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Founded over 25 years ago, our sanctuary site now provides a safe home for life to over 100 donkeys and horses, all rescued from abuse, neglect and abandonment.

25/08/2024

Couldn't resist putting this lovely face on today....❤

Silver, looking every inch his name, and even more appealing being photo bombed by a handsome feathered chap right between the ears 😅

You can see in this picture his coat is already getting velvety again as we start to head towards autumnal days (did we have summer)?? 🤔

Enjoy your Sunday everyone, we are open for visits and open tomorrow Bank Holiday Monday as well 🥰

Take care ######

24/08/2024

Rhapsody, Danny and Walter ❤

These three boys are very playful, and Rhapsody, despite his grand age, loves nothing more than to have a game of tag with his young friends around the paddocks.....where everyone else has to stand clear 😅

Obviously they have stopped for a breather 🫏🫏🫏

Have a lovely Saturday everyone, we are open for donkey time, don't forget we are also open on Bank Holiday Monday 🥰 Take care ######

23/08/2024

As you can imagine it was a barn day yesterday, at least the first half of the day was.....🌧💨

Just look at that bombastic Big Bertie barging his way through!🤦‍♀️ Can't help but love him 😅❤

Have a good Friday folks, open for donkey time and don't forget we will be open on Bank Holiday Monday 26th. Take care 💞 ######

22/08/2024

"One love, one heart.....let's get together and feel alright......"

~~ Bob Marley ~~

Donkeys feeling alright ❤

21/08/2024

Best friends ever........❤ yesterday in the sunshine.

Over the last few years young Willow has formed a very strong attachment to Daisy, who is many years her senior, there are no age barriers with donkeys. Willow is very protective over Daisy and always stands over her when she rests ❤💞❤

Daisy past is one of horror and fear, she came from Romania and has always been a little bit timid and shy, maybe Willow saw a soul she wanted to care for......

Unconditional love and friendship 💞

Have a super Wednesday everyone, take care ######

20/08/2024

From early morning Sunday...

Big Bertie napping, everything is droopy, his coat, his body, his head and his ears 😅 he didn't even know he was having his photo taken!

He certainly doesn't need eye shades to keep the sun out.

Don't you just love this boy ❤💞❤💞❤💞❤💞❤💞

Have a great day everyone, take care ######

19/08/2024

It was classic chill and relax time yesterday morning, with all the donkeys gathered in one corner of the paddock, enjoying being around each other....totally calm and peaceful....

Amos (don't worry Ernie is just out of the picture) Olive and Flo settle down together, we don't think Flo could get much closer to Olive!! 🤗 Just to add to the flavour, a Magpie joins them, passing through life just like the rest of us ❤💞❤

Have a great start to your week everyone, take care ######

18/08/2024

We caught up with this stunning girl in the early morning sunshine before it disappeared later......⛅️

Maisy, a very striking donkey, during some summers, when she has lost all of her winter coat completely, it shines. like a glossy chestnut 🤗

Several years ago, dear Maisy's Mum was sold while she was just a youngster, left tied to the back of a trailer, while her Mum was led away, she was traumatised. Since being at Flicka she has blossomed, is very friendly and can be quite cheeky and playful in a quiet way 💞 Maisy loves everyone in the herd, but often seeks out the gentle duo, Matilda & Violet ❤

Have a really good Sunday everyone, we are open for donkey time, take care ######

17/08/2024

OH LO**TA......

How could we?? 😲
...forget to wish you a Happy Birthday on Tuesday!! On the 13th August you reached the grand age of three years old 🥰 we will make it up to you with extra treats ❤

Having you here at Flicka has brought us so much joy and laughter, you are comical, quirky and exceptionally loving, it's always so hard to get a decent photo of you when you insist on trying to either sit/climb on the photographers lap or lick the camera lense 😂 📷 😂

We love you Lo**ta 🥰💞🥰

Have a wonderful Saturday everyone - we are open for visits, take care ######

16/08/2024

It's lovely Peaches....❤ waiting to say hello to visitors, she does love getting up close to people 💞

Such a gentle, quiet girl who although doesn't have a special donkey friend, gets along with everyone.

Peaches arrived at Flicka after some of our team went to help at the Pegasus Sanctuary in France. Peaches and Marla had been saved by Felicity who runs the sanctuary, thank goodness she did, their path would have been unthinkably grim.

We bought them back to live their days amongst our Flicka family, and what a privilege to have them here 🤗

Have a really good Friday everyone, we are open for visits, take care ######

15/08/2024

A beautiful day yesterday and look who we caught up with, mini Minstrel ❤

Minstrel looks so very different from winter to summer, a thick teddy bear coat for about ten months of the year and then this gorgeous sleek and shiny coat for the summer, we hardly recognise him 💞❤💞

Minstrel has been at Flicka for an unbelievable 16 years!! He arrived from Romania, a tiny, thin little chap who had wounds all over his face and ribs, now he just glows with health and happiness 🤗🥰🤗

Have a great day today everyone, we are open today for donkeys visits, and delicious snacks in the Tea Bray'k tea room 😋 Take care ######

14/08/2024

Despite the weather our group of enthusiastic Junior donkey carers had a wonderful day led by Fiona and Vicky who taught the girls all about donkey welfare and care.

The donkeys seemed very chilled and happy to have the company and pampering of some little people ❤ Just look at Annabelle donkey's face 🥰

Have a really good Wednesday everyone, take care ######

(Permission obtained for photos)

13/08/2024

Matilda & Violet ❤

Two beautiful girls who are totally bonded….we’re sure you all remember Matilda’s history when she was herded off a lorry with a stick, she was fear aggressive with ears back and eyes looking wild. When she was brought to Flicka she was broken.

Violet immediately gravitated to Matilda and stayed by her side constantly, within days Matilda softened, began to trust us and now has the most gentle nature and kind soul, both girls are very affectionate with each other and people.

We often talk about the physical state of donkeys when they arrive, but the emotional trauma they suffer goes deeper than we can possibly know and often stays with them for a lifetime.

So, as well as their physical health we have to be vigilant with their mental health, what heals those inner scars more than anything is a companion. Donkeys crave company of other donkeys, they bond for life, when they grieve the loss of a soul mate can be life threatening.

Such is their sensitivity and depth of emotions.

How many ❤ can we get for Matilda & Violet today 🙏

Have a lovely Tuesday everyone, take care ######

12/08/2024

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom...."

~~ Anais Nin ~~

Jewel ❤ who blossomed...

11/08/2024

Buttons (behind) and Walter enjoy some moments of peace together…..💞

It’s quite uncanny how these two boys share a similar history, Walter was giving unlicenced rides on a retail park, locked in a trailer and left in the car park night after night, no daylight, no freedom and no greenery to enjoy, until finally a worried shopper raised their concern.

Buttons was on the yard of second hand scrap dealer, shut away in a metal trailer permanently, standing on 40 cm of muck when he was found. He was so unaccustomed to daylight he could barely open his eyes, then consequently suffered infections in both eyes for several weeks after his rescue.

Both boys were painfully thin, overgrown feet, covered in lice and had coats soaked in urine and dung. This is the reality of neglect 😢

Not any more boys, they are both so friendly and very much the adventurers, Buttons loves to climb on the walls to reach up for morsels off the bushes and trees, Walter is a naughty one, and likes to get stuck in when there’s mischief – usually with Danny in the frame somewhere!!! 😅

Have a lovely Sunday everyone, we are open for visits, take care ######

10/08/2024

By special request......our beautiful 'Silver'...❤

Silver was rescued on 31st December 2020, the very last day of Flicka's silver jubilee year, and while we had all been disappointed that our plans for Jubilee celebrations were all cancelled due to lockdown, the arrival of this frightened, lonely donkey made us forget all about our disappointment.

Dear Silver, his mother has been sold leaving him far too young to be alone and subsequently neglected. When he arrived at Flicka it was Teddy donkey who did the baby sitting duties, the two have remained good friends and often gravitate back together.

Silver loves the company of all the other donkeys and is often a part of the Paddington entourage, such a lovely, friendly chap who loves his human family too 🥰🤗🥰

Have a super Saturday everyone, we are open for visits. Take care ######

09/08/2024

Ernie and his best friend in the whole world, Amos.....❤

The boys enjoying the afternoon sunshine earlier this week (unlike yesterday 😕)

Alot of people ask us about Ernie and his lack of hair covering, particularly on his face and in patches across his back, it isn't quite so prevalent during the winter when his coat is thick and long. Dear Ernie has had many tests, bloods and skin analysis to try and discover why......but there is nothing to give any reasons for his bald patches. It is very much like alopecia in humans.

It doesn't bother him at all, but we have to be very vigilant in sunshine which is why he wears a uva protection sheet and face mask, through which he can see very clearly, equally we always ensure it comes off when he is inside or not needed outside so his skin can get the air. Then of course we need to apply plenty of sun block to the delicate soft skin around his face and nose (our Flickaholics have generously kept us with a good supply).

They are such lovely boys and Ernie has the title of the most playful donkey at Flicka 💞🫏💞

Have a great Friday everyone, we are open for visits the weather is much better today 🙏 take care ######

08/08/2024

Two beautiful faces in the morning sunshine earlier this week ❤💞❤

Juliet and Rosebud show just how much donkeys can blossom, and emanate an inner light from their soul, when they are cared for and loved 🤗

Two gorgeous girls who share a dark past, growing in confidence every day 🩷

Have a wonderful Thursday everyone, we are open for donkey visits - take care ######

07/08/2024

Dear Flicka supporters - it has come to our attention that a large number of our lovely donkey posts have been hacked by SCAMMERS this evening. They are claiming that we are selling Flicka Foundation T-shirts and merchandise and share a link to buy - THIS IS A SCAM! The merchandise doesn't feature our logo and is not being sold by our charity. Please do not click on the link or buy anything from these people. Instead please report them to Facebook. We have seen profiles under the name of Zara Zara, Alisa Ally, Milly Mia, Eva Evana, but they could come from any number of fake profiles.

Once again -THESE POSTS AND MERCHANDISE ARE A SCAM AND IN NO WAY ASSOCIATED WITH FLICKA.

We are so sorry to have to share this post due to some awful people trying to exploit your compassion and care for the donkeys, but we thank you, as always, for your wonderful ongoing support for them ❤ x

07/08/2024

Hermione 🩷

Such a beautiful girl and always with her soul mate Doris 💞

These two girls were rescued and brought to Flicka. They were both very sick, we kept a vigil each day and through the nights for the first week and really feared that Hermione was not going to survive, such was the severity of her condition and infection.

As you can see now, she is the picture of health and spends her days with Doris constantly by her side 🤗

Wishing you all a really good Wednesday, take care ######

06/08/2024

A very special day today when our wonderful Ambassador Dame Judi Dench, an amazing lady, came to see her donkey Lo**ta....and all the others of course 🩷

Judi and her family, Finty, David, Sammy, Lizzy and friends called in for donkey time - the weather couldn't have been kinder 🥰

06/08/2024

It's Dino ❤

What a handsome boy and always up for a fabulous photo pose 📷

Dino spent all of his young life alone, when he arrived at Flicka the sight of other donkeys worried him, so we slowly introduced him to Milo and Minstrel 🥰💞🥰

Dino now lives in the big herd, he is very sociable with everyone, but doesn't have a special friend, he is happy to mix and match with whoever is around, sometimes enjoying some play with Danny 🫏🫏

Enjoy your Tuesday everyone, donkey hugs to you all ######

05/08/2024

It's everyone's darling, everyone's nanny, beautiful Florence, the nightingale for all the new and worried rescues 🤗❤🤗 Having a bit of a snooze in the early morning sunshine just before the weekend.

Florence is so quiet, gentle and caring, it's really hard to believe she was unloved and abandoned. Not any more, everyone, two legged and four, loves Florence 💞

Have a great start to your week everyone, take care ######

04/08/2024

Another Lavender Lady of the Twilight Herd....gorgeous little Tickety-Boo ❤

Tickety is in her early to mid 30's - a youngster compared to some of her friends, one of which is her special Violetta 💞

Tickety is very affectionate and loves cuddles, she is also quite playful with Dora, a younger member of the group 🥰 who had to join the senior ladies because of her much, much older soul mate Nellie. Relationships can be quite complicated 🤦‍♀️😅

Have a wonderful Sunday everyone, we are open for visits, take care ######

03/08/2024

🥳🥳🎊🎉 HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY THOMAS 🥳🥳🎊🎉

Thomas born on this day late in the evening on 3rd August 2018, to his beautiful, gentle Mum Susie ❤❤❤

A very handsome skewbald donkey was not what we expected to see 🤗

We can hardly believe it was eight years ago!!

Happy birthday Thomas, extra carrots and ginger nuts for you (& your Mum) today 🥰

Enjoy your day everyone, we are open for visits, take care ######

02/08/2024

s🚑🐴 DONKEY HOSPITAL - EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! 🐴🚑

We have some great news about our Lonely and Primrose Hospital project coming soon, but, as the build progresses, we're excited to share how you can help with our final push for funds and become a tangible part of this vital project for years to come... The steel frame is complete and the blockwork has now started, so we are launching our "Sponsor a Block" appeal! 🔨✨

Sponsor a block for just £25 minimum donation and have a special name of your choice as a permanent feature of the Lonely and Primrose Hospital ❤ To thank you for your support, not only will your chosen name have pride of place on a commemorative board on a wall in our new hospital, but we will also acknowledge your generosity by listing your name on a virtual block wall on a special page of thanks on our website!

You can sponsor as many blocks as you like, with a dedication of a first name and surname (e.g. Paddington Donkey!) or a few words (up to 25 characters max please). You can choose your own name, family name, pets name or name on behalf or in memory of a loved one. See the graphic we've shared here for ideas...

We are hoping to raise £2,500 towards the hospital with this appeal and have allocated just 100 spaces, so don't miss out!

So, how do you get your name as part of the Hospital?!
✨ Send your donation per block via PayPal or BACS here: www.flickafoundation.org.uk/donate
✨ Email us on [email protected] with your details, including your donation and chosen name or words.

Thank you so much for your wonderful support! Buying a virtual block for our new Hospital will help us transform the lives of our resident donkeys and those we rescue. Together, we can ensure that donkeys and other equines who have suffered so much have the very best possible life... ❤🐴

02/08/2024

Another beautiful sunny day yesterday, but with a very welcome cooler breeze 🌤

Another Flicka visit from your armchair.....Jewel and her daughter Jemima, in the early morning yesterday, give each other some spa and scratch therapy 🥰 😄

Have a lovely Friday everyone, we are open for donkey time - take care ######

01/08/2024

Chalky ❤

Nearly at the end of his iced enrichment lolly 🥰

01/08/2024

Donkey sized 🫏🫏🫏🫏 ###L Iced Lollies ❤🥰❤🥰 😋😋😋

Happy 'Cool' 1st August everyone, we are open for visits 🤗

31/07/2024

Another hot one yesterday ☀

Our Twilight Herd of Lavender Ladies ❤🥰❤go out into the paddocks early morning, but as it gets towards midday, despite having shelter, we feel it prudent to bring them into their Willow Barn, with all the windows open for some breeze and some wet towels to cool them (think Acorn is wearing hers off the shoulder while Iris likes her stripes) 😅 which we keep going until early evening when it's cooler.

Our senior ladies need some help to keep cool, they're not as adept as the younger donkeys in regulating their body temperature in extreme weather conditions, hot or cold. They all seemed very happy to wear this years au couture towel fashion 😘

Ice lollies for them today 🍧

Have a lovely day everyone, take care ######

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Penty Noweth Farm, Trenoweth Lane
Penryn
TR109JB

Opening Hours

Thursday	11am - 4pm
Friday	11am - 4pm
Saturday	11am - 4pm
Sunday	11am - 4pm

Telephone

+441326373601

Website

http://www.flickafoundation.org.uk/

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As you can imagine it was a barn day yesterday, at least the first half of the day was.....🌧💨 Just look at that bombastic Big Bertie barging his way through!🤦‍♀️ Can't help but love him 😅❤ Have a good Friday folks, open for donkey time and don't forget we will be open on Bank Holiday Monday 26th. Take care 💞 ######

Another beautiful sunny day yesterday, but with a very welcome cooler breeze 🌤 Another Flicka visit from your armchair.....Jewel and her daughter Jemima, in the early morning yesterday, give each other some spa and scratch therapy 🥰 😄 Have a lovely Friday everyone, we are open for donkey time - take care ######

Chalky ❤ Nearly at the end of his iced enrichment lolly 🥰

This week the donkeys had another paddock to explore......you'll love this one Flickaholics 🤗 They did make us laugh, the sheer joie de vivre of all these rescue donkeys is absolutely priceless to see ❤🥰❤ Keep an eye out for very speedy Teddy coming up on the inside 😅 Have a wonderful day everyone, try and come along for some donkey time 😍 Take care ######

Another video treat for you so you can visit Flicka from your armchair..... We opened up another paddock for the Flicka Family, they heard Rachel's voice (Mum to all of them 🤗) from two paddocks away, letting them know she was opening another gate and here they come, quite sedately really 🥰 As you can imagine, none of us here ever watch television 😂 who needs it when we have all these gorgeous donkeys ❤🥰❤

We moved the Baby Bachelor Boys, Little Bear, Freddie, Robbie, Ned and Benji, into a different paddock this week..... They loved 'brazing' the overgrown nettles and tasty growth alongside the fence. They are particularly enjoying this paddock, they can see more people and have lots more fuss 😅 🤗 ❤💞❤ Have a really great Sunday everyone, we are open for visits, take care ######

Here come the boys and girls!! ❤💞❤ ...when they suddenly realised there was some breakfast waiting for them 😋 There are not enough words to say how much we love our donkeys ❤❤❤

As many of you will have seen, after a huge ‘muck-out’ and spring clean of Bertie’s Barn, we took the opportunity to carry out some Feng Shui 😅 With the west side of the barn in need of some repair due to water damage, we also altered the layout slightly giving the donkeys more room and some windows to look out of, another plus is our visitors can now walk further down the side of the barn and get closer to the donkeys ❤💞❤ A huge thank you to Allen & Fernie Builders for doing a first class job on the barn, and for developing a special bond with Susie 🤗 Yesterday was their maiden voyage back in the barn (donkeys and visitors), we’d like to invite you in too – enjoy!

On this day 15 years ago on the 6th July a beautiful fluffy bundle was born who grew into a big shaggy, adorable, larger than life, character ❤🥰❤ 🎊🎉🎊🎉🥳 HAPPY 15TH BIRTHDAY BIG BERTIE 🎊🎉🎊🎉🥳 💞💞💞 WE LOVE YOU 💞💞💞 Bertie has had his bucket of treats, but clearly wants more, we are sure his visitors today will bring him and his friends more carrots and ginger nuts 🥕🥕🥕🥞🥞 We hope your day is as good as Bertie's 💞❤💞 Take care ######

You need to read this post with your best David Attenborough voice……. “Here we have a herd of Wild Ass on the sun kissed Serengeti of West Cornwall. We quietly move amongst them filming them in their natural habitat whilst they forage for food. The Wild Ass are 'brazers' (browsing and grazing) and love to find the tasty grasses that other herbivores may leave behind”. Roughly translated, Flicka’s rescue donkeys enjoy some peaceful, evening grazing time 😅😄😅

After two muck out days to empty the big barn our hard working Flicka team get their backs into spring cleaning - anything for our precious donkeys 🥰 Mark, Rachel, Nina and James – who will definitely need a shower when they get home!!😅

Munching Donkeys

Good Monday morning everyone 👋 We thought you'd like to see the donkeys from the other side of the meadow gate. We think their excitement to get there was worth it ❤ This meadow field is left to grow from the end of each summer, till the donkeys go in at the beginning of the next summer, they are brazers, love long grass and all the tasty bits in between. Just listen to the sound of pleasure......munching grass 🥰

How did they know the meadow field gate had been opened?? 🤔 ...and they're off for some long tasty grass ❤ Little Pebbles brings up the rear, she needs to have a spa bath before her dinner date 🤗 We love these scenes, all these donkeys, with all their back stories, just being happy with each other and the smallest things 🥰

Good Morning Flickaholics......❤ A nice, peaceful, lazy clip for your Sunday. Yesterday Lolita chills in the sunshine, has a nap, a dust bath and simply enjoys being beautiful and admired 🥰 Have a lovely day folks, take care ######

We're really sorry Eleanor, we keep giving you some awful jobs to do 😅 Angelina laps up some ear therapy from Eleanor, a happy donkey and a happy human ❤🥰❤

It's a special invite to our Flickaholics to come into the barn on this Monday morning ❤ (with a brief glimpse of two legs running across the back door) 😅 Just relax, listen to the birds and enjoy the tranquility and simplicity of donkeys....it's good for the soul 🥰🤗🥰

Lolita has a dust bath, and this just proves how difficult she is to photograph if you wait and see what happens at the end!! 😅❤😅 Despite all that rain, after just a few days of dry and sunshine, already the paddocks are getting solid and dusty! 🤦‍♀️

A glorious day yesterday.....☀️ Now the paddocks have been harrowed, the donkeys have access to more ❤ Sound up and enjoy the peace.....makes you wish you ate grass 😅 Enjoy your day everyone, maybe see you here? Take care ######

Happy Donkeys

.....and our second video this morning, from yesterday (thank you Debra) 🥰 don't forget to watch the first one 😉 and turn up the volume! Rescue donkeys full of joie de vivre, they don't know whether to bray, roll or run 😅 now that's what we call 'happy' 🤗

Happy Donkeys!

Yesterday the donkeys enjoy springtime 🥰❤🥰 Turn up the volume!! There is something so special about seeing happy animals, but even more special knowing the harrowing situations they came from. This is just pure joy….. Charlie, our vet filmed this clip and we’re sure she won’t mind us quoting her... "It was the loveliest life-affirming joy for me, it made my day….makes it all worthwhile". We hope you enjoy this as much as we did, a second clip is coming along shortly 😉

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Founded 25 years ago, our sanctuary site now provides a safe home for life to over 100 donkeys and horses, all rescued from abuse, neglect and abandonment.