06/11/2025
Important ❤️🩹
I don’t know where to start, or how to articulate any of this without it seeming like woe is me. But those who know me, know that’s not who I am - but I am at absolute breaking point and have been for a while. And I want to be honest about things.
2025 has been the worst year of my life. It’s included unemployment for the first time in my life, extreme family problems, separation of my 14 year relationship, my son started school which triggered an anxiety in me that I wasn’t expecting, financial worries for both myself personally and the rescue, car problems amounting to over £3500, health conditions for both myself and those I love, my deteriorating mental health which led to involvement from the crisis team and police … It’s been so painful.
I’ve been teetering on the edge for months. Months upon months. All the while trying to run this rescue to the best of my ability, but I cannot do this any more. I can’t. I’m slowly fading away and turning into a ghost. I don’t want sympathy. I don’t want well wishes. I just want to close the rescue or get some serious help in running it.
It may seem dramatic, sudden and without thought but after 11 months (it’s been much longer if I’m honest) of nothing short of hell and wondering what to do with the rescue, I need to start to make my mind a more quiet place to be, and I cannot do that when a large portion of my thoughts are consumed by financing this rescue and the animals that rely on me.
I know that the rescue was founded by me, the animals taken on by me with a promise to do so for life - but my life has changed so drastically and painfully that I need to make changes before I end up in a hole I don’t manage to get out of next time.
I’m asking, actually I’m begging for some support now. Because I spend so much time saving animals I never think to save myself.
We are drowning financially. Tiana has taken up lots of our funds and left us with next to nothing. Money can be donated directly to our vets so you know exactly where your money is going, and this is where we need the majority of our funds. Please if you can’t donate please share.
Tiana has upcoming X-rays, we have sweet Walter on his regular medication which has this week come to £140, and the other animals like Sophie, Daphne, Amber, and all the birds who need funds as and when needed. The weight of not having that there is crippling me.
I know Christmas is upcoming, so genuinely even £1 helps. Chirpy’s is no longer involved with the charity shop in Maltby and hasn’t been for several months. So we get no funding from this.
I don’t want to take away from the support I do get from my wonderful best friends; Trustee Becky Elliott and Stephanie Johnson. You are both incredible and I love you dearly. But with distance and life in general, I know neither of you can do more than you already are, and I thank you for all that you do ❤️
Also Joanne Sayles who does an incredible job of helping with some fund raising, Laura Bee and Paula Raynes who have literally kept us afloat at times… Furniture Rescue and all the other incredible support we get from time to time financially…
I’m sorry this post is depressing, I’ll include a recent photo of T to cheer it up a bit… but honesty is the best policy and I’ve not been honest with myself about any of this for a while.
Below are the details of how you can donate… if you’d like to get involved somehow, if you run a rescue and have space to take on any of our domestic animals / birds please reach out.
PayPal: [email protected]
Bank transfer: Chirpys Allies
Sort code: 30-99-50
Account number: 59913363
Or directly to our vets - Gonda’s Maltby 01709 819888 (Ask to donate towards Chirpy’s Allies)
Thank you… and I’m forever sorry to those who feel I’m letting them down, the animals down and the rescue down. Believe me when I say this, there is not 1 single person on this planet who dislikes me or feels more let down by me, than myself. And I’m so sorry 💔
