Both FCDR and CDR are completely non-government funded charities. Donations can be made to us through the Donate Now button via 'The Big Give' charity website which collect donations and reclaim the tax through GiftAid for us. You just need a credit/debit card and please don’t forget to tick the box to say you are a taxpayer.
The aims of Friends of Corfu Donkey Rescue (FCDR) are:
• exclusively charitable in accordance with the laws of England and Wales
• to create awareness in the UK of the activities of Corfu Donkey Rescue (CDR)
• to raise funds to help CDR
• prevent the suffering of Corfu donkeys and
• provide high quality care and a safe permanent home for those donkeys.
Having visited CDR at various times, family and friends of Judy met one evening to see if there was anything they could do to help back here in the UK. They decided to create Friends of Corfu Donkey Rescue (FCDR) which has since become a registered UK charity. FCDR was set up to raise awareness of the work of CDR; of its successes, its difficulties and of its need for public generosity. We have set up a system for the legal transferring of donations through to Corfu for those who are unsure about how to get money from one country to another. We take no costs or expenses for what we do so every penny donated through FCDR goes to CDR.
Who are the Trustees? They are John, Sally and Suzanne (Suzy) Ayling.
Sally is Judy’s sister and she is also the treasurer and secretary of FCDR. She handles and processes all the individual donations, all our correspondence with our donors, all our dealings with the bank and the annual accounts. John is Sally’s husband and he looks after the official side of things; the website, registering FCDR with the Charities Commission, with HMRC for GiftAid, the Big Give and so on. Suzanne is John and Sally's daughter (and Judy's niece). |
Paul's (former trustee) son Wayne very kindly agreed to take over as a trustee after the sad and unexpected death of his father earlier this year. We are grateful to Wayne for stepping in until Suzanne could take up the role.
Paul was a builder who visited CDR two or three times a year for at least six weeks at a time to carry out essential building and maintenance work. He only asked that FCDR reimbursed him the cost of materials which saved a lot of donated funds.
For example, the field tent often flooded in the winter which
- inevitably made for poor ground conditions with so many animals walking around inside
- gave the donkeys foot problems like a form of trench foot which was unpleasant for them and
- was expensive to treat.
Paul built a concrete barrier (see left) at the entrance to the tent to prevent the water from entering, making it a more efficient and comfortable refuge for the donkeys in the wet.
Paul was a builder who visited CDR two or three times a year for at least six weeks at a time to carry out essential building and maintenance work. He only asked that FCDR reimbursed him the cost of materials which saved a lot of donated funds.
For example, the field tent often flooded in the winter which
- inevitably made for poor ground conditions with so many animals walking around inside
- gave the donkeys foot problems like a form of trench foot which was unpleasant for them and
- was expensive to treat.
Paul built a concrete barrier (see left) at the entrance to the tent to prevent the water from entering, making it a more efficient and comfortable refuge for the donkeys in the wet.
And this is Judy, the founder and mainstay of Corfu Donkey Rescue - in fact she is CDR! Judy is an English lady from Bognor Regis who moved to Corfu in 2003 to help with the problem of abandoned dogs on the island. She soon became aware of the plight of donkeys on the island, namely that they were being sent for slaughter for meat in Italy or cruelly abandoned because they were old, sick or simply unwanted! By ‘abandoned’ we mean left by the roadside to fend for themselves, or tied to a tree and left to die. If they are very lucky, they are reported to CDR.
‘Hope’ was the first donkey she rescued in January 2004 and since then CDR - well, Judy that is - has rescued well in excess of 500 donkeys and improved beyond recognition the conditions they live in by providing a safe and caring home for them.
‘Hope’ was the first donkey she rescued in January 2004 and since then CDR - well, Judy that is - has rescued well in excess of 500 donkeys and improved beyond recognition the conditions they live in by providing a safe and caring home for them.