Redwings Horse Sanctuary

Redwings Horse Sanctuary

Non-profit Organizations

Norwich, Norfolk 3,700 followers

Redwings is the largest horse sanctuary in the UK, caring for more than 1,500 rescued equines. www.redwings.org.uk

About us

The UK's largest horse sanctuary, caring for more than 1500 rescued horses, ponies, donkeys and mules at its nine sites across the UK, with over 700 more living out in Guardian homes around East Anglia. Rescue - Rehabilitation - Sanctuary - Rehoming.

Industry
Non-profit Organizations
Company size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Norwich, Norfolk
Type
Nonprofit
Founded
1984
Specialties
Horses, Animal Rescue, Veterinary Care, and Rescue

Locations

Employees at Redwings Horse Sanctuary

Updates

  • Merry Christmas from everyone at Redwings! 🎅🎄🎁 From our fabulous Newton Flotman team, who made this Christmas video, and all of our wonderful staff, volunteers and residents we would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We'd also like to say a huge thank you for all the support you have given us this year and beyond! #RedwingsAngels ❤️ Our English visitor centres will be open every: 🗓️Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday 🕙10am until 4pm (paddock walks close at 3.30pm) 🐾Dogs on leads very welcome We always advise checking our website before travelling in case of updates to our opening times (especially with the winter weather!), and please note our cafes will have a slightly reduced menu offering over the festive season. https://lnkd.in/eg_gsMab Our offices are now closed, reopening on Thursday 2nd January. Our welfare line is also closed at this time, but you are welcome to leave a message or in the case of an emergency, please contact the RSPCA - https://lnkd.in/guxgqXmu We hope you have a wonderful Christmas and we can't wait to share more of our rescued residents with you all in 2025! ❤️

  • Thank you for your continued support as we push for better regulation of fireworks to help protect animals and people. 🧡🎆 #KeepHorsesInMind With New Year's Eve coming up, we're sharing Redwings' new fireworks action pack with links and resources to help you raise awareness and bring people together as we work towards finding safer ways to celebrate milestones and mark traditional events. View the fireworks action pack here - https://loom.ly/vMfgAOU Redwings is delighted that, as part of the Fireworks Working Group, we will be meeting with the Minister for Business and Trade, Justin Madders, in early February to put forward the evidence for change and share our own experience of the impact of fireworks on rescued animals. We look forward to sharing feedback on that discussion! 🎆

    • Image shows a checklist of things you can do to help keep your horses safe when fireworks are let off nearby.
  • To celebrate the end of our Ruby Anniversary year, we thought we’d share a round-up of some of 2024’s most memorable moments. #RedwingsRubyYear #CuteFridayPhoto So much has happened it’s impossible to share everything but we hope you enjoy this little recap, including some of our favourite photos, moments and stories from the year. If you have memories you'd like to share with us, please pop them in the comments as we'd love to see them #RedwingsAngels! ❤️

    • Image shows a collage of photos taken at Redwings Horse Sanctuary throughout 2024.
  • Edward is feeling all Christmassy thanks to carer Beth and her festive decorating skills! 🎄🐴❤️ #HoovesOfHappiness Our fabulous farm teams love to add some sparkle and decorations to their yards at this time of year and we'd like to say a HUGE thank you to them because they will be making sure our residents have everything they need this Christmas and New Year, day and night! If you'd like to leave a Christmas message for our incredible carers please pop one in the comments, we're sure they'd love to read them! ❤️

    • Image shows a horse looking over the gate of it's yard with it's ears forward. There is a Merry Christmas banner with some tinsel draped along the top of it hung on the gate.
  • Looking for a fun activity for your little ones to do over the Christmas break? 🎄✏️ If you have any budding young writers at home, the latest Redwings-UEA Writing Competition may be for them. Let their creativity shine through by creating a special story or poem that fits with this year's theme. But that's not all! We also have the exciting news that prolific children's author Joyce Dunbar has kindly agreed to judge this time around! How amazing is that?! Click the link for the full competition details and get those entries in! https://lnkd.in/dyFURykd

    • Prolific children's author Joyce Dunbar reading one of her books in front of an audience of children and Dr Hilary Emmett (From the University of East Anglia) at the Redwings Book festival in May 2024.

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