Discovery Day at the Donkey Sanctuary

Jenny and Ange who head up our Headlight Group in Ottery St Mary have been busy these last few months. We always ensure that our groups get to experience a day away together called the Discovery Day and this year some members from the junior and senior groups went to visit the Donkey Sanctuary just outside Sidmouth for our Discovery Day this year.

They spent the morning learning all about the donkeys in their Centre and then got up close with a group of 20 donkeys where we had lots of time to stroke them and get to know them. Some of our members were “Donkey Whisperers” and constantly surrounded by donkeys.

We then created some activities for them where we made food chains by tying together their favorite snacks like apples, carrots and parsnips and hung them up in their stable.

We finished our morning off with some lunch. The donkeys had a really warm and calming nature to them and everyone left the sanctuary very relaxed.

Our groups then chose 2 donkeys through the sanctuaries adoption scheme and we have chosen to adopt Drizzle and Jimmy for the next year.

Special thanks to The Donkey Sanctuary Sidmouth