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Our new group of Duke of Edinburgh students started with us in the middle of January. We have 10 students this time around, some doing their Bronze and others doing their Silver award. One of the Silver students completed the Bronze with us and enjoyed it so much, they’ve returned to gain their Silver. Each […]<\/p>\n<\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t
Duke of Edinburgh participation plays a big part in Sanctuary life and it’s lovely when the newbies arrive all enthusiastic and raring to go. In fairness, our shetlands love it too – they get lots of extra attention while the guys and girls go about their weekly routines. The latest nine students in our group […]<\/p>\n<\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t
The spring brought us a new group of nine students, equally dedicated and enthusiastic in giving us huge amounts of volunteering hours. They too had a steep learning curve \u2013 working on a site with 31 horses is no mean feat and as usual our Shetlands took centre stage for the first few sessions as […]<\/p>\n<\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t
Our first students started their course of twelve weeks in November and were certainly up for the challenge of volunteering outside during the winter months. Eight intrepid girls came each week and turned their hands to absolutely anything during the sessions and had to deal with all weather conditions \u2013 rain, hail, sleet etc. Everything […]<\/p>\n<\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n\t\t