
16/05/2025
Our vet Grace Twitchett (fourth from right) recently volunteered her services at a BEVA Trust Education and Welfare castration clinic at Thrapston Livestock Auction, Kettering.
She is one of 543 BEVA Trust veterinary volunteers who have helped make a difference to the lives of more than 2000 horses in the UK. This has been achieved through participation in a total of 57 Education and Welfare castration clinics and is in addition to those BEVA members who have volunteered their services for overseas work with the BEVA Trust.
The BEVA Trust provides opportunities, support and funding to allow BEVA members to volunteer for projects that enhance equine welfare both locally and globally. It has worked together with the The British Horse Society for the past nine years.
Vets, nurses, students, and farriers have so far helped a total of 2,425 horses by volunteering their time and expertise at special clinics around the country. Coordinated by the British Horse Society, and with practical support from a number of other equine welfare charities, these clinics provide dental care, farriery, microchipping and passporting for horses identified to be in need, as well as castration and dental checks if required. A total of 1128 horses have now been castrated.
Grace said: โIt was an amazing experience to be part of the Education and Welfare team at Thrapston Livestock Auction. The team approach to the way everyone works at these clinics is inspiring, with younger colleagues being nurtured and supported despite the high volume and pressure of the work that needs to be completed on the day. It is the reason so many of us want to keep volunteering. We had 13 horses attend the clinic with 11 castrations, and 13 Passported and Microchipped.โ
The clinics have been generously supported by Zoetis, Bransby Horses - Rescue and Welfare, Blue Cross UK, Redwings Horse Sanctuary, World Horse Welfare and the RSPCA (England & Wales).
BEVA - The British Equine Veterinary Association