Pawz for Thought

15/10/2026

🚒💙 A huge thank you to the amazing Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service team for helping save a little life today!

We received a call about a pigeon in distress, hanging beneath some guttering. Our wonderful volunteer Julie attended straight away on behalf of Pawz and found the poor bird trapped by string wrapped around her leg and caught between wooden planks.

Thankfully, the fire crew came to her rescue and brought her safely down. She’s only a baby and is now recovering in our care at Pawz for Thought. 🕊️💕

Thank you to the kind caller who raised the alarm, Julie for responding so quickly, and the fantastic fire service team for their care and compassion.

One little pigeon, and a wonderful team of people who made sure she mattered. 💙🐾

15/10/2026

We will be reaching out to all our winners in the next week. Thank you to all who took part 🥰🐾

14/10/2026

🦔💚 SPONSOR A HOG – HELP US GIVE OUR HEDGEHOGS THE BEST CHANCE! 💚🦔

We need your help! 🥺

We currently have around 150 hedgehogs in our care, and we’re still seeing between 10–15 new admissions every single day. Our team is working tirelessly to give every hog the care, love and attention they need, but with numbers this high, the costs are adding up quickly.

We are so incredibly grateful to our wonderful community for all the newspapers, food and supplies you donate. Every single donation makes a difference, and we honestly couldn’t do this without you. 💚

But there’s another cost that we really need your help with… medical treatment. 🩺

Each hedgehog can cost between £10 and £20 in medical treatments alone. With 150 little lives currently depending on us, and more arriving every day, these costs quickly become overwhelming.

That’s why we’re asking you to SPONSOR A HOG! 🦔💚

By donating towards the medical treatment of our hedgehogs, you can help us make sure every hog receives the treatment they deserve, giving them the best possible chance of recovery and, hopefully, returning to the wild where they belong. 🌿

No donation is too small. Whether you can spare £5, £10 or £20, every penny helps us care for these prickly little patients when they need us most.

Behind every hog is a life worth fighting for, and with your support, we can keep giving them that chance. ❤️

🙏 Please consider donating, sharing this post, or sponsoring a hog today. Help us make sure that every hedgehog who comes through our doors gets the chance they deserve.

You can also donate through our website: https://pawzforthought.org/support-us/

150 hogs. 10–15 more arriving every day. Can you help us give them a fighting chance? 🦔💚

13/10/2026

💚🐾 A HUGE well done to Ollie! 🐾💚

We want to say a massive thank you to the lovely Ollie, who has chosen to take on the Great North Run to raise money for Pawz for Thought! 🏃‍♂️👏

Ollie has raised an amazing £85 to help us care for the animals who come through our doors, and we couldn’t be more grateful for his kindness and support. ❤️

It means so much to us when young people choose to do something so special to help animals in need. Ollie, you should be so proud of yourself! 🥰🐾

Thank you for thinking of our animals and helping us continue the work we do. We hope you enjoyed the challenge, and well done on completing the Great North Run! 💚

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12/10/2026

HELP PLEASE! Please give Durham Bat Group a follow please! Their original page has been hacked! 😢 please report and delete the old one and follow the new one above and linked below.

As you know from bats we’ve had in care we work closely with Durham bat group with some of our volunteers being active members of the group. They are a vital group in the north east community for our bats covering vast areas from the Tees to the Tyne. They are continuously working behind the scenes in vital research and bat conservation, as well as continuous bat care. Give them a share to help make their page great again so bats can maintain the protection they need ! Thank you 🙏🏼 🦇

https://www.facebook.com/share/1CGgyCcyLn/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Durham Bat Group is a volunteer group and registered charity working from the Tyne to the Tees to understand and conserve bats through research, practical conservation, training, education, and bat rescue and rehabilitation.

12/10/2026

12/10/2026

🦔🍽️ HEDGEHOG DISHES WANTED! 🍽️🦔

We’re on the lookout for donations of these little terracotta dishes for our hedgehogs at Pawz for Thought! ❤️

You might recognise them from the supermarket cheese section, as they’re sometimes sold with baked or melting cheese in them. Once the cheese is gone, the dishes are perfect for reusing in our hedgehog care!

If you have any lying around at home that you no longer need, or spot any in the supermarkets, we would be so grateful if you could donate them to us. 🥰

Every little donation helps us care for the wildlife that comes through our doors, and giving these dishes a second life is a lovely way to help our prickly little patients! 🦔💚

🚨 WE ALSO NEED SOFT ANIMAL CARRIERS! 🚨

We’re also looking for donations of soft carriers to help us safely transport the animals in our care. If you have any clean, good-condition carriers you no longer use, we would love to hear from you! 🐾

📣 Please share this post and help us spread the word!

Thank you for always supporting our animals. ❤️

12/10/2026

Still time to vote if you haven’t already ❤️

We could receive a £5,000 donation with your help through the Movement for Good Draw.

11/10/2026

🐾 Another day, another rescue for Pawz for Thought! 💙

This morning, a gentleman rang after hearing a kitten crying for help throughout the night. He believed the little one was trapped in a window bay—and our wonderful Laura headed out to investigate, even though it was her day off.

Local tradesman Steve from Norcroft kindly came along with ladders to help. They discovered a very frightened kitten who had squeezed himself into an overflow duct. Even if he’d managed to get out of the hole, he still had no way of escaping the window bay. 💔

An attempt to reach him by hand left poor Laura with a few bites and scratches, so it was time for a different approach: tempting snacks! With Steve stepping in to help and the hole blocked to stop the kitten retreating into the duct, they finally managed to secure him safely. 🙌

He’s now back at Pawz, settling down with tasty treats and a chance to rest after his frightening ordeal. Hopefully, the scary part of his story is now behind him. 🐱💙

Huge thanks to the gentleman who heard his cries and called for help, to Steve for lending his time and ladders, and to Laura for giving up her day off to help a little life in need. 🐾