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21 November 2022

The IOW Donkey Sanctuary is looking to appoint a Charity Manager, to direct the future of the Charity from 2023 onwards.

We are looking for a vibrant, enthusiastic communicator with a strong executive and strategic background, who has experience of managing in a charity or corporate environment. The successful candidate will have strong business and finance knowledge, will have a clear belief in equine welfare, and will be able to show the skills necessary to co-ordinate leaders in a variety of areas such as; Visitor Services, Estate and Facility Management, Animal Management, Retail and Hospitality and Community Engagement.

The IOW Donkey Sanctuary is an award winning, greatly loved charity and the successful candidate will need to show a high level of commitment to this role in order for the sanctuary to be able to raise funds and meet the needs of its resident donkeys.

Applicants should apply by email, including a cover letter, in which they describe their reasons for applying, their suitability for the role and how their past experience is relevant to this role. A full CV should also be included.

For further details, including a Job Description, and to apply, please contact the Strategic Director at info@iowdonkeysanctuary.org

Salary £35-40k

Closing Date - December 2nd

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Equine Treatment Centre

by abigail.fox • 7 November 2024

In late 2022, we started fundraising to establish an equine clinic at the sanctuary. Thanks to your generosity, we raised £125,000 from the initial campaign. This is ringfenced to spend on the Equine Treatment Centre. In the summer of 2023, we paused fundraising and undertook a separate feasibility study, using the generous free support of a civil engineer. We used this opportunity to make sure our build plans were making the very best use of your donations and the funds we had raised. We’ve tweaked the initial plan and have planning permission to undertake a project that will greatly support our high standards of equine welfare. We plan to: Repurpose an existing structure to house the Equine Treatment Centre thus reducing construction costs. Construct an equine rehabilitation barn on the site originally intended for the clinic. Create an isolation barn at the site’s perimeter. This will mean we can provide the very best care for equines needing isolation for medical treatment or observation. We will focus first on building the new barns, then move on to repurposing existing structures into our Equine Treatment Centre. The work cannot start until spring at the earliest, when we hope the ground will have dried out and the machinery will be able to move around the site. We need to make sure our precious paddocks are well looked after while the building work takes place.