HAPPA – Horses and Ponies Protection Association
You can be there when an Equine Inspector responds to a report of cruelty. You can be there when a neglected horse needs food, shelter, veterinary care, and a calm voice.
To include this charity in your Will, simply give your solicitor or Will writer the following details:
Charity name: HAPPA – Horses and Ponies Protection Association
Charity address: Shores Hey Farm, Blackhouse Lane, Briercliffe, Burnley. BB10 3QU
Charity Number: 1085211 (England & Wales)
Since 1937, HAPPA has been rescuing, rehabilitating, and rehoming abused, neglected and abandoned equines. Every rescue begins with care: a call from someone concerned, an Inspector who will not look away, and a safe place ready to welcome an animal in need.
The charity’s mission is to give a second chance to abused, neglected and unwanted horses, ponies, and donkeys through rescue, rehabilitation, rehoming, and education.
HAPPA makes sure horses, ponies, donkeys, and their hybrids that have suffered cruelty or neglect are offered a second chance by being rehomed to private homes, ensuring these homes have the necessary knowledge and experience to protect the equine’s welfare throughout the rest of its lifetime.
Every equine HAPPA rescues carries a story. Some have known hunger, fear or loneliness. Some have never felt the comfort of gentle hands, a warm stable or a safe place to rest. With your support, their story can begin again with rescue, urgent care, patient rehabilitation and the hope of a life filled with trust.
It costs more than £22,000 every week, over £1.14 million each year, to continue this vital work. With costs rising and welfare concerns reported every day, legacy gifts help keep HAPPA here for horses who have nowhere else to turn.
HAPPA’s Equine Inspectors investigate over 300 cases of cruelty and neglect each year that have been reported by members of the public. Thousands of horses have been taken to safety, recovered from cruelty and neglect, and gone on to find loving forever homes through HAPPA. This would not be possible without gifts in Wills.