our 2025 calendar is now available
buy them here
Manor Farm Charitable Trust is an established charity based in the historic village of Bilsthorpe in north Nottinghamshire.
We provide lifelong sanctuary for livestock in need, particularly elderly, disabled farm animals and those with special behavioural needs. We often take difficult to rehome animals from other rescue charities and offer them loving care and rehabilitation.
The sanctuary was privately established in 2011 and gained registered charity status in July 2017.
Video by Annice Bridgett.
We currently have around 150 animals in our care, including sheep, goats, donkeys, ponies, pigs, hens, ducks and geese.
Please follow all the latest animal stories on our Facebook page.
We raise money to support our animal care via corporate sponsorship, public donations, egg sales from our Egg Club and yarn sales from our single sheep artisan yarn brand, Hooligan Yarns.
We also hold fundraising and awareness-building Open Days, and host special interest groups or individual visitors throughout the rest of the year, by appointment.
If you’d like to organise a visit here to meet the animals and learn about our work, please contact info@manorfarmcharitabletrust.org
You can set up your own fundraiser now for us too! It’s really easy to create your fundraiser online – just click on the button and follow the simple step by step guide.
Fundraise for Manor Farm Charitable Trust on enthuseWhether it’s setting yourself a personal exercise challenge or running a cake bake or a craft stall, we’re so grateful if you can help us in this way. And we’ll share the details of your fundraiser too so even more people can take part!
Supplies for our animals that are needed on a regular basis – you can really help us by buying something from this list so we don’t have to! There’s a range of pricing options for everything from feed to medical supplies like syringes.
The Manor Farm Charitable Trust wishlist on Amazon12 beautiful photos of our rescued and rehomed animals here at Manor Farm Charitable Trust. Our 2025 calendar has again been specially created for us by artist and supporter Emma Ball, with photos taken by Annice Bridgett.
It features some of the lovely characters we have here at the charity, so if you’ve met them on a tour or followed their stories on social media and would like to support their care, please buy a copy!
Thanks to Emma’s generosity, all proceeds go directly to support our animals. The A4 sized calendar is printed on high quality card and will make a lovely gift.
There are three shipping zones for our calendars – the UK, Europe and the rest of the world (ROW). There are also options for single or multiple calendar orders as postage costs vary depending on the size and weight of the parcel. Orders will be processed within 3 business days.
Even small amounts can make a big difference to us. Just click on the button to make a donation!
Or if you prefer to donate by bank transfer:
Account Name: Manor Farm Charitable Trust
Sort Code: 60-14-03
Account No: 61026018
All donations go directly to pay for feed, bedding, medication, veterinary care and the employment of our dedicated and experienced animal handling team: our ‘Animal Angels’. Our paid staff are supported by enthusiastic volunteers who help us get important extra jobs done to maintain our very high standards of welfare.