Liz Wright has kindly brought these to our attention: free webinars on the Donkey Sanctuary website run mostly by Ben Hart – https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/knowledge-and-advice/webinars
Once again it’s with great pleasure that I send you the latest Northern newsletter which is full of fun: DBS Northern Region Thursday Bulletin 3 23.4.2020 You can read about the amazing 39 year old Tabo the donkey. If you haven’t yet looked do investigate the wonderful Just for Juniors which is packed full of […]
Valerie Powell has kindly offered her back issues of The Donkey from 2004 to 2019 and she is happy to let them go to someone interested in them free of charge. She is based in mid – Wales and her phone no is 01874 730684
Northern region have kindly agreed to promote and share their fantastic regular newsletter with all members. Northern Thursday Bulletin 2 9.4.2020 Do have a look – there are fun activities for all ages, updates and training information. Highly recommended reading!
Easter Offer from Carriage Driving Magazine This Easter weekend, we’d like to spread a little joy by offering your club members free digital access to the latest issue of Carriage Driving. To access, they will need to complete a short form and we will email them the digital issue. Please share this link around your club and friends: https://bit.ly/cdr-easter
We have some lovely photos of donkey owners celebrating Palm Sunday with their donkeys at home. Thank you to Vanessa Morrish and Peter and Angela Scales for these delightful pictures keeping us all connected. You can also see them scrolling onto the home page of the site.
Coronavirus Precautions The Donkey Breed Society Equine Passport Office is working normally, but with the following provisions. To avoid any infection contact risk, incoming mail is stored for 72 hours before being handled, it is then processed as required and your passport returned to you. Where you are enclosing a pre paid return envelope, which […]
BEF update: 27 March 2020 BEF update The current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is constantly changing and evolving with advice and help from the UK Government issued daily. Over the last 48 hours there have been a number of developments which we wanted to update stakeholders on. Government help for the self-employed Chancellor Rishi Sunak […]
News about the Active Donkey Award Scheme during the Corona Virus Crisis from ADA, the Donkey Breed Society’s Chief Active Donkey I understand that some of you have been wondering what will be happening about the ADA Scheme during the current worrying situation. At the present moment we have no plans to cancel the Scheme […]
You might find it useful to read this excellent common sense guidance, despite it referring to horse owners. There are points in here that relate to donkey owners e.g. avoiding risky activities and unnecessary travel; and farriers still being allowed to work but at their own discretion. For immediate release – 24 March 2020 BEF […]