The Hugs Foundation

25/02/2025

💕 Spreading the Love 💕

This Valentine’s Day, we had a surprise email from the wonderful Pets Foundation who were spreading the love to charities by gifting them a voucher to spend in store through their Pets Club Lifelines Scheme! ️🐾

Their incredible kindness meant we could stock up on essentials and enrichment for our small animals including our rabbits and guinea pigs. Needless to say, the team were very excited to go shopping and the rescue animals are thoroughly enjoying their gifts. A huge thank you to the Pets Foundation, Pets at home and their amazing teams, your dedication and passion to support animal welfare charities is fantastic and we are very lucky to have your support. 💚

24/02/2025

🐴🌻Monday Memories - Let Yours Live on Through Hugs🌻🐴

What do you want to be remembered for? It's time to create an unforgettable legacy! We have partnered with several legal advisors/organisations, to give you the opportunity for a free or reduced rate Will. Visit https://hugsfoundation.org.uk/leaving-a-legacy/ to find out more 🤗

Every single gift left in a Will is vital to Hugs and whatever the value of your gift, it will go a long way to help an animal or child who needs us. It will not cost you a penny during your lifetime, is simple to do and is free from inheritance tax. Your gift, your legacy, your difference will change horses and children's lives for a life a time. Thank you for your kindness 💚

24/02/2025

Happy Muddy Monday Morning 💚

23/02/2025

🐾 Join Our Team, Volunteer and Make a Difference! 🐾

Are you passionate about animals and looking to give back to the community? 🐴💚

We’re looking for a Volunteer Administrator to help us streamline our efforts in supporting all animals and people in need.

💼 Role Highlights:

Support an amazing cause: Help us provide care, shelter, and love to animals.
Gain valuable experience: Perfect for those interested in admin, non-profit work, or animal welfare.
Flexible hours: Volunteer on your schedule!
Collaborative environment: Work with a passionate team of animal lovers.

✨ What You'll Do:

Assist with creating supporter and sponsorship packs.
Help to write social media posts and answer supporter queries.
Help coordinate events, fundraising, and more!

🌟 Whether you have a few hours a week or want to dive in more, we would love to have you on our team!

📧 Apply Today: Email [email protected] to request an application form.

22/02/2025

Thank you for the nomination 🥰 ❤️ 🦸‍♀️

It feels amazing to be awarded a nomination and know we have so many supporters behind us.

Each year the Petplan UK and ADCH animal charity awards are released and show case some of our superhero charities in the Uk. All working for a collaboration aim of improving the lives and welfare of animals.

To share the nomination and how happy we are… here is Meg the pony; who came to us in foal in 2023 and is now looking for her forever home.

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21/02/2025

Do you shop at Co-op? The Hugs Foundation is part of the Co-op UK Local Community Fund, to find out more about our project and to choose us as your cause, click here 👉https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/93312. Plus every month, £500 is up for grabs for yourself and £5,000 for your chosen Local Community Fund cause. To be in with a chance of winning this mega prize for yourself and your community, you need to start by choosing your Local Community Fund cause now!🥰🐴💚

20/02/2025

🌟Introducing Our Final Name!🌟

A huge thank you to our amazing supporters for naming our rescue foal TontO - a name that couldn’t be more perfect! 🐴💙 In Cornish, Tont means cheeky or mischievous, and this little one is already living up to his name! 😆✨

Your generosity and kindness in donating toward his care mean the world to us. Because of you both, TontO has a brighter future. From the team at Hugs, and especially from our cheeky boy, thank you! 💕

19/02/2025

💚Feedback like this demonstrates the positive power of our well-being sessions 💚

18/02/2025

🌟 Thankful Tuesday 🌟

We are beyond grateful to Boosters Limited for their incredible fundraising in support of Hugs! 💚🐴 Thanks to their generosity and hard work, more children, young people, and animals will receive the care and support they need. Craig explains why supporting charities is important for their business:

“From our first meeting with Laura at Hugs you could see the passion she carried for the charity and the desire to help people across the region, this made The Hugs Foundation the perfect choice to be one of our charity partners for 2024. Meeting the team and getting to witness first hand the amazing work they all do only reinforced this belief – we were delighted to be able to make a donation to the charities running costs and we cant wait to see how they grow over the coming years, there is no doubt in our minds that they will continue to do amazing things, love to you all – Team Boosters.”

Their kindness is making a real difference, and we can’t thank their awesome team enough for being part of our mission 🙌

18/02/2025

Meg and Mouse had a lovely stroll down to the stream today in the sun with our volunteers. Spring is definitely in the air!

We would love to see what you and your pets have been getting up to in the nice weather! Post a picture in the comments for us to see!

17/02/2025

17/02/2025

🌟 A Huge Thank You! 🌟

We are beyond grateful to one of our fab supporters for their incredible kindness in naming our beautiful rescue foal, Fenella, and making a generous donation toward her care. 💖🐴

Fenella’s journey is just beginning, and thanks to this support, she will have the love, nourishment, and care she needs to thrive, ready for her forever home. From all of us at Hugs, and especially from Fenella, thank you! 💕

16/02/2025

🌟 Ready to Make an Impact?? 🌟

Volunteering isn’t just about giving back – it’s about transforming lives, including your own! 💥 Whether you’re looking to help others, learn new skills, or just make the world a brighter place, volunteering is your chance to be a hero. 🌍✨.

✨ Why volunteer?! ✨

🟢 Build connections with awesome people
🟢 Gain experience that’ll boost your career options
🟢 Feel the joy of giving back to your community
🟢 The best part? You don’t have to do it alone!

🤝 Let’s turn compassion into action and change lives, one step at a time.

Contact Charlotte via [email protected] to find out more about our current volunteering opportunities.

15/02/2025

A Happy Soggy Saturday from us to you 😍

We are so very lucky to have these pads for the horses to escape from the mud and be able to stay dry in their shelter.

Although they have the option to stay clean and dry, they obviously love heading out to have a roll in the mud!

Roll on Springtime! It’s surely just around the corner ☀️

Send us photos of your muddy ponies just like our Youth Pony Barry 😍

14/02/2025

💕 A Special Valentine’s Thank You! 💕

We’re feeling the love today, and we want to send a HUGE thank you to one of our wonderful young service users for giving our rescue foal the most adorable name - Luigi!🐴🥰

Little Luigi has had a tough start, but thanks to our supporters kind hearts, he’s now safe, loved, and ready to start his journey to his forever home. Your kindness and creativity mean the world to us, and to him! Wishing everyone a Valentine’s Day full of love, kindness, and a little bit of horse magic from all the rescues here ✨🐎

13/02/2025

🎁 Support Us & Make a Difference! 🎁

Hey everyone! We have updated our wish list on Amazon, and we would love your help! 💚.

By purchasing any of the items on our list, you’ll directly contribute to The Hugs Foundation and our mission to change the futures of horses, ponies and donkeys through rescue and rehabilitation and finding them their forever homes. As well as working with young people to inspire recovery from trauma, strengthen resilience, and equip individuals with lifelong coping strategies

Your support means the world to us and will help us to create engaging and educational sessions for our young service users and to look after for all the animals in our care.

Every little bit counts, and together, we can make something amazing happen! 🌟

👉 Check out our wishlist: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2IOW2BTK7OUY9?ref_=list_d_wl_lfu_nav_4

✨ Choose an item that speaks to you and help us reach our goal! ✨

💚 Share this post and spread the love! Thank you for being a part of our journey 💚

12/02/2025

👀 Spotting signs of Spring 👀

Our service users have spotted:
🦋 a Butterfly
🐝a Bee
🐸 Frog spawn
🌷 and shooting spring bulbs

What have you spotted? Comment below 👇

11/02/2025

🐴 Meet Spartacus 🐴

We wanted to introduce you to the handsome Spartacus and say a huge thank you to the incredibly kind supporter who has donated to help him and given him his fab name!

We still have two foals with no names! Could you be a special sponsor to give them their names and help cover the cost of their passports and microchips (£150)?

Over the years, we’ve seen some truly unforgettable names, like 'King Kong Kevin,' 'Gino DePonyo,' 'Hay Jude,' and the epic 'Lord of the Showrings Samwise Pippin.'

Both boys are under a year old. We have a quiet friendly black boy and a cheeky monkey who is currently black but will turn grey as he gets older.

If you are interested in donating towards their care, please email Laura on [email protected] to find out more and have your amazing name at the ready! Thank you for helping create brighter futures for these little ones 🤗