HART Wildlife Rescue, which has a shop in Alton’s bank car park and an animal hospital at Medstead, hope a talk at Chawton village hall on Wednesday, November 29, will help them raise funds for the charity and awareness of garden creatures.

It starts at 7.30pm and in fact is two talks – the first by Marina Christopher on ‘Wildlife Gardening’ and the second by Chris Matcham on ‘Hedgehogs’, who are in decline because of loss of habitat and due to the dangers faced when baby hedgehogs are forced to search for food.

The £5 tickets – children £3 – include a glass of wine and a mince pie and can be bought at the shop or wildlife hospital.