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Redwings Help Centre

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About Redwings

Redwings was originally named by our founder, Wendy Valentine, and actually has no equine connection at all, being derived from the type of chickens that had been kept on the site where Redwings was established!

Redwings USA is an entirely separate organisation based in California. Their official name is Horse Power Sanctuaries but they chose to adopt the public name of ‘Redwings’ as a thank you to us after we worked with them to help with their fundraising and welfare programmes. Find out more about Redwings USA.

Redwings was set up in 1984 as it was felt an organisation was needed to care for horses and ponies in the UK. This is our objective as registered with the Charity Commission and with over one million horses and ponies in the UK, we still have our work cut out 40 years on!

No, we don’t receive any Government funding – we are a registered charity and are entirely dependent on donations from the public to keep us running. 

Working for Redwings

Redwings offers exciting careers and development in a wide range of fields, from horse care to veterinary medicine and tourism to marketing. We advertise all our vacancies on our website here so take a look at the latest roles on offer!

The majority of our staff are paid for their work. This is primarily because they work directly with our rescued horses who can be dangerous or difficult to handle because of their traumatic pasts. Working with them needs lots of training and so it is very difficult to bring volunteers into that environment. 

We offer volunteer roles at our visitor centres and at our headquarters. If you have a few hours to spare, are aged 18 or over and would like to make a real difference to a worthwhile cause, then volunteering at Redwings could be the perfect opportunity for you! You could be a welcoming Site Assistant, be a friendly face in our cafés or gift shops, or support our warehouse team with packing gift orders, especially in the run-up to Christmas!

While our volunteering roles are not hands on with the horses, your help will directly impact the care of all our residents and help us give them the best possible home. View details of our latest volunteer posts.

Contacting us

If you’d like us to change the way we contact you, please complete the Change how we contact you form or alternatively call a friendly member of our Supporter Engagement team on 01508 505246.

Interested in volunteering?

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