The Committee
The Rabbit Welfare Association & Fund could not exist without the support of a number of committed individuals, who collectively make up the committee of the association. The committee is elected from amongst the club membership. At the present time, the committee are also the fund trustees.
Looking after over three thousand members, a thriving online shop, a busy helpline as well as managing all the initiatives is an enormous task! The committee - most of whom also have busy full-time jobs as well - could not possibly run the association without assistance. So the RWAF employs a part-time Administrator and part-time Assistant to help to keep things running smoothly. The rest of the organisation is run on an entirely voluntary basis.
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Judith is the Veterinary Executive leading the Health Liaison Team for the RWAF. She lives just outside of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She is a busy practicing veterinary surgeon with a keen interest in all small animals, but especially rabbits! At the moment she cohabits with Fiver, her houserabbit, a hand reared wild bunny who was brought in as a tiny orphaned week old helpless baby by the RSPCA. With perserverance Fiver pulled through and is now eight and a half years old, as is Penny her cat who was also abandoned as a baby. Judith has recently lost Kelly, the cockatiel after 23 years.
Having always had an interest in animals, Jo completed a Zoology degree at Swansea University before going on to do a Masters in Animal Behaviour and Welfare at the University of Edinburgh. Jo now works in the Animal Behaviour and Welfare Group at the University of Bristol, a group interested in the scientific assessment of animal behaviour and welfare.
Anne Mitchell is the Business Manager for the Association and since giving up her rescue and boarding establishment, which she ran for eight years, she now devotes all of her time to the RWAF, dealing with the accounts and administration.
Anne mans the National Help Line, giving general advice, bereavement support and information from the rescue directory, veterinary directory and the breeders list. She is also responsible for the Outreach Officers, despatches the bulk supplies of leaflets and is buyer for the mail order shop and also despatches the orders. Anne is also a member of the editorial team which is responsible for the production of Rabbiting On.
It is now over 30 years since she owned her first houserabbit and now lives in West Sussex with her sister, along with two Continental Giants: Skippy and Brian George and a mini Lop called Harry.
Lizzie plans the marketing strategy, organises the design and print of RWAF publications, oversees the shop and looks after the website development. She is an Educational Technologist for the School of Medical Education Development at Newcastle University, is studying towards an MSc in International Marketing Management. Lizzie also manages to squeeze in running a part-time web and print design business in her spare time.
Lizzie lives in Northumberland with her husband (known as M) and houserabbits: Jade and Ruby. She has kept houserabbits since 1992 and thought she was the only one until she met Linda Dykes who was a student where she worked. They together with Anne Mitchell and Helen Flack, decided to start up a club for houserabbit owners. The rest is history....
Rae runs a caravan site in Somerset with her husband Gary, and they live with their six bunnies, five dogs and six guinea pigs. Rae has had bunnies as pets ever since she was small and got her first houserabbit in 1997.
Having previously worked with the RSCPA over seeing the rehoming of their rabbits, Rae is particulary interested in the welfare of our favourite animals.
Alan lives in West Sussex and has nine house rabbits, four guinea pigs and Pipkins, the most beautiful dog in the world. Like the rest of the committee, Alan is passionate about giving rabbits a better deal and allowing them the space, companionship and stimulation they deserve.
Alan is a bit of a utility guy for the Association; helping with IT support and maintaining the online shop, as well as writing for the website and press releases. He also helps give support and assistance to our volunteers.
In his 'spare' time, Alan tries to help as much as he can at a rescue centre in Brighton, Sussex, where over a hundred bunnies - the majority of whom came from horrible conditions - are given loving care.
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