Trust dedicated to heavy working horses to lose home
A British trust devoted to safeguarding the futurity of heavy working Equus caballus breeds is to lose its domicile at the goal of September.
The Working Horse Trust, which has been a tenant on the Nevill Estate at Eridge since 1994, hopes to hold upwardly able to uncovering a novel domicile to transcend away on its work.
The trust is a registered charity in addition to a volunteer-run organisation. It has xv draught horses of its ain – all rare breeds – most of whom direct hold been born at Eridge.
Trust volunteers direct hold laboured to cook their base of operations on what was a virgin site, in addition to are dismayed at the prospect of having to re-locate.
“When nosotros came to Eridge, nosotros started totally from scratch,” trustee Jo Ambrose said.
“There were no buildings, no fences, no H2O supply, non fifty-fifty whatever edible grass.
“But thank yous to the outstanding efforts of our volunteers in addition to the generosity of many well-wishers, nosotros direct hold built ourselves a minor domicile that has served the trust well.
“It is absolutely heart-breaking to direct hold to exit it all behind in addition to showtime 1 time again somewhere else.
“However, much equally nosotros may non similar it, it is our landlord’s perogative to movement us on at 1 time that he wishes to utilise our farm buildings in addition to the dry reason that nosotros currently rent for an option enterprise.
“We direct hold to hold upwardly positive in addition to practical in addition to rising to the challenge.
“Looking on the vivid side, nosotros promise real much to uncovering a novel domicile alongside mains electricity in addition to flushing toilets – essentials that nosotros direct hold managed to alive without equally nosotros could never afford to install them.”
The trust is looking for 35 to 50 acres of grazing alongside a attain of buildings, ideally equally unopen to Eridge equally possible then equally non to lose the invaluable back upwardly of members of the local community or amenities such equally Rotherfield Village Hall, where many a fundraising resultant has taken place.
“You don’t pass nearly twenty years inward 1 identify without edifice upwardly an extensive back upwardly network,” Ambrose said, “and to lose that would jeopardise our futurity to a greater extent than than the actual movement itself.
“We rely then much on our friends hereabouts non but to attention for the horses but inward all agency of ways – from making cakes for our tea room to emergency night-time repairs to our generator. Fundraising events such equally our Open Days, Race Night, Quiz Night, Sponsored Rides in addition to Walks are all good supported locally but, most importantly, nosotros direct hold over xxx dedicated volunteers who maintain the Trust running.
“The trust is an integral purpose of these people’s lives then nosotros cannot movement equally good far away in addition to opportunity losing whatever of the team, non to advert the skills base of operations that nosotros direct hold worked then difficult to cook up.”
In establishing a working farm in addition to labor a broad attain of conservation activities, the trust aims to demonstrate but how valuable working horses tin however hold upwardly inward a rural economic scheme in addition to present how they tin brand a positive contribution to the practiced husbandry of the environment.
Anyone able to aid the trust should contact Jo Ambrose on 01892 750105 or e-mail enquiries@theworkinghorsetrust.org
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