Movement for Good Award for ground-breaking horse owner support project

We are delighted to have been chosen by a panel of judges to receive a £10,000 Movement for Good Award from SEIB Insurance Brokers and the Benefact Group. The award will support our Horse Owner Support Project.

Our network of Field Officers around the country have discovered that behind an increasing number of the welfare concerns they investigate are struggling owners who are experiencing their own mental and/or physical ill health, financial or age-related difficulties. These people are often isolated, and our Field Officers are sometimes the only outside contact they have, and this brings with it a weight of responsibility to ensure these people also receive the social care support they need.

The Horse Owner Support Project will provide a number of resources, such as creating materials spreading the message about help available, through to keeping our highly trained Field Officers on the road responding to requests for assistance. By doing this we will be able to keep more people and their horses together for longer, improving the quality of their lives and that of their animals. With over 3,500 welfare reports made to us every year, any one of these could involve someone in desperate need of help. This grant will help the Field Officers be there for every single one.

The awards are designed to help charities make a real difference in their communities. More than 500 charities applied for the funding which is being put towards the advancement of heritage and arts, education, rural and community, climate, human rights and equality. The winning projects were selected against four criteria: impact and effectiveness, sustainability, innovation, and care and compassion.

The award is a share of £500,000 as part of Benefact Group’s Movement for Good Awards, which is giving over £1million to good causes this year. Movement for Good is funded by EIO plc, part of the Benefact Group.