Innovation Voucher Project: New Arc Wildlife Rescue

UHI Moray partnered with New Arc to build a new innovative management system for the wildlife rehabilitation centre.

Current operations relied on a simple spreadsheet, which was proving to be inefficient for the growing centre. Through collaboration with UHI Moray, expertise was sought to develop a multipurpose system to aid New Arc to manage all operational tasks, mostly the care of the wildlife patients and also the coordination of volunteers for the charity. The system followed a multi-disciplinary approach, so will not only having the functionality to treat the wildlife patients, but also a teaching tool to inform how to treat wildlife, such as formularies for food and medication. More information via the Press & Journal >

Keith Marley, New Arc founder:

"This new database complements our new state of the art hospital by speeding up the admissions and treatments process which augments our daily operations. It also allows us to manage our employees and volunteers with a function to locate the details for our volunteers around Aberdeenshire, Moray and the Highlands and Islands for wildlife pick-ups. During the COVID period we have had a real wildlife emergency, so this system helps us with our workload and gives the wildlife a better chance of survival. It's a real game changer and we aim to get funding to roll this out with other partners to form a larger picture of the wildlife emergency." 

Ewan Forsyth, UHI Research Assistant and Dr Malcolm Clark, Deputy Head of Curriculum in Computing:

“It was a pleasure to work with New Arc on the software project and to see the great work they do.  It was satisfying to deliver a great innovative system for New Arc and one that will assist in co-ordinating the centre, vets, volunteers and the general public in ensuring a quick response is available for all emergencies which occur in the Northeast of Scotland. We aspire to develop the project further and expand the system to a centralised database for other centres.”