My name's Chelsie and I'm a mature student at LJMU (Representing the Midlands in the North, it's tough). For a long time in my early teens I was very lost... I spent a long time hopping from industry to industry and never really found my feet. As much as I enjoyed working with the public in Hospitality, it just never felt 'right'.
Fast forward a few years and I have one year of my Animal Behaviour degree left. If you'd told me I'd be here, even as little as 3 years ago, I'd have laughed in your face. But here I am, finally doing something that matters to me - learning how to help those that can't help themselves.
My time at the RSPCA will be brief - hell, I only have a month left even though it feels like I basically just started... but over the coming weeks I hope to communicate just how hard these guys on the ground here work and how much they need and value your continued support!
I promise to deliver some success stories and fluffy photographs along the way, but alongside that I want to write about the reality of volunteering at a place like Stapeley Grange and the emotional highs and lows the staff at the RSPCA are subjected to every single day. So stick around and you might just feel compelled to start volunteering yourself...
Looking forward to sharing my journey with you all,
Chelsie
PS. As promised, here's a 'fluffy' photograph of my absolute faves at the centre, some otters! My university lecturers will confirm that I'm a bit of a mustelid fanatic - how could you not be, look at these guys! They're some of the longer-term residents at Stapeley as we have to keep them in for several months before releasing them back out into the wild. That does mean, however, that we really get to see their individual personalities shine through. The guy in the 2nd photograph is a very cheeky little chappie! Hopefully by the next post I will have sussed out how to embed video, and that'll be a real treat for you all :D
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