Sounds of the Sanctuary

Field Notes S4E6: Campaigning in the Modern Day

How has campaigning been impacted by the internet? In this week's episode of Field Notes, Campaigns Managers Helen rejoins us to talk about how the internet both po

S4E6: Women in Welfare

Here at Redwings welfare is at the heart of everything we do, and we are proud to be continuing the legacies of influential women like Anna Sewell and Ada Cole through ou

Field Notes S4E5: Caring for Partially Sighted Ponies

Partially sighted horses, like Pickle from this week's main episode, require extra special care to help them adapt to their environment, and to keep them and our hor

S4E5: Pony in a Pickle!

How did Adoption Star Pickle get her name? How do we choose our Adoption Stars? How do we get our ponies to smile for the camera? Do we treat our partially sighted horses

Field Notes S4E4: A chat with the Redwings Farrier!

In this week's main episode, Redwings Ambassador Sam Dracott met the Redwings farrier, Robert Rush. In today's bonus episode, we sat down to continue the conve

S4E4: Sam Dracott meets the Redwings Farrier!

Regular visits from a farrier are an essential part of horse care, both here at Redwings and outside our paddock fences! With over 1,000 horses in our care, our incredibl

Field Notes S4E3: Why is social media important for Redwings?

Here at Redwings, we post to our social media channels almost every day! But why and how do we keep up this level of content creation?! In this episode of Field Notes, s

S4E3: Influencing for Good

The world of social media allows us all to connect with more people than ever before, but that can be both beneficial and detrimental to our wellbeing and welfare of the

Field Notes S4E2: Calling the Welfare Support Line

Join us this week on Field Notes to continue our chat with Welfare Coordinators Lucy and Beth, where we do a demonstration of calling the Redwings welfare line, and share

S4E2: Welfare is at the Heart of Everything we do

Redwings isn't just a horse sanctuary, we are one of the UK's largest horse welfare charities! Part of our dedication to horse welfare is our welfare line, a de

Field Notes S4E1: How We Do What We Do

As a charity we often speak about our work through sharing the stories of our rescued horses and donkeys, but we rarely talk about how we afford to do what we do. In thi

S4E1: Who We Are and What We Do

Welcome back to Sounds of the Sanctuary, the podcast where we take you on a tour of Redwings Horse Sanctuary to meet some of the people and ponies that call Redwings home

Field Notes S3E5: Counting the costs of the crisis

In this episode of Field Notes, Helen Whitelegg from our Campaigns team tells us all about the research Redwings has been involved in looking into the impact of the cost-

S3E5: Rescue, recovery and recycling!

Caring is in our nature at Redwings, starting from the first minute we are contacted about a pony in trouble. Join us on the welfare operation that saw Mason, a weak orp

Field Notes S3E4: Equine welfare today - what can we still learn from Black Beauty?

Listen to Helen Whitelegg, Redwings' Research and Policy Officer, talk about the links between Black Beauty, and the equine welfare issues we still encounter today. 

S3E4: Redwings and Anna Sewell

In this episode, discover more about Redwings' connections to the inspirational Anna Sewell, and her novel Black Beauty. Hear how Redwings is getting ready to launc

Field Notes S3E3: Weathering the storm

Hear from the team at Redwings Mountains, our resident experts for handling everything the weather can throw at them! This interview, recorded just before Storm Babet an

S3E3: Redwings Adoption Star Special!

In this week's Sounds of the Sanctuary we are exploring the magic behind the Redwings Adoption Scheme.  Hear from Rachael and Katie, members of the Communications t

Field Notes S3E2 - What your saddle fitter wishes you knew!

We chat to Society of Master Saddlers Saddle Fitter Poppy Webber, from PeeWee Saddlery. Poppy talks openly about the links she sees between saddle fit and horse welfare,

S3E2: Happy new homes!

This week, it's all about Redwings rehoming as we hear from three ponies who have found new homes in 2023.  We went along with Senior Field Officer Julie on one of