Bella & Brave Animal Sanctuary

30/11/2025

Free wood and kindling, and preloved Christmas tree bases - help yourselves!
Not gonna lie, you’ll need some tools to get a tree in a base, but they may as well get used!

19/11/2025

We’ve taken our first load of winter hay, which has been stored away, but we still need to buy more over the next couple of weeks, which will go straight out for eating now we have reached the colder weather. Please consider buying bale or two to keep us going 🙏🙏🙏

https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/UZJLZHSQYMKZE

18/11/2025

🚑🚓🚒 Help us to spread a little Christmas cheer to our Emergency Services! 🚒🚓🚑

To all of our Police, Fire and Ambulance services working on Christmas Day — a thank you from us for giving up your Christmas with your families to keep our community safe and well.

If you are on duty and in the area on Christmas Day, please pop into The Red Lion between 12pm – 4pm for a festive turkey & cranberry sandwich and a warm drink, completely FREE of charge ❤️
Or pop us a call on 01257 462336 and we'll have them ready for you to collect!

This is just our small way of showing the appreciation we have for everything you do everyday of the year, but especially at Christmas.

Why? Because we're not just a pub... we're trying to build a great community hub for everyone.

Merry Christmas to you all and come on everyone, let the power of social media do it's thing - PLEASE SHARE!!

We look forward to seeing you! 🎅🎄

The Red Lion Team 🦁♥️

18/11/2025

Patrick has had a VERY busy few days, inspecting work. Aneil has done an incredible job building the climbing structure for them - it’s awesome! Patrick has inspected it all, and the new hay rack and flags, and now he’s so exhausted he’s having a nap at the top of the climbing frame 😴 He gives it 5 stars 🌟 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Thank you to Aneil for building, and all the volunteers who contributed to the cost 🥰🥰🥰

11/11/2025

Volunteer opportunities in Cadishead, Manchester, at an amazing sanctuary ❤️

09/11/2025

Over the last few weeks we have had some BIG new additions! No, not animals… building work! Aneil has built 2 new shelters for the animals… which they LOVE 🥰, and now thanks to a huge discount on supplies from Warren Trading in Burscough, he has started on climbing platforms for them 😲
We have also been given a used climbing frame from a supporter (thank you Natalie!) so Mark and Aneil have been dismantling it ready to bring to the field 🤗
And today a team of volunteers has been putting more posts in for our quarantine area! It’s all coming together nicely 😍
Thank you to Warren Trading and everyone who has contributed to the work 🥰🥰🥰

04/11/2025

Our host pub is a perfect place to go for a quiet night tomorrow 🥰

Tomorrow is Bonfire night 🎆

Whilst we have hosted fireworks displays in the past, the past few years we have opted for a more relaxed night.

In all the years we've been here, and hosted events, we have never seen or heard them in the pub, even though they were being set off in our field right outside!

So if you're looking for a warm, quiet, safe space to enjoy a meal and let your four legged friends enjoy some peace, look no further!

We always have blankets, water and treats for all of our four legged friends as well as lots of ear scratches and tickles from the team!

☎️ 01257 462336
📱 www.redlionpubnewburghvillage.co.uk

04/11/2025

Little Dobby gave us a fright last week. He choked on some food and ended up with bloat - which if not treated is deadly, quickly😢
Stuart the vet came out and fixed him by hosing some oil in to his stomach - the recovery was incredible! He went from severe pain in a dangerous situation, to trotting off across the field feeding fine - all from a pint of cooking oil (and a few jabs from Stuart)!

Thank you to Andrew Melling Vets for saving the day once again, and to the Red Lion for supplying us with some emergency oil! Who knew some oil could save a life so easily 😻

21/10/2025

Apologies that Bella & Brave has been quiet since the loss of Boris and Fawn last week. It’s been a very sad time and I’ve needed some calm and quiet.
When we lose an animal here, we are limited as to what we can do with the body - since both sheep and goats are always considered ‘livestock’. We simply don’t have the funds for individual cremation, which is around £200. We need that money for vets bills and feed - every penny we get goes to keeping our animals alive and healthy. So instead, we use the ‘Knackerman’ to collect the body. I personally believe that after death, the animal is no longer in their body, so do not feel a ‘sentimentality’ over it. The knackerman is very respectful anyway and I have no qualms over using them.
But last week, I didn’t have a space to leave Boris and Fawn’s bodies for collection. I had to take them to the knacker yard myself. It’s not somewhere I would advise anyone to go. It’s not gory, but there is a penetrating smell of… sadness. I saw a dead pig there, and wondered what her life had been like. I know both Boris and Fawn had happy lives in the 7 years they were with me, and that’s so incredibly important to hold on to. People say the world keeps turning, but I don’t think it does. I think for every loss we suffer, the world does pause, just for a little, imperceptible moment 💔…

…and then we have to go on, working to make sure everything keeps rolling. And right now, we need to raise money for winter hay. We need it to keep doing what we do… for the animals.

A small bale of hay costs around £5, and we need to raise about £300 to keep us going through the next few months.
Please consider helping us if you can 🙏🙏🙏🙏

https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/UZJLZHSQYMKZE

12/10/2025

Friday was an incredibly sad and difficult day for us at BaBAS. As a result of his lack of teeth, Boris 🐐 had become incredibly thin and took a downward turn on Thursday. Although he occasionally showed some signs of springing back, by Friday morning he had completely given up. We called the vet, who put Boris to sleep, peacefully, surrounded by me and some of the loving volunteers.
We also asked the vet to assess Fawn 🐏 and he felt her blindness was severely limiting her quality of life. She was bumping into things and not able to join the flock. So we let her go too.
Losing one is incredibly hard. Losing two on one day is heartbreaking.
These two had very different personalities, but were equally loved by us all. Both are very much missed.

Any help towards their costs is very much appreciated 🙏
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=TMCAEL4ZS74WY