17/04/2026
Since the beginning of 2023, things have feltā¦ different.
Not all at once. Not overnight.
But slowly, steadily, things began to change.
What started as uncertainty became something we could no longer ignore. Rising costs, unstable income, constant pressure behind the scenesāit all built into decisions no rescue ever wants to make.
We closed half of our rabbit housing.
We closed our rodent cabin.
That cabin, once full of life, had reached a point where it was no longer safe. It needed urgent repairs we simply couldnāt afford at the time. Closing it wasnāt just practicalāit was emotional. It meant turning away the very animals we exist to help.
And the requests havenāt stopped.
Just this week alone, weāve had to say no to seven rodents in urgent need of rescue supportāwith nowhere else to go.
2025 was one of the hardest years weāve ever faced.
If weāre honest, we could have walked away at the end of 2024.
Closed the doors. Said weād done what we could.
But we didnāt.
Because we couldnāt.
We opened in 2015 because rabbits and rodents here had nowhere else to goāand that hasnāt changed. We are still the only specialist rescue for rabbits and rodents in South West Wales.
So we kept going.
We fought for it.
We gave everything we had to keeping Nibbles open.
And we are so gratefulāmore than I can put into wordsāto every single person who fought for Nibbles alongside us during 2025.
Without you continuing your pledges to the rabbits who needed us most, we simply wouldnāt be here this year.
But surviving has come at a cost.
Every bit of energy, every pound, every decision has gone into caring for the animals already here.
And thatās meant something else has had to wait.
The centre itself.
Itās tired now. Some areas need urgent repairānot just to improve them, but to save them before theyāre lost altogether. The rodent cabin is the hardest part of that. Closed for nearly three years, slowly deteriorating while weāve had to walk past it, knowing what it once was.
But something is starting to change.
For the first time in a long time, weāve been able to set aside a small budget to begin that work.
Itās not everything we needābut itās enough to start.
And weāre excited.
Desperate to open the paint tins, pick up the tools, and breathe life back into spaces that have been waiting for their second chance.
The Welsh spring might be unpredictableābut when the sun comes out, so do we.
And weāve already made a start.
It feels like hope.
Like weāre finally allowed to think about the future againānot just survival.
But itās not without sadness.
Because when a space is broken, it makes sense that it canāt be used.
When itās repairedā¦ readyā¦ able to helpā¦
and you still canāt use itā
Thatās different.
Thatās when it really hits.
We can restore the centre.
We can bring everything back to life.
But right now, weāre still only at around 50% of the funding we need to fully reopen.
Which means many of those spaces will remain empty.
Repaired. Cleaned. Covered. Waiting.
And thatās where we are.
Somewhere between what has been, what could be, and what weāre still fighting for.
Holding onto the excitement of moving forward,
while carrying the reality of what we still canāt do.
Itās not easy.
But for the first time in a long timeā
Weāre not just holding things together.
Weāre beginning to rebuild.
