Elisabeth Svendsen Trust

A donkey riding centre based in Eccup, Leeds has been donated a beautiful painting by local artist Bruce Dobson, and now plans to raffle the piece to raise funds for its cause.

Bruce Dobson, a 63 year old artist from North Yorkshire has donated his latest masterpiece to The Elisabeth Svendsen Trust for Children and Donkeys (EST), who provide free riding therapy for children with special needs and disabilities in Leeds.

I probably don’t need to introduce myself as I’ve been at the Slade Centre for donkeys’ years now, but in case you don’t know me; I am Daniel P, the tallest and oldest donkey at EST Sidmouth!

The cloud of volcanic ash currently hovering over Britain has meant that, for some, dreams of completing marathons in locations such as Paris, Boston and Vienna last weekend had to be cancelled due to the ‘no-fly’ zone.

EST still has two places available for the May 2010 Edinburgh Marathon which takes place on Sunday 23rd May 2010. The charity is appealing for local runners who have been left all trained up with nowhere to run to sign up and take part on their behalf.

Pascoe retired eight years ago from his work as a riding therapy donkey for a charity in Birmingham, but he still wants to join in with the lessons!

Pascoe started work as a riding therapy donkey in 1989 when the Birmingham centre of The Elisabeth Svendsen Trust for Children and Donkeys (EST) first began to provide therapy for local children with special needs.

Est Manchester's Spring Fair was held on Saturday 17th May 2010 and what a day it was! The sun shone all day and the hundreds of visitors were able to see the centre in all its glory.

On Saturday 3rd April 2010 PFA Birmingham held another successful Easter Egg hunt which raised just over £300 on the day for EST Birmingham.

Events included and Easter egg hunt, open the box, face painting, tombola, and finally name the scarecrow. Also on sale were the donkey tee-shirts.

A big thank you to all those who attended and supported this event and a special thanks to those who entered the colouring competition.