It is with much sadness that we say goodbye to Charity, a wonderful Shetland pony who was never any trouble to look after, she was best friend to Moose our Belgian Draft and will be missed by her as well as all of us who help to look after the horses and ponies in our care. Charity had been on and off poorly for a couple of weeks, but came worse yesterday afternoon just as the vet arrived... sadly medication had no affect and charity passed away in the night. Thank you all for your best wishes, and I am sure you will send her your thoughts as she passes over the rainbow bridge to find new adventures. R.I.P. Charity love always. xxx

We would like to wish all of our supporters and friends a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We can't stress enough how much we appreciate your continued support towards our sanctuary. By helping us here at the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre you're helping to give the horses in our care the best gift of all; a forever and loving home. 

Our centre has been open and caring for horses and animals for over 25 years, all of the horses in our care come from various different backgrounds, some are former rescued horses, others are simply due to owner circumstances, our aim is to give them the dignified life they deserve. We are a non-profit charity and run entirely by donations and the generosity of the public. 

If you feel like you could help and give a small amount please see our donation page for ways to donate to the horses. We're also available on 07899 815960.

Have you had time to take a look at our brand new and responsive online gift shop? It's packed with lots of fantastic gifts and ideas perfect for loved ones, family & friends for Christmas. We have some really great new items like this Friends mug & coaster set. We've also got lots of our old favourites back this year like our Friends eco-friendly shopping bag. We have also got all lots of items perfect for supporters of the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre and all of the horses here in our care, including our brand new for 2014 Northcote Horses Tea Towel, featuring images of Bosun, Steve, Moose & Rosie, four of our heavy horses.

Our new 2014 charity Christmas cards are also here and are already proving popular! Lots of people from around the world over the years have given us beautiful feedback on our Christmas cards. 

With Christmas just around the corner... really, it's not far! We're having to start thinking about raising urgent money for the horses, ponies and other animals in our care here at the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre. 

We're asking for your help in our 'Christmas Fundraising' appeal, we would like to raise £500 by kind donations to our Christmas Fundraising campaign. 

Your generosity and donations help to keep the horses here at our sanctuary in a loving and forever home, any money donated, whatever amount helps to buy hay and other feeds during the colder winter months. With a lot of the horses in our care being older we constantly have vet & medical bills to pay for too. Your donation really helps in all areas of our charity. 

During the winter months we heavily rely on sales from our Christmas Gift Catalogue and sales from our online charity shop (www.heavyhorsestore.com). Sales help see us through the cold and dark winter months, without your support we wouldn't be able to afford hay, feed and other important bills. 

We mentioned in our last post about our online shop receiving a giant overhaul, adding new and exciting gifts but maintaining the old classics. One of the newer categories we've added is canvas prints and artwork. We have some fantastic photos available all taken by a Lincolnshire photographer and volunteer here at the Northcote Heavy Horse Centre. Please take a look at them and see what you think. (http://heavyhorsestore.com/collections/canvas-artwork-prints)

We're excited to announce our Masked Ball Evening will return for it's second year! Due to some great comments and feedback last year we decided to host another. Once again the event will be held at the Spilsby Theatre (In Spilsby) on Saturday 15th November 2014.

The evening will feature live music by Rockabilly band the Young James Jones Trio followed by a D.J. and lots of dancing! A buffet style selection will be available and a licensed bar. We'll have other entertainment such as fire breathing & jesters! 

Tickets are on sale now, please check out our events page for more information. You can also book via phone on 07899815960.