Category: Sponsorship

Thank you: Miners Arms and Dronfield, for your generosity.

Thornberry’s Billy Ellerby seen here receiving a huge cheque, in more than one sense of the word-  a massive £5000.00 in fact! –  from The Miners Arms in Dronfield, on behalf of Thornberry Animal Sanctuary.   Thank you to the Miners Arms Charity Circle and Mark, the Landlord, for your  enormous act of charity in fundraising […]

MAKRO STAFF RAISE £501 for THORNBERRY ANIMAL SANCTUARY

One of Makro’s managers, Sharon Howard, oversees the T.A.S. links with Makro, making the task of liaison a smooth and purposeful one. She ensures the staff get behind our cause, whether their preferences are for dogs, cats, horses or even just for people!    Staff committees and charitable groups in many businesses play an enormously […]

Flaming June not apparent at Thornberry’s Sheffield street collection but supporters’ warmth evident in force

Huge thanks are due to the generous and supportive shoppers of Sheffield out on The Moor on a blustery June day, who contributed £336.33 in just the four hours allowed for a street collection. Their interest in animal welfare and in the work of Thornberry in alleviating the plight of neglected and abandoned pets was […]

How to say ‘Thank-you’ in Lithuanian

Thornberry’s street collection on The Moor, Sheffield, Saturday 13th July was a little quieter than in June but the generous citizens of Sheffield and its many visitors contributed a very welcome £217 nonetheless.  Karolis, from Lithuania, enjoyed meeting Max and taught us that ‘thank-you’ in Lithuanian is ‘ACIU’ (pronounced a little like ‘achoo’!).  A cheery […]

Elise Pilkington Trust have donated a quarantine/isolation shelter for our horses

Thornberry’s fields are nearly all provided with surfaced areas where horses can get out of the mud in wet conditions or where they can be corralled to be checked over safely, groomed, fed and treated. These corrals also contain field shelters to give respite from the glare of the sun (not in evidence recently, of […]

BURNS CONTINUE THEIR SUPPORT FOR ANIMALS IN NEED

Thornberry are delighted that Burns Natural Food For Pets has graciously offered to continue their sponsorship for Thornberry Animal Sanctuary’s dogs, despite being also generous sponsors of almost 30 other rescue centres around the country.  Based in rural Wales, on their own farm, Burns use natural ingredients in their products. The company founder, as a […]

Wickes provide parking for ponies of Thornberry Animal Sanctuary

Wickes store in Sheffield kindly provided free parking at their store on Moore St in Sheffield. This helped Thornberry Animal Sanctuary to bring two Shetland ponies,Chester and Philomena, to join volunteers at a street collection on The Moor on Saturday 19th September.  Wickes has been supportive of Thornberry for a long time, providing materials and […]

CR Civil Engineering provide massive infrastructure improvements at Thornberry Animal Sanctuary’s equine centre

Glynn Booth, Regional Director of CR Civil Engineering, came to the aid of Thornberry Animal Sanctuary’s Equine Centre when an email asking for their help was sent. They responded magnificently. A long track of not far off 300 metres was badly eroded with deep ruts along its length. This was starting to cause damage to […]

Local man runs three miles every day for a year to raise funds for Thornberry

Andrew Cooke of Bolsover, Derbyshire, has launched a fundraising campaign to raise money for Thornberry Animal Sanctuary, Sheffield. Andrew will run three miles every day for a year, totally at least 1095 miles by the finish line, to create awareness of the work that Thornberry do as a charity. Andrew’s commitment is so strong that he ran […]