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Debbie’s funeral will take place at Stockport Crematorium (Rowan Chapel) on Wednesday 20 August at 2:30pm. For those unable to travel to the Crematorium, Whaley Bridge Bowling Club will also be streaming the funeral service live. The streaming details are below:
Link: https://www.wesleymedia.co.uk/webcast-view.
Access code: 532-2474
Click here for the viewing instructions
The wake will then take place at the Bowling Club from 4:00pm. Everyone is welcome to attend both the funeral and the wake.
Funeral attire is not required. Everyone should wear what they feel most comfortable wearing.
Family flowers only. If you would like to make a donation in Debbie's memory, you can do so at donate.debbiebailey.org. The funds raised will allow us to set up a charitable foundation in her name.
Debbie Bailey was an award-winning wildlife conservationist who was working to protect badgers right up to the very end. It was while digging in traps for the Derbyshire badger vaccination project that she suddenly collapsed and was rushed to hospital in an air ambulance. She passed away in hospital on 1 August at 15:55, surrounded by her family.
Debbie dedicated over half of her adult life to protecting, conserving and rehabilitating badgers. With Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, she set up the country's first and biggest volunteer-led badger vaccination programme in 2014 to offer the government a viable and humane alternative to the growing demands for a national badger cull. She also campaigned hard to successfully delay the start of the badger cull in Derbyshire. Debbie's persistence and determination has resulted in almost 1500 badgers being vaccinated against bovine TB in Derbyshire over the past 10 years.
Debbie was the driving force behind the High Peak Badger Group, which has saved countless injured badgers and orphaned cubs. Many of these were released close to where they were found or as part of new clans and continue to live wild and free in Derbyshire. Debbie opened her home to many of these badgers in desperate need of care, providing round the clock feeding in the case of cubs.
She also advised the police on wildlife crime and was an expert witness in court, ensuring those guilty of badger-baiting were held to account.
Debbie's family and friends are raising funds to set up the Debbie Bailey Foundation for Badgers (the exact name is to be confirmed). The Foundation will continue Debbie's life's work, keeping her memory alive by protecting badgers for the future. If you would like to make a donation to this and to the air ambulance that carried her to hospital, you can do so at donate.debbiebailey.org.