Bransby Horses Awarded Grant For Equine Facility Improvements

Bransby Horses are the happy recipients of a £25,000 grant from the Petplan Charitable Trust to put towards two major equine facility improvements following a challenging year for all charitable organisations.

Founded in 1994, the Petplan Charitable Trust (PCCT) has a simple mission to promote the health and welfare of animals in the UK and beyond. Funding comes from the generosity of pet owners who opt to give a small donation to the Trust when they renew their pet insurance policy with them.

Recognising the difficult 18 months Bransby Horses has been through following extensive flooding of their land in November 2019, followed soon after by the impacts of COVID-19, Petplan delivered the exciting news to the charity today. Upon receipt of this incredible news, Bransby Horses can now look at making the much-needed improvement to their Animal Reception Centre (ARC) in early March.

The funding will also pay for the purchase of a compact tractor, which is a vital resource that will allow teams to transport tools and equipment to maintain the ARC paddocks, deliver feed and forage effectively, and carry out essential paddock sweeping.

Since flooding left half of their land under water back in November 2019, Bransby Horses have worked hard to increase their land usage to better suit their rescued equines on site, and now provide an average of 1.2 acres of grazing per horse (compared to 0.6 acres in 2019). The tractor is an essential piece of equipment to maintain this grazing ratio.

Head of Equine Care and Training, Rosie Mogford, said “The purchase of a compact tractor will make the essential work we do to look after our rescues so much easier. It will allow us to work more efficiently, directly benefiting our horses, ponies, donkeys and mules, so we can’t thank Petplan enough for this grant.”