Elisabeth Svendsen Trust

This video was taken Christmas 2009, whilst the children were in the arena visting Santa in his grotto. You can hear the Christmas music in the back ground... which Pancho decided to join in with. So here is Pancho's version of 'I wish it could be Christmas everyday' - enjoy!

Hello Everyone!

My name is Paula and I work as the Centre Coordinator at EST Ivybridge . We have 18 donkeys at the Centre, and one of my favourte things to do is to watch them playing and messing around in the field.

I catch them up to all sorts of mishief - so I make sure I always have my camera to hand, so I can share videos and photos with you all.

Here is Eeyore and Jacquot playing tug-o-war with a welly boot. As you can see, neither of them want to let go!

Happy New Year everyone. I’ve had such a good Christmas – Christmas at Ivybridge begins 1st December, and even then that’s only just enough time to fit everything in!

Hello again, only me. Thought I would let you in on what I've been up to recently. I was given the honour of opening EST Ivybridge 1st Summer Fair, alongside the Mayor of Ivybridge. Staff had been preparing for months, so I knew this was going to be a big day for us all. I stood in the barn and watched over the wall as the centre was transformed. The other donkeys just carried on with their normal business, but I was fascinated to see what people were doing; I could see lots of colourful bunting, bouncy castles and could hear music over the speakers.

Its official ... I'm on a diet. The worst thing is, it's not even my fault – all these tasty rewards for my hard work lately, it would be rude to say no! I attended a garden party recently as a guest of honour, they had the most fabulous food on offer; I stood in the summer house snacking most of the evening - I guess I'm paying the price now.

Hi, my name's Boomer and you can find me at EST Ivybridge. I have a larger than life personality and reckon I must be the most longstanding and versatile donkey, and even though I say myself, a celebrity of my own making.