Nuzzlets
A Story of Success
In early 2006 Mary Chapman, co-creator of Nuzzlets, received a Community Champions grant from the Two Ridings Community Foundation that transformed her project.
Established in 2004, Nuzzlets is a small voluntary group created to help abandoned and rescued animals, and, through them, provide therapy and education to disabled and terminally ill children. This remarkably thoughtful project, which combines care for vulnerable and disadvantaged people with concern for the suffering of non-human animals, immediately caught the attention of our assessors. |
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Today, with the support of a Community Champions Grant, Nuzzlets is a registered charity with DEFRA accreditation and a fully trained team of volunteers. Since then Nuzzlets has also received two Local Network Fund grants via Two Ridings, enabling the group to build a log cabin workshop with facilities for children's activities, wheelchair friendly paths, mobile shelter and equipment to provide training days for special needs children and an all-year-round activity club. |
"Nuzzlets always was quite unique in its aims, provision and
facilities. It is now magical too! The log cabin is superb. It provides
an experience that children will remember with affection.
Visits are now much longer. The visitors are warm and dry,
stimulated by the variety of sensory activities that are
available. It is an ideal location for a picnic or a classroom
for learning where children's imagination can run free.
Families and carers can relax and enjoy the environment."
- Mary Chapman, Co-founder of Nuzzlets
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