Community Engagement and Events

Part of our Mission Statement and Charity Objects is to engage with our local community. 

“ TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE STUDY OF WILDLIFE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOXES AND THE CARE, METHODS OF TREATMENT, CONSERVATION AND HABITAT OF FOXES AND OTHER ANIMALS.”

We are available to give talks to interested groups, and have been approached by:

Gardening Clubs
Allotment Associations
Environmental groups
Scouts / Guides
Residential Homes
Special interest groups

If you would like us to present to your group, please contact us at events@wirralfoxrescue.co.uk

Forthcoming Events

Bonkers Bingo – Prenton Golf Club, 27th March 2026
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Please see below for some brief details of the events we have undertaken previously…

Astbury Lodge Residential Care Home

27th Feb 2026

Thanks to Kerry for inviting us to meet her residents at Astbury Lodge in Great Sutton. Louise, Angela and Ray spent a lovely hour with 15 residents explaining all about the work that WFR undertakes. Bertie the Fox made a surprise appearance and had photos taken with some of the residents. There were lots of good questions and plenty of interest in the equipment that we brought along. Thanks also for the very generous cash donation to our funds.

Tranmere Rovers Collection

13th Dec 2025

We were delighted to once again attend our local Team’s home match to do some fund raising with the loyal supporters. Sadly, Crewe Alexandra had the better score, winning 4 – 1, but WFR came away with £441 in donations – great result! Thanks to all the volunteers (and family members) that took part.

Tesco Heswall Collection Table

11th Dec 2025

Volunteers Viv, Lisa, Anne and Ray set up a merchandise stall at Tesco’s in Heswall, engaging local shoppers in conversation and selling our foxy merchandise. Bertie the Fox made an appearance too. The event raised £523.

Wirral Environmental Network Christmas Event

22nd Nov 2025

WEN invited us to present an update about Wirral Fox Rescue at their AGM. Louise gave a super update and we had the opportunity to chat with some like-minded groups of people.

Party Bingo Night, Bromborough Social Club

17th Oct 2025

We descended on Tina and the team at the Bromborough Social Club for our annual party bingo night. As well as the Bingo main event, we had a raffle, tombola and Name the Teddy. There was music and dancing later on and the 100 attendees had a super time. We raised £1,190 for the cause.

Horse Sense Summer Event

25th Aug 2025

Horse Sense Wirral is an equine welfare charity that serves Wirral, Cheshire and North Wales. They have an annual summer event for local animal charities and we were delighted to take part once more. Our stall on the delightful village green at Thornton Hough raised a super £110.

Sunlight Gardening Club

16th Sept 2025

We were invited to talk to the members of the Port Sunlight Gardening Club about the work that we do. Everyone was hugely supportive, although foxes aren’t always welcome in gardens and allotments. We had a very interesting conversation with the group, and a large part of the session was about humane fox deterrence. Thanks to the group for their generous cash donation.

Corazon Tattoos Garden Party

10th Aug 2025

Our shop neighbours at Corazon Tattoos invited us to set up a stall at their annual garden party. We met some super people and raised £50 for our cause.

Tesco Heswall Collection Table

25th July 2025

Volunteers Louise and Lisa set up a merchandise stall at Tesco’s in Heswall, engaging local shoppers in conversation and selling our foxy merchandise. Bertie the Fox made an appearance too. The event raised £379.

Wirral Coastal Walk

6th July 2025

We again took part in the spectacular Wirral Coastal Walk arranged by Wirral Rotary Club. As well as our own volunteers, we had some super supporters raising sponsorship for us. The 12.2 miles was soon covered and we received £479 in sponsorship. Huge thanks to everyone who took part.

Cool Heswall Spring Event

17th May 2025

Cool Heswall is a local action group promoting all aspects of positive climate action. They offer space to local charities and groups with a positive environmental message at their event, and we were delighted to take part again. We were able to network with other like-minded organisations and raised a super £145 for our cause.

Wirral Environmental Network Spring Event

10th May 2025

WEN is community group based in Wallasey. Their mission is to promote all aspects of positive environmental practice throughout Wirral https://wirralenvironmentalnetwork.org.uk/ . WEN is very supportive of the work undertaken by Wirral Fox Rescue. We had a merchandise and awareness stand at the event and raised £86.

Tesco Heswall Book Month

1st May 2025

We were the proud beneficiaries of Tesco Heswall’s book month in May. They kindly donated the proceeds of the 2^nd hand book sales to us, raising a fantastic £587.

Bongo Bingo Night, Prenton Golf Club

28th March 2025

This was a super fun night at Prenton Golf Club. Our 90 attendees had a great evening of Bongo Bingo with a cash prize raffle. We raised a fantastic £1,143 for our rescue.