ANNUAL REVIEW 2014 TRUSTEES REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2014

CONTENTS SANCTUARY IN 2014 4

MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE 6

TRUSTEES REPORT

VISION, MISSION AND VALUES 8

RESCUE AND REHOMING 10

DONKEYS IN THE COMMUNITY 12

HUMAN DONKEY INTERACTIONS 14

CONSIDERING THE FUTURE 16

FINANCIAL REVIEW OF 2014 18

THANK YOU 22

Pages 2&3 MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR OF TRUSTEE DIRECTORS Knowing that we are making a difference to the lives of donkeys around the world, as well as to those who depend upon them, is what keeps us going…be that as trustees, staff, volunteers or supporters of . For the trustees, the privilege of being in a position of governance brings with it the responsibility of ensuring that as an organisation we remain focused on making that difference.

As you will see from the pages that follow, the charity has had another remarkable year and, tempting though it is to concentrate on the figures, I encourage you to look behind and beyond the numbers and to read for yourself the stories and testimonials that show just how we are addressing a real need in the donkeys, as well in those adults and children who benefit from their labours and companionship.

There is no shortage of need — whether it is a working donkey overseas, or a neglected or abused donkey closer to home, we realise that our task will never be finished. However, we also know that with the wonderful staff and volunteers who deliver first class donkey health and welfare through dedicated care and attention, and with the incredible support we receive from you, The Donkey Sanctuary can continue to make a real difference wherever it is needed most.

Stuart Reid

Left: A donkey taxi on the island of Santorini, . We are furthering our understanding of donkey and mule welfare needs around the world and giving these animals a voice where they need it most. www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk THE DONKEY SANCTUARY IN 2014

30 project countries 4,725 animals were cared 1,575 donkeys were cared worldwide. The Donkey for at sanctuaries and holding for by supporters through our Sanctuary either worked bases across Europe. Rehoming Scheme in Europe. directly, or supported projects, to help donkeys and mules in 30 countries worldwide.

1 MILLION donkeys 1,600 volunteers gave us 280,000 people visited were reached in our five largest the precious gift of their time. our charity’s main Sanctuary in project countries alone: , , . , , and Mexico and many more through our supported projects.

Pages 4&5 SINCE COMMENCEMENT 800 donkeys were rescued 40,000 donkey assisted OF THE CHARITY IN 1969 or relinquished into our care therapy sessions were delivered during the year in Europe. to children with additional needs; 18,000 donkeys and and our first donkey assisted mules in Europe provided with therapy operation commenced a Sanctuary for life. in .

OUR FOUNDER’S LEGACY The Donkey Sanctuary was founded in 1969 by Dr , MBE (pictured left). She dedicated her life to championing donkeys, and it is through her devotion that The Donkey Sanctuary grew to be the international charity it is today. Sadly Dr Svendsen passed away in 2011 but her memory lives on in our work, as does her eternal motto that, in everything we do, donkeys will always come first, second and third.

www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE,

Without our wonderful supporters and therefore need to find many more homes that sponsors we could not achieve all that we can look after two or more of our donkeys. We do, so a big big thank you to you all. Your also strive to find more partners around the world generosity has enabled us to continue to so that we can provide more donkeys with better expand throughout every area of our work. care and welfare. In January 2014 we refined our Vision and Mission aims around our three main values In summary we are delighted to report that in 2014 of Compassion, Collaboration and Creativity, we spent more than ever before on transforming evidence of which can be found in the donkeys’ lives. Our income was £32.4m, up activities described in our five-year Strategic £1.7m (5.5%) on 2013. Our expenditure, including Plan entitled “Our Journey Continues…”. capital, was £30.7m, an increase of £2.2m (7.7%). We are still spending less than 19 pence in the We achieved almost all of the growth objectives pound on fundraising and governance and as at we set ourselves for the first year of that plan. I will 31 December 2014 we had a free cash reserves mention a few here but further detail can be found position equivalent to 10 months’ expenditure. within this annual review, or on our website www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk. In 2015 growth and development of the charity will continue in accordance with our five year We are now operating directly or indirectly in 30 Strategic Plan, including seeking planning countries around the world, providing resources to permission for the construction of a purpose built ensure we improve the lives of donkeys and mules veterinary hospital. To date our main veterinary through care, welfare and community education, and facility has operated out of a building that cannot by doing so also improving the lives of their owners. accommodate large donkeys and mules and is Within our five major international projects alone located right in the heart of the main Sanctuary our work touches the lives of one million donkeys. in Sidmouth. The new facility will be relocated to another of our farms; together with the donkey’s In Europe we restructured our whole welfare new arrivals unit thereby significantly reducing operation and then set about getting as many the possibility of the transference of disease on donkeys in our care as possible out into new homes our main sanctuary site. The resultant vacated under our rehoming policy. In December 2014 there premises in the centre of the main sanctuary will were 4,725 donkeys and mules being looked after by be converted to enhance visitor engagement and us and a further 1,575 living with donkey guardians, communication of our work around the world. mostly in private homes but a growing number in schools and institutions, where the donkeys and Our aspiration to extend our work further their carers benefit from the daily contact. throughout the world is only possible due to your continued support. We are truly grateful. We have expanded our donkey-assisted therapy operation where human donkey interaction provides so much to humans with additional needs. One of these units has opened in Ethiopia through a joint project with Cheshire Homes. As well as benefiting donkeys and humans it also demonstrates to government, local authorities and local communities that the donkey is so much more than a beast of burden.

Unfortunately there is still a high number of donkeys being relinquished to us after being abandoned or because their owners cannot Right: In 2014 as many as sixteen donkeys and continue to care for them. In 2014 over 800 came mules were arriving at The Donkey Sanctuary into our care from within the and each week. Our Chief Executive, meeting some of Ireland, and this trend has continued into 2015. We our new arrivals.

Pages 6&7 www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk VISION, MISSION AND VALUES

OUR VISION COMPASSION The Donkey Sanctuary is above all else A WORLD WHERE compassionate. We never turn away from a DONKEYS AND MULES donkey in need. Donkeys and the people who rely on them for their livelihoods, or to help them cope LIVE FREE FROM with physical, mental and emotional challenges, SUFFERING, AND THEIR lie at the heart of everything we do. We act as a global driving force for caring, both for suffering CONTRIBUTION TO donkeys and mules and for all those people whose HUMANITY IS FULLY lives they touch, generating understanding, VALUED. compassion and support all over the world. COLLABORATION OUR MISSION The Donkey Sanctuary is collaborative in all its To transform the quality of life for donkeys, activities, working through a worldwide network of mules and people worldwide through greater partner organisations, communities and individuals. understanding, collaboration and support, and We work inclusively with people frequently by promoting lasting, mutually life-enhancing marginalised within their own countries and relationships. communities, whether due to poverty, ignorance, race, gender or disabilities. We treat every OUR VALUES interaction as a two-way opportunity to learn and Compassion, collaboration and creativity are The to teach. We know that it is only together that Donkey Sanctuary values. They are the key to our we can help donkey owners and carers become journey as they represent what we stand for and donkey welfare ambassadors wherever they live what we measure ourselves against. and work.

CREATIVITY The Donkey Sanctuary’s goals are ambitious, but its resources are finite — which means that we must exercise creativity to meet the ambitious goals we set ourselves. Creative thinking underpins everything we do, whether adapting locally available materials for donkey-friendly harnesses across projects that span four different continents, developing donkey assisted therapy activities tailored to the unique challenges of a child with additional needs, or reaching donkey-owning communities in the midst of man-made or natural disasters.

Right: Thanks to the generosity of our supporters and donors, we were able to rescue donkeys like April from terrible conditions across Europe in 2014.

Pages 8&9 www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk RESCUE AND REHOMING

on behalf of animal welfare organisations in OUR AIM IS NEVER TO member states), which helped us to engage TURN AWAY A DONKEY on many fronts to promote donkey welfare throughout Europe. OR MULE IN NEED • Working closely with the equine charity World Horse Welfare, we participated in the In the UK and Ireland we never turn away a development of the European Commission’s donkey in need, and in mainland Europe a codes of practice for the transport of equines core element of our work is to find homing across Europe. solutions for donkeys and mules that would • We ran an advocacy campaign to highlight otherwise be without food, care or shelter. the donkey welfare issues in Santorini, Greece and worked with the Greek government and In 2014 we took in as many as 16 donkeys or tourism sector to seek improvements. mules every week, and our comprehensive welfare • We began researching the industry of donkey network responded to a disturbing increase in the milk farming to ascertain what welfare problems number of cases of abandonment and neglect (see face donkeys. Spice, pictured right). Increasing the number of donkeys rehomed into But behind every donkey’s individual story of rescue private homes, schools and other institutions to and recovery lies an incredible journey of compassion 3,000 by 2018: involving our charity’s team of welfare advisers, • This year the number of donkeys and mules in our vets, nurses, grooms and trainers — all made Rehoming Scheme increased to 1,575, of whom possible by our wonderful supporters and donors. 154 were placed in schools and other institutions.

HIGHLIGHTS OF 2014 PRIORITIES OF 2015 WE TOOK IN 836 DONKEYS AND MULES • We anticipate the arrival of a further 800 IN NEED AND CONTINUED TO PROVIDE donkeys into the care of our sanctuaries, and LIFELONG CARE FOR 4,725 AT OUR will make space for them by increasing the SANCTUARIES AND A FURTHER 1,575 number of donkeys cared for in our rehoming THROUGH OUR REHOMING SCHEME. scheme to 1,800. • We will take key recommendations from our Providing an appropriate structure to support research last year, and work collaboratively with the welfare needs of our donkeys across Europe: like-minded organisations to help reduce the • We undertook 2,486 visits to check rehomed number of unwanted donkeys in Ireland. donkeys, investigate welfare complaints and • We will continue to monitor and track donkey visit markets and fairs. welfare issues and hotspots, and identify areas • A new donkey reception unit was opened in within Europe and internationally where further Ireland to alleviate space at our emergency partnerships could be established, based on the holding bases, and we converted two storage health and welfare needs of the donkeys. barns into donkey housing in the UK. • Our organisation will be present at the 2015 • In response to such a high number of unwanted El Rocio Pilgrimage in , which attracts over donkeys, particularly in Ireland, we started a one million people and up to 20,000 equines research project to help us better understand each year. We are there primarily to assess why so many need to come in to our care. and improve the animal welfare standards overall. We will provide veterinary assistance as Identifying, tracking and monitoring donkey required and will encourage the enforcement of welfare issues and, in collaboration with other animal welfare legislation. like-minded organisations, being at the forefront of developing solutions and best practice: Right: Spice was rescued along with 12 other donkeys • We became involved with Eurogroup For in the middle of violent storms in January 2014. All Animals (who lobby in the European Parliament the donkeys have made a full recovery thanks to the intervention of The Donkey Sanctuary (see page 23).

Pages 10&11 www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk DONKEYS IN THE COMMUNITY

and Dholpur, India, by increasing the availability WE AIM TO REDUCE THE of back protectors, campaigning for reduced SUFFERING OF DOMESTIC loads, and training Animal Health Workers in these communities. AND WORKING DONKEYS • We participated in the 7th International DUE TO NEGLECT, ILL- Colloquium on Working Equids, building on our professional networks with vets, farriers, TREATMENT, ILLNESS, harness-makers and educators. IGNORANCE AND INJURY. • We brought representatives from our Many donkeys, like Neron (pictured right), collaborating organisations in 12 countries would have endured great suffering without to our headquarters in the UK to share our the intervention of international charities strategy, strengths and successes, explore such as The Donkey Sanctuary. models of networking, and map our knowledge of donkeys and their welfare country by country. Throughout the developing world poor and struggling families rely on donkeys like Neron to We will develop an active network that addresses help them earn a living and put food on the table. the needs of working and feral donkeys. For the donkey this can be a tough and demanding • We visited the Turks and Caicos Islands to progress existence. They are the ultimate ‘all-terrain vehicle’, plans for managing feral donkey populations. carrying goods, transporting food and drinking • We helped influence political change in Kenya, water to the family home, and even carrying the including the integration of animal welfare into children to school. the school curriculum. • We attended a key donkey welfare symposium Our work alleviates the suffering of sick and event in California to promote our work injured donkeys through veterinary intervention, worldwide and extend our networks across the and by empowering communities, through Americas and Caribbean. training and education, to treat their hard-working donkeys with kindness and respect. PRIORITIES OF 2015 • Through our international projects we will HIGHLIGHTS OF 2014 increase our reach to 1.2 million donkeys and mules in poorer communities, and collect WE REACHED ONE MILLION WORKING stronger evidence of the impact of our work on DONKEYS AND MULES IN OUR FIVE the welfare of donkeys worldwide. LARGEST OVERSEAS PROJECTS ALONE. • We will develop an App for mobile devices to OUR AIM IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER support global donkey welfare assessment and OF DONKEYS REACHED BY US AND OUR to assess every donkey we encounter in terms PARTNER ORGANISATIONS FROM ONE TO of its demeanour, body condition score, wounds, TWO MILLION BY 2018: lameness, and other signs of injury and disease. • Our work to support domestic and working • We will work with our regional networks by: donkeys expanded across 30 countries, holding a Partner Workshop in South Africa; including the UK, , Egypt, Ethiopia, India, playing a central role at the World Equine Ireland, , Kenya, Mexico and Spain. Association Conference in Mexico; and carrying • We funded projects in collaboration with other out a strong collaborative advocacy campaign animal welfare organisations in countries like around the brick kilns of South Asia. Morocco, Nepal, , , South • We will carry out scoping projects to launch into Africa and Tanzania. new countries and areas, including Brazil, where feral donkeys are a particular cause for concern. EVERYTHING WE DO IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REFLECTION, LEARNING AND Right: SHARING: Neron would have endured a lot of suffering • We reduced the number of donkeys with back- as I did not know how to treat him myself sore injuries at brick kiln sites in Ahmedabad and there are no local vets.” Eberado, Mexico.

Pages 12&13 www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk HUMAN DONKEY INTERACTIONS

Delivering detailed research by 2015 into the WE AIM TO specific effects of donkey assisted therapy on physical, mental, social and emotional outcomes, IMPROVE THE LIVES alongside the benefit to donkeys. • We launched a formal study entitled “Clinical OF BOTH DONKEYS outcomes of donkey assisted therapy for children with autism”. AND PEOPLE • We presented the work of the charity, including THROUGH POSITIVE our donkey assisted therapy activities, at Medi’Asinus, the first symposium on donkey HUMAN DONKEY interaction in Biella, Italy, as well as at a donkey INTERACTIONS. welfare symposium in California. Donkeys are affectionate and intelligent PRIORITIES OF 2015 creatures and, where possible, we encourage • We will set up two new mobile services from their interaction with people for mutually our Belfast and sanctuaries. beneficial purposes. Their contribution • We will launch a new mobile service in the to humanity is constantly demonstrated London area, using specially trained donkeys through our donkey assisted therapy from our Sidmouth and Ivybridge sanctuaries programme, whereby thousands of children that will be stabled at a base in Hertfordshire. with additional needs, like Josie (pictured Over a 12 week trial period, we will regularly right with Monty), enjoy positive interactions visit seven schools, where children with with donkeys taken into our charity’s lifelong additional needs will take part in riding or care. The donkeys enjoy the interaction, too. grooming, and learn about donkey care — in readiness for introducing a regular mobile Through our six centres in the UK, we provided service. an incredible 40,000 therapeutic riding sessions • We will complete our research projects into during the year, and from these centres we also the effects of donkey assisted therapy and provided mobile assisted therapy services, taking share all findings with our staff, volunteers and donkeys out to enable people living in nursing other partners. and residential homes and hospices to have close • We will consolidate the pilot phase of an contact with our donkeys. innovative life-skills and donkey-assisted- therapy project in Ethiopia, where we work in HIGHLIGHTS OF 2014 collaboration with Cheshire Services; we are WE IMPROVED THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS also carrying out a scoping project along similar THROUGH POSITIVE HUMAN DONKEY lines in Sri Lanka. INTERACTIONS.

Increasing our donkey assisted therapy operations to 31 by 2018: • Mobile services branched out from our centres in Leeds and Manchester to new catchment areas, including Halifax, Preston and Rochdale, making our donkey assisted therapy accessible to 3,000 children with additional needs. • We carried out a scoping project for a mobile Right: Josie receives donkey assisted therapy at service in the London area, which would be our our Ivybridge Sanctuary. Josie was born with a first in the south-east. chromosomal abnormality and has developmental • We established new donkey assisted therapy delays that particularly affect her speech. Her projects in Belgium, Ethiopia, Romania interaction with donkeys has improved her and Portugal. confidence and social interactions, and the physical act of riding has improved her balance.

Pages 14&15 www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk CONSIDERING THE FUTURE

We expect to see continued demand 18,000 DONKEYS AND on our rescue and rehoming operations MULES HAVE BEEN across Europe during 2015. We remain focussed on alleviating the suffering of GIVEN PERMANENT millions of donkeys and mules by providing REFUGE AT THE vital veterinary and community education interventions, to support some of the world’s DONKEY SANCTUARY poorest communities. SINCE OUR BELOVED We aim to reach 1.2 million donkeys through FOUNDER, DR ELISABETH our international projects in 2015. As there is SVENDSEN, STARTED an estimated population of 55 million donkeys and mules in the world, we will continue to work THE SANCTUARY OVER tirelessly to reach and help every one of them in 45 YEARS AGO. need, however long it takes. Many donkeys and mules need care and protection from a life of suffering and neglect, whilst others have a vital role to play in human survival and happiness. They are at the heart of everything we do at The Donkey Sanctuary — we are their biggest champions, keen to give them recognition for their contribution to humanity.

Right: These donkeys look so wonderful because they’ve been adopted by the students of a Kenyan school we work closely with. The donkeys now have an important role to play in helping to demonstrate the basic needs of donkeys to the wider community.

Pages 16 &17 www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk FINANCIAL REVIEW 2014

In 2014 The Donkey Sanctuary’s financial performance was extremely positive, with a record consolidated total income of £32.4m (2013: £30.7m), an increase of 5.5%. We increased total resources expended, including capital, to £30.7m (2013: £28.5m), an increase of 7.7%. We finish the year with free reserves coverage of 10 months of 2015’s planned expenditure. This represents a robust financial footing which enables us to extend our impact as we work towards the objectives of our five-year Strategic Plan.

INCOME It is important to recognise that The Donkey Sanctuary is reliant on the generosity of its supporters and the voluntary income they donate so that we can continue to help improve the quality of life for donkeys, mules and people worldwide. In 2014 our voluntary income grew by 7% compared with the previous year, in the form of both donations and bequests. We are extremely thankful to everyone who continues to support us.

2014 2014 2013 £’m £’m

Legacies 20.7 20.0 Donations 8.8 7.6 Investment income 0.5 0.6 Trading company income 1.3 1.1 Other 1.1 1.4 Total 32.4 30.7

WHERE OUR MONEY CAME FROM In 2014 our donation income grew by £1.2m (16%), reflecting our on-going efforts to highlight donkey care and welfare issues and the benefits of donkey assisted therapy to our supporters all over the world. During the year we built on the initial success of our new Adoption Scheme that was launched towards the end of 2013. We also worked very hard to introduce new supporters to the charity through fundraising efforts that aimed to inspire support and increase awareness and recognition of our impact.

Legacies continue to be a very important source of income for us and we are extremely grateful to all who have remembered us in their will. In 2014 legacy income grew to £20.7m (2013: £20.0m), an increase of 4%. This figure includes legacy income generated from all group entities including The Elisabeth Svendsen Trust for Children and Donkeys and The International Donkey Protection Trust.

Income generated from trading subsidiaries increased to £1.3m in 2014 (2013: £1.1m). During the year we were able to further develop our onsite events and activities so as to attract new audiences to our sanctuaries and centres. The resulting increase in visitor numbers helped to grow the income from our trading activities, including our restaurant and catering facilities, the sale of souvenirs from our visitor centres, and other events. All profits from our trading activities are donated back to the charity to further our objectives.

Pages 18&19 EXPENDITURE Total expenditure for the year, including investment in capital projects, grew to £30.7m (2013: £28.5m).

Following the first year of our new strategic plan we recognised the need to review and align the charitable expenditure categories in the Statement of Financial Activities to reflect our three operational strategic themes of Rescue and Rehoming, Donkeys in the Community, and Human Donkey Interactions. The result of updating the expenditure categories has been to slightly change the basis on which we allocate some of our support costs and hence the comparative numbers for 2013 have been restated to remain consistent with the new basis of cost allocation. During the year operational expenditure on our charitable activities increased by over 5% to £24.1m (2013: £22.9m), with growth recognised across many areas of activity.

Across our sanctuaries in the UK and Ireland we have been coping with unprecedented levels of relinquishments, particularly in Ireland. While we continue to promote our Rehoming Scheme and find new homes for the donkeys and mules that come into our care, we have been accommodating the new arrivals across our farms and holding bases in the UK and in Ireland. This has had a related impact on the running costs of our Rescue and Rehoming activities.

Our activities involving Donkeys in the Community include many aspects of our wider European and international projects. During the year our costs increased slightly, reflecting the expansion of activities within our projects in Ethiopia, our collaboration and partnership activities with other like-minded organisations, and our professional networks with vets, farriers, harness-makers, educators and social workers. There was a slight reduction in the costs of our projects in Kenya and Mexico in 2014, as we reviewed local strategies in the context of the new charity-wide Strategic Plan.

During the year we increased our expenditure in Human Donkey Interactions, reflecting the early stages of growth in our donkey assisted therapy activities, including the introduction of new mobile units to cover new catchment areas across the UK.

Our fundraising strategies are progressing. The Trustees recognise that, in order to secure the future success of the charity, there is a need to invest in new fundraising activity. This is reflected in the increase in the cost of generating voluntary income to £5.1m in 2014 (2013: £4.2m). By closely monitoring our fundraising campaigns we are well placed to direct our resources into those campaigns that generate the greatest returns and our progress during the year accorded with Trustees’ expectations. The proportion of our expenditure for fundraising and governance activities remains very low, at 18.7p (2013 (Restated): 16.6p) for every £1 of total expenditure.

HOW YOUR MONEY WAS SPENT:

2014 2014 2013 £’m £’m

Rescue and Rehoming 18.0 17.0 Donkeys in the Community 3.0 3.0 Human Donkey Interactions 3.1 2.9 Trading cost of goods sold 1.0 0.9 Cost of generating voluntary income 5.1 4.2 Governance costs 0.5 0.5 Total 30.7 28.5

www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk RESERVES The Trustees operate a reserves policy which they consider appropriate to ensure, barring unforeseen circumstances, the continued ability of The Donkey Sanctuary to meet its objectives. The Trustees are increasingly aware of the potential volatility of income levels and the significant proportion of our total income from legacies. In addition, due to the fact that we make considerable investment in projects outside of the UK, the Trustees and Executive Team are mindful of expenditure in local currencies funded by monies received in sterling. We aim to maintain, as far as it is possible, a minimum of free cash reserves equivalent to at least one year’s expenditure coverage.

2014 2014 2013 £’m £’m

Restricted funds 2.5 2.6 Unrestricted Designated Funds - Fixed Assets 24.0 22.3 Unrestricted General Funds - Residual Legacies 11.7 10.9 Unrestricted General Funds - Free cash reserves 26.8 26.8 Total 65.0 62.6

As we provide donkey accommodation on our farms and sanctuaries for nearly 5,000 donkeys, and we have been advised of legacies for which no cash has been received, nor in many cases when likely to be received, the free cash funds that are available in reserve for our charitable activities is £26.8m. This is equivalent to 10 months expenditure based on our 2015 budget. We like to maintain a minimum of 12 months free cash reserves because in any downturn in the economy we still have to be able to sustain our care and welfare standards for all the animals under our direct care. Therefore of the total of £62.5m in unrestricted accumulated funds, £24.0m refers to fixed assets — most of which is donkey accommodation, and £11.7m is for legacies for which no cash was received leaving the free cash reserves sum of £26.8m.

Our reserves also reflect our funding requirement to meet our expansion plans within our strategic plan. This includes relocating our veterinary hospital, currently located within a building that cannot accommodate larger donkeys and mules, to a purpose built hospital away from the heart of the main sanctuary. The Donkey Sanctuary which is recognised as a centre of excellence in the care and welfare of donkeys and mules around the world requires a veterinary facility that can deal with any emergency that befalls an animal in our charge.

The new facility will be constructed at one of our nearby farms thereby removing a bio-security hazard that has always been of concern, the existing hospital being right in the heart of the sanctuary. Our new arrivals unit (for donkeys and mules) will also be moved to another farm for the same reason. The vacated facilities left behind will amongst other things be converted to enable us to enhance supporter engagement and communication of the breadth of our work around the world.

Right: One of our expert grooms, Joy Wilcox, with Tinker, Belle and foal Holly who have been guaranteed a safe home for the rest of their lives, when their owner could no longer cope.

Pages 20&21 www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk THANK YOU

The Donkey Sanctuary relies entirely on Mrs J E Holland donations to carry out its objectives. We are Mrs J Hukins indebted to our supporters, donors, staff and Mr and Mrs B Jacques quality-time volunteers, who have given such Mrs S Jamieson wonderful support and encouragement to Mrs E Kernighan & Family our lifelong work. Ms S Kettle Mrs M E Kimberley-Scott THANK YOU TO OUR ROSETTE GROUP Mrs J Livesey MEMBERS IN 2014: Miss J Manns Rosette Group members are supporters with a Mrs A Masson commitment to ensure that we continue to transform Miss E McGuckian the lives of donkeys, mules and people worldwide. Mr S Miller Their significant support is vital to our success and Mrs L Milne is leading philanthropy at The Donkey Sanctuary. Miss K M Morant We thank them for their generosity in 2014: Ms E Murray Mrs J M Nelis Princess C Aga Khan Mrs J Newman Miss R Antrobus Mrs P Oram Mrs I M Armitage Mr R R Outten Mr D Barrett Miss D Parker Mr R Bean Mrs M Pennock Mrs J Beardsley Mrs M Pirson-Dossogne Miss L Beesley Miss S Pollard Miss M Beetham Mr S Pratt Ms L Bilek Miss S J Price Mrs J Bordeleau Mr E Reeves Mrs N Brack Mrs L Roobottom Mr G Bullivant Mr and Mrs C Rowan Mrs E M Burns Mrs B D Rowley Mr B Carpenter Mrs S Pearman and Mr J Russell Mrs A Chester Ms A Sabitini Mr G Cook Mrs H Schneider Mrs P Cooper Mr J Scott Mr and Mrs W H Crowley Mrs C Seabrook Mrs A Dale Mr D Sharpe Mrs J M De Raaf Mrs R Sitkowski Miss R Denby Mrs S E Smith Mrs S Ellis Mrs R Smith-Levett Mr J S Eyre Mr S Spencer Mrs J Foldys Mr A Staples Mr A Forrest Mrs P Sugg Mrs V Foy Mrs B Sykes Miss P French Mr N Sykes Mr R Fuller Miss S Thacker Mrs W M Furlong Miss S V Thomas Mrs R Gorman Mrs G D Tomkins Mrs V Green Mrs S Tomlin Mr C and Mrs L Green Mrs C Verrin Dr M L Grimberg Ms A Von Bushe Dr E S Harri-Augstein Mrs J B Williams Mrs J Hartley-Smyth Mr V L Woodford Mrs M F Hawkins Mrs J Young Mr O Herbert

Pages 22&23 THANK YOU TO THE CHARITABLE TRUSTS The Harry Bacon Foundation AND FOUNDATIONS WHICH HAVE The HDH Wills 1965 Charitable Trust SUPPORTED OUR WORK IN 2014: The Icthius Charitable Trust The Joan Turner Foundation A S Butler Charitable Trust The John and Tessa Fearnley Charitable Trust Ann Jane Green Trust The John and Wendy Osorio Trust Bartlett Taylor Charitable Trust The Kathleen Patricia Underwood 2007 Bedford Memorial Trust Discretionary Trust Betty and Stanley Abbett Charitable Trust The Lord Austin Trust Brendon Charitable Trust The Matilda Ellis Charitable Trust DE Hollingworth Charitable Trust The Mullion Trust Donald Byford D Charitable Trust The Myristica Trust Douglas Glanfield Memorial Trust The Pennycress Trust George Teasdale Birks Trust The Pettifor Trust Goldman Sachs Gives The Rimmer Memorial Charitable Trust H D and B Crompton Charitable Trust The Shirley Pugh Foundation Jane Hodge Foundation The Smythe Kitson Trust Jessie Elizabeth Kent Charitable Trust The Sylvia Aitken Charitable Trust Limoges Charitable Trust The Sylvia and Colin Shepherd Charitable Trust Marjorie Coote Animal Charity Trust The Tyldesley Charitable Settlement Miss Hanson’s Charitable Trust The Valerie White Memorial Trust Miss Joyce Cater Charitable Trust The Whaites Charitable Fund Miss Maria Susan Rickard Animals Charity The Woodcote Trust Miss P L B Russell Charitable Foundation The Yvonne Flux Charitable Trust The B M Richards Will Trust Verna Group Charity Society Mrs C M Paxton Deceased Charitable Trust W G Harvey Discretionary Settlement Mrs D M -Hayhurst Charitable Trust Wild Rose Trust Mrs Jean S Innes Charitable Trust Mrs Norah Helen Spurway’s Charitable Trust THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM Mrs S H Adlam Will Trust OF OUR HEARTS. Rylance & Smith Charitable Trust ShareGift So Hum Foundation The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust The Anna Rosa Forster Charitable Trust The Annandale Charitable Trust The Barbara Welby Trust The Betty Kensit Fund The Bramhope Trust The Broyst Foundation The Calypso Browning Trust The Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust The Charles Brotherton Trust The Constance Travis Charitable Trust The Diana Edgson Wright Charitable Trust The Dumbreck Charity The Elizabeth C F McGregor-Dziniak Charitable Trust for Animals The Finderman Charitable Trust The Foresters Charity Stewards UK Trust Above: Spice has made a full recovery since being The George Mason Charitable Trust rescued in early 2014 and can enjoy a bright The Gerrard and Audrey Couch Charitable Trust future at The Donkey Sanctuary.

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THE DONKEY SANCTUARY Slade House Farm, Sidmouth, Devon EX10 0NU T [44] (0)1395 578222 F [44] (0)1395 579266 E [email protected] www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk

The Donkey Sanctuary was founded by Dr Elisabeth Svendsen MBE in 1969. The Donkey Sanctuary (registered charity number 264818) and its sole corporate trustee, The Donkey Sanctuary Trustee Limited (Company number 07328588) both have their registered office at Slade House Farm, Sidmouth, EX10 0NU. Linked charities: The Elisabeth Svendsen Trust for Children and Donkeys (EST); The International Donkey Protection Trust (IDPT). 0015_15_DS