lifelong sanctuary for livestock in need

our 2025 calendar is now available

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about us

Manor Farm Charitable Trust is an established charity based in the historic village of Bilsthorpe in north Nottinghamshire.

We provide lifelong sanctuary for livestock in need, particularly elderly, disabled farm animals and those with special behavioural needs. We often take difficult to rehome animals from other rescue charities and offer them loving care and rehabilitation.

The sanctuary was privately established in 2011 and gained registered charity status in July 2017.


Video by Annice Bridgett.

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Check out all our current appeals and fundraisers

Current Manor Farm Charitable Trust appeals and fundraisers on enthuse

beliefs

  • We’re passionate about high standards of welfare for farm animals in the human food chain.
  • We believe that every animal deserves a good start, middle and end to their life, and should be treated with compassion and respect.
  • We know that animals are as individual as people, with complex needs and strong emotional connections to other animals and humans.
  • We believe that no animal should be exploited for their productivity, but the things that they provide naturally such as eggs and fleece should not be wasted, viewed instead as valuable gifts.

promises

  • We offer food, shelter, love and companionship to all the animals in our care for the length of their life here with us.
  • We don’t breed – there are enough unwanted animals in the world without us adding to the list.
  • We don’t send to slaughter – animals at the end of their life are humanely put to sleep by a qualified vet.
  • We don’t rehome – the animals that come to us are given a home for life. Unfortunately this means that we have restrictions on numbers, unless and until we’re able to expand our facilities.
  • We refer wildlife and domestic pets (cats, dogs, rabbits) to other specialist animal charities: Brinsley Animal Rescue, Cats Protection and Dogs Trust.

our animals

We currently have around 150 animals in our care, including sheep, goats, donkeys, ponies, pigs, hens, ducks and geese.

Please follow all the latest animal stories on our Facebook page.

Fundraising

We raise money to support our animal care via corporate sponsorship, public donations, egg sales from our Egg Club and yarn sales from our single sheep artisan yarn brand, Hooligan Yarns.

We also hold fundraising and awareness-building Open Days, and host special interest groups or individual visitors throughout the rest of the year, by appointment.

If you’d like to organise a visit here to meet the animals and learn about our work, please contact info@manorfarmcharitabletrust.org

Create your own fundraising page

You can set up your own fundraiser now for us too! It’s really easy to create your fundraiser online – just click on the button and follow the simple step by step guide.

Fundraise for Manor Farm Charitable Trust on enthuse

Whether it’s setting yourself a personal exercise challenge or running a cake bake or a craft stall, we’re so grateful if you can help us in this way. And we’ll share the details of your fundraiser too so even more people can take part!

Our Amazon Wishlist

Supplies for our animals that are needed on a regular basis – you can really help us by buying something from this list so we don’t have to! There’s a range of pricing options for everything from feed to medical supplies like syringes.

The Manor Farm Charitable Trust wishlist on Amazon

our 2025 calendar

12 beautiful photos of our rescued and rehomed animals here at Manor Farm Charitable Trust. Our 2025 calendar has again been specially created for us by artist and supporter Emma Ball, with photos taken by Annice Bridgett.

2025 Calendar - January
2025 Calendar - February
2025 Calendar - March
2025 Calendar - April
2025 Calendar - May
2025 Calendar - June
2025 Calendar - July
2025 Calendar - August
2025 Calendar - September
2025 Calendar - October
2025 Calendar - November
2025 Calendar - December

It features some of the lovely characters we have here at the charity, so if you’ve met them on a tour or followed their stories on social media and would like to support their care, please buy a copy!

Thanks to Emma’s generosity, all proceeds go directly to support our animals. The A4 sized calendar is printed on high quality card and will make a lovely gift.

There are three shipping zones for our calendars – the UK, Europe and the rest of the world (ROW). Orders will be processed within 3 business days.

it's easy to donate…

Even small amounts can make a big difference to us. Just click on the button to make a donation!

Donate to Manor Farm Charitable Trust on enthuse

All donations go directly to pay for feed, bedding, medication, veterinary care and the employment of our dedicated and experienced animal handling team: our ‘Animal Angels’. Our paid staff are supported by enthusiastic volunteers who help us get important extra jobs done to maintain our very high standards of welfare.

Or if you prefer to donate by bank transfer:

Account Name: Manor Farm Charitable Trust
Sort Code: 60-14-03
Account No: 61026018

All donations go directly to pay for feed, bedding, medication, veterinary care and the employment of our dedicated and experienced animal handling team: our ‘Animal Angels’. Our paid staff are supported by enthusiastic volunteers who help us get important extra jobs done to maintain our very high standards of welfare.

we'd love to hear from you

info@manorfarmcharitabletrust.org