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Take time for yourself while giving back to the animals and land. Set in 80 acres of Welsh countryside beside the River Teifi, Springwood offers space to slow down, connect with nature and experience a gentler way of life.​ Our rescued herds live with companionship, freedom and choice, while we nurture the recovering land and its wildlife.

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We are not open to the public and keep volunteer numbers small to preserve the sanctuary’s peace. Therefore please make a prior appointment before your visit.​

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You don't need horse experience - we just ask for a willingness to work hard and to enjoy being outside in nature. You won't need to be using power tools or heavy machinery as we like to keep things as peaceful as possible here. 

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Things we need help with include:

• Land management - clearing acorns, ragwort, seedlings and manure from yards, tracks and fields

• Cleaning water troughs

• Painting & building repairs

• Foraging herbs on the land for drying/ medicine making

• Removing old fencing & putting up new fencing

• Clearing Himalayan balsam from the river banks

• Planting trees

• Enabling wildlife habitats 

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We encourage all our volunteers to mindfully immerse in nature and to respectfully enjoy the peacefulness of the herd roaming freely whilst we quietly work around them. ​

 

Other volunteering opportunities exist for those with time to offer for fundraising and grant funding. If you're interested in supporting Springwood Sanctuary remotely, then we'd also love to hear from you.

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If you're local to Springwood...

and would like to help for a couple of hours regularly on a weekly or monthly basis, please message Jacqui via the contact form.

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If you live further away...

we offer a self catering Sanctuary Stay

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We are a vegan sanctuary, so we ask you to please respect this and the animals who live here by not bringing any animal products to the sanctuary.

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Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers for your amazing support. ​​​