BY ALLISON LEE Sarah Woodland has harboured a lifelong love of horses. Having grown up around them, she has always had equine company in her life. Her parents both rode, and she cannot remember a time in her childhood without horses. It was therefore almost certain that her adult life would involve these beautiful animals. Sarah lives in Oxfordshire. She is the wife of a … Continue reading Therapy With A Difference – Dinky Ponies
BY CHARLES ALDOUS How British Philanthropy Fails to Build Independence The British financier Sir Roland Franklin knew a thing or two about making money. His advice to his son Sir Martin was characteristically blunt: ‘Be generous in business, ruthless in charity’. It sounds counterintuitive until you realise it is exactly what Britain’s floundering charity sector needs to hear. Britain’s charity sector finds itself caught between … Continue reading Ruthless Charity
BY BERT BURNETT We keep hearing this soundbite … “Scotland is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world, and our country’s biodiversity has been altered by centuries of habitat loss, fragmentation and management changes.” But where is this decline taking place? It’s not on managed moors be they Highland, Perthshire, Angus or Southern. These areas abound with a complete package of waders, … Continue reading RSPB Fails & Anti-Shooting Bluster
BY STEVE GRANT The League Against Cruel Sports has had very little – well, nothing – to boast about over recent months but its coffers have to be filled. How else will they pay those hefty salaries for the top men? So, as usual, it’s stepped up its propaganda war against dog fighting, badger baiting and illegal coursing. Oops, silly me. Of course they haven’t … Continue reading LACS Continues to Put the Fake in Fake News
Here at Country Squire Magazine we have focused on the hidden problem of homelessness in the countryside. Rural homelessness is a major problem, as our interview of Mandy Baldwin highlighted last year. Today we’d like to draw your attention to a new campaign, represented by the Charity StreetLink, to help Britain’s homeless mostly across towns and cities. StreetLink exists to help end rough sleeping by … Continue reading StreetLink
Friends of Country Squire Magazine – The Country Trust – have issued a press release. The Country Trust do a brilliant job bringing the countryside to disadvantaged primary school children. We are happy to publish it below: Bringing the wonders of the countryside alive for city children Thanks to a donation from specialist caterers Caterlink to educational charity The Country Trust, children from three London … Continue reading Country Trust
