Charities - Horses and donkeys

The Old Chapel, Bradford Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1AW
01732 364546

You can change the world for animals

For 34 years, Animal Aid has been investigating and campaigning against animal cruelty – and we get results

  • Animal Aid filmed undercover in nine UK slaughterhouses and revealed shocking illegal cruelty. We launched a high-profile campaign, and persuaded all the major supermarket chains to insist all their suppliers fit CCTV cameras in their
    slaughterhouses, and that they allow independent monitoring of the footage.


Assisi Animal Charities Foundation Assisi Home Close Farm Shilton Road Burford OX18 4PF
0870 609 2810
1102985 (England & Wales)

Formed in 1993, and named after St Francis of Assisi, Patron Saint of Animals, Assisi Animal Charities Foundation is a consortium of five charities that work in a variety of ways to improve animal welfare both in the UK and abroad.



Bransby LG, Saxilby, Lincoln LN1 2PH
01427 788464
1075601 (England and Wales)

Bransby Home of Rest for Horses cares for over 380 horses, ponies and donkeys – many of which have come to the stables after years of neglect and ill treatment.



Jan Rogers, British Horse Foundation, c/o British Equestrian Federation, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2RH
02476 698871
02476 696484
1003290 (England & Wales)

Preventing suffering and cruelty to horses and ponies is a major objective of the British Horse Foundation.
The Foundation, established in 1991, aims to improve education in the breeding of horses and ponies by supporting a number of programmes designed to reduce indiscriminate breeding.



7 Mansfield Street, London W1G 9NQ
020 7636 6541
020 7908 6349
287118 (England & Wales)

The BVA Animal Welfare Foundation (BVA AWF) was established in 1984 by the British Veterinary Association as the veterinary profession’s own animal welfare charity.



The Donkey Sanctuary, Slade House Farm (Dept LG), Sidmouth, Devon EX10 0NU
(01395) 578222
(01395) 579266
264818 (England and Wales)

The Donkey Sanctuary is a registered charity and the largest of its kind in the world. We provide specialist care and refuge to donkeys in the UK, Ireland and Europe. We also work in Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Kenya and Mexico to improve donkey welfare with donkey-owning communities through education and veterinary work.



Taylor Building, Shores Hey Farm, Black House Lane, Halifax Road, Briercliffe, Burnley BB10 3QU
01282 455992
01282 451992
1085211 (England & Wales)

The Horses and Ponies Protection Association is one of the oldest and most respected charities for equine welfare. Founded in 1937 to help fight against transportation of large horses to the continent for slaughter, HAPPA continues to play a major role in all aspects of equine welfare.



Honeysuckle Farm, Buckland Road, Haccombe-with-Combe, Newton Abbot TQ12 4SA
01626 355969
01626 355959
1141831 (England & Wales)

Can you help us help them?

The Mare and Foal Sanctuary will rescue any horse in need. We specialise in the rehabilitation of equines with medical or behavioural problems as well as rearing orphaned foals.



Head Office: PO Box 56, Wadebridge,Cornwall PL27 9BJ
01208 816640

www.neddi.org

3098847

A non-profit making company, limited by guarantee. Reg. No. 3098847.

N.E.D.D.I. is established to offer care and safety to donkeys (and to a lesser degree ponies) within Britain and Europe at risk from neglect, cruelty or mal-treatment. We offer rescue to such animals from undesirable situations, with the financial and practical constraints prevailing at the time, whilst working at all times to try to change attitudes and to educate donkey owners to better practices.



Head Office: PO Box 56, Wadebridge,Cornwall PL27 9BJ Sanctuary: La Ferme du Vilage, Questrecques, Nr Boulogne, 62830, France
01208 816640
3098847

A non-profit making company, limited by guarantee. Reg. No. 3098847.

N.E.D.D.I. is established to offer care and safety to donkeys (and to a lesser degree ponies) within Britain and Europe at risk from neglect, cruelty or mal-treatment. We offer rescue to such animals from undesirable situations, with the financial and practical constraints prevailing at the time, whilst working at all times to try to change attitudes and to educate donkey owners to better practices.



Hapton, Norwich NR15 1SP
01508 481000
0870 458 1947
1068911 (England & Wales)

Redwings Horse Sanctuary was established in 1984 and in 2009 celebrated its Silver Jubilee.

Over the last 25 years, Redwings has grown to become the largest horse charity in the UK, working to provide and promote the welfare, care and protection of horses, ponies, donkeys and mules. The charity’s work has three main themes - rescue and rehabilitation, specialist sanctuary care and prevention through education.



The Horse Hospital, Coxstone, Monmouth NP25 5QF
01600 750 233
01600 750 468
266247 (England & Wales)

The Society for the Welfare of Horses and Ponies (SWHP) has been run as a Horse Hospital for more than 35 years, taking in sick, injured or abused animals and nursing them back to health.