Here come the Pukka Ponies. Hip Hip Hooray!
November 2016 With Kent facing a horse crisis I thought it would be easy finding a charity keen for us to foster horses. We had the land, the time and love to give, a win win situation for all. A visit from a large animal charity looked promising but they declined our offer to foster saying the field was not up to scratch and they wanted the ponies to be stabled. We were puzzled, we had out buildings which were accessible from the field 24/7. Yes the field was not fully functioning but we stressed it was a work in progress and could see its potential. I felt disheartened by the rejection but Kim continued to search. Then two weeks later she came across a charity called Pukka Ponies , founded by Sarah Daniell. We particularly liked this charity because it was small (a herd of 20), local and Sarah and her team showed resilience even after a recent arson attack . It seemed fitting to offer our support however small to a charity that was facing such troub...