Kind hearts help Susan's hedgehog litter
Kind-hearted Susan Ashworth, who runs Hog Manor in Delph to protect endangered hedgehogs, faced a waste disposal issue after local recycling centers stopped accepting animal waste. With help from Councillor Luke Lancaster and Oldham Council, she received two bins emptied weekly at a reduced cost, funded by Lancaster for the next year.
Susan Ashworth’s daily battle to protect 635 rescued hedgehogs at her Hog Manor sanctuary in Delph took a dramatic turn when waste disposal costs threatened to shut down her vital conservation work.
The retired nurse, who has single-handedly funded the endangered hedgehog refuge, faced mounting pressure when local recycling centres stopped accepting animal waste. Commercial services demanded £80 monthly - an impossible sum for the volunteer who relies entirely on public donations to maintain round-the-clock care for her prickly patients.
“These wonderful gents have provided me with two rubbish bins, being emptied weekly at a fraction of the cost previously quoted,” Ashworth announced after Saddleworth North Councillor Luke Lancaster intervened. The councillor, working with Oldham Council’s Operations and Development Manager Ben Parsons, secured an immediate solution to the sanctuary’s mounting waste crisis.
Lancaster’s £258.56 donation through his discretionary ward budget covers weekly bin collections for the entire year. “This will avoid this cost burden being placed on Susan, and ensure any donations which she receives are better directed towards resources for the hedgehogs,” he explained. “She does superb work at Hog Manor.”
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