Career opportunities with Redwings Horse Sanctuary

Redwings began 40 years ago with the rescue of a single pony.

From that one life saved, we have grown to become the largest horse welfare charity in the UK, caring for more than 1,500 horses, ponies, donkeys and mules every day.

Although we are still primarily based in our home county of Norfolk, we are now a national animal welfare charity, with centres in Essex, Warwickshire, Monmouthshire and Scotland. We are registered with the Charity Commission, we have a Board of Trustees who oversee the organisation and more than 300 staff caring for our resident residents every day.

Working for Redwings means you will be working in a supportive, collaborative working environment with the opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge while playing a key role in the rewarding work of rescuing, rehabilitating and caring for horses in need.

The benefits of working for Redwings include: fair and equal rates of pay based on industry standards, a workplace pension scheme, comprehensive employee assistance programme, Cycle2Work Scheme, Death in Service benefit, Sanctuary sick pay and a minimum of 30 days holiday a year including bank holidays. And of course the chance to make a difference to the lives of our horses and donkeys!

Jobs at Redwings

Working for a horse welfare charity can be challenging and at times upsetting, but seeing on a daily basis the profound difference that we can make to the lives of horses ponies, donkeys and mules means it is also incredibly rewarding.

We have a variety of paid roles at Redwings, all of which are integral to our mission to provide and promote the care and protection of horses and donkeys.

Volunteer

If you are over 18, this is a great way to directly impact the care of our rescued residents by helping us to improve the experience for our visitors and supporters at our centres.

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Corporate volunteering

We always have a range of tasks and projects, big and small, that we like to carefully match to each group.

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Caldecott visitor centre horse group picture

Work experience and apprenticeships

We work with schools, colleges and training providers to support work experience placements and apprenticeships. Our placements are only available to those aged 16 and over who are studying on an equine or animal-related course and looking for a placement as part of their college or university’s approved scheme. Please be aware that we have very limited spaces available, and while we will do everything we can to accommodate your work experience request, this may not always be possible.

Please take a look at our work experience placement description (PDF 110 KB). If this would be of interest to you, please fill in our application form (PDF 155 KB) and email with any questions to workexperience@redwings.co.uk.