Mandurah Wildlife Rescue comes out on top

Mandurah Wildlife Rescue “limped along” for the past nine years, but thanks to the volunteers, sponsors and public – it has been able to make a come-back, said board chairman Joanne Evans.

“We knew we needed to have a stronger strategic direction to ensure this important regional charity would survive,” Ms Evans said.    . 

Moving in a business direction, a board of directors took over management responsibility from founder Dot Terry in November, 2016. 

She said the group had always been operated entirely by volunteers, making it difficult to focus on anything other than the operations of rehabilitating wildlife back to the bush.

Ms Evans said so far, the board had developed new partnerships and developed an education plan for schools, corporate and community groups.

Last year, the charity managed to receive state government funding and attract more volunteers. 

“We now have more than 100 active volunteers, a strong board and supervisors’ group which have been working as a team to improve our policies and processes to support our wildlife through operations, outreach communication and education,” Ms Evans said. 

Ms Evans said she was excited about the future. 

“It’s so satisfying to be onsite now and see all the progress as well as the smiling faces of our volunteers,” she said.

For more information on Mandurah Wildlife Rescue, visit the Facebook page or website www.mandurahwildlife.com.au or email admin@mandurahwildlife.com.au .