According to RHS, their "primary purpose is to provide and promote the welfare, protection and care of horses, ponies, donkeys, and mules that have suffered from maltreatment, neglect or poor circumstance.

Our work has three main themes – rescue and rehabilitation, specialist sanctuary care and prevention through education".

[1] Redwings was founded in 1984 by Wendy Valentine, who subsequently left to form Hillside Animal Sanctuary in 1995.

[3] Redwings provides a safe home for rescued horses, ponies, donkeys and mules who have been neglected and ill-treated, such as those rescued from Spindles Farm in 2008, the largest case of equine animal cruelty ever seen in the UK at the time.

Redwings now has sites across the UK with visitor centres in Norfolk, Essex, Scotland and Warwickshire.