) to place your bids today!

🚨 24 hours left to double your impact! 🚨 We’re so close—our amazing supporters have helped us raise £14,896 of our £16,000 Big Give Christmas Challenge target. That’s 93% of the way there, but we only have until noon tomorrow to hit the goal! With just £1,104 to go, every donation will still be DOUBLED thanks to match funding from our generous pledgers and The Reed Foundation. That's only £552 needed in donations to take us over the finish line. This is your last chance to make double the difference! Here’s how it works: 🐾 £10 becomes £20 🐾 £20 becomes £40 🐾 £30 becomes £60 Your support goes directly to helping badgers survive this winter through our 'Sleep, Eat, Survive, Repeat' fundraiser. Together, we can unlock every penny of the match funds and give these incredible creatures the care they need. ⏳ Don’t wait—there’s only 24 hours left! Donate today, search for Badger Trust at BigGive.org, or visit BadgerTrust.org.uk. Let’s make this happen—thank you for standing with us! 🦡❤️

Today we're at the NWCU 35th Annual Wildlife & Rural Crime Conference, where law enforcers, statutory agencies and NGOs gather to hear the latest approaches, successes and challenges in combating wildlife crime in the UK If you're attending, visit our stand to chat about all things badger! As the leading voice for badgers in England and Wales, we: - campaign to strengthen legislation - train police forces on the ground to enhance the number of successful prosecutions - research crime trends to inform future policy - develop new technologies to encourage more public reporting Find out how you can help Stop Badger Crime >> https://buff.ly/30wP6a7

🌟 Join us this #GivingTuesday in making a lasting impact for badgers! 🌟 We’re thrilled to participate in The Big Give 2024 Christmas Challenge to raise £16,000 for our 'Sleep, Eat, Survive, Repeat' campaign—and every pound you give will be DOUBLED until 12 noon on 10th December. Badgers face extraordinary challenges during winter—dangerous roads, habitat destruction, and illegal hunting. Your support helps us provide the training, campaigning and research to protect our nation's most iconic creature. 💡 How it works: Every donation is matched, so: £10 becomes £20 £20 becomes £40 Even small contributions can make a big difference. 📅 Donate by: 12 noon, 10th December 🔗 Visit donate.biggive.org and search Badger Trust Together, we can protect our badgers and create a world where they don't just survive, put thrive throughout the year. Thank you for your generosity!

Enjoy 12 months of badgers with our charity calendar! Our exclusive badger calendar is the gift that keeps on giving all year round. Featuring Britain's badgers in their natural habitats, it's a treat for any badger enthusiast. Order yours now >> https://buff.ly/3Z9mSBW 100% of the profit from this fundraising calendar supports Badger Trust’s work to protect badgers, their setts and their habitats.

Answering your questions about badger and cattle vaccination for bovine TB. Since we published our article explaining the downside of a national badger vaccination programme, we've received many questions about vaccination. So, we’ve put the questions to our Chief Executive, Peter Hambly. Read 'Vaccination Q&A with Badger Trust Chief Executive Peter Hambly' >> https://buff.ly/4iaP9jg

An exciting opportunity to help the badger charity for England and Wales. Do you have charity fundraising experience? Join our active board as a Trustee. We seek a new Trustee to join our Board to support the current Trustees and Chief Executive in continuing to deliver the charity's objectives and ensure we have the right mix of skills, experience, and people to achieve even more for badgers in the coming years. For this vacancy, Badger Trust is particularly interested in people with charity fundraising experience to help us achieve our goals in this area, building on our research, citizen science, and campaigning work. Find out more and apply here >> https://buff.ly/3CLTol3 Closing date: Friday, 10 January

NEW ARTICLE: Why Badger Vaccination won’t save the badger Badger vaccination has been sold as a panacea to saving the lives of badgers from the ineffective badger cull. Indeed, the recent catchy slogan from the government for their ‘badger vaccinator field force’, would imply that vaccination can put a ‘force field’ around badgers' lives. Are they suggesting that after 11 years of government-sanctioned culling, this government field force will be the badger army that badgers have been waiting for to save them? But Star Trek-shaped heroes out to save badgers aside, will vaccination with the Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine save the badger? And if so, from what? Read our article exploring the difference between fantasy and fact and if badger vaccination really is the golden egg we have all been waiting for or if the issue is far more complex than a government re-brand would imply. >> https://buff.ly/4hJDVBS Please read and share