A rescued ex polo pony will enjoy her retirement in 100 acres of outstanding natural beauty at a care home for adults with learning disabilities.
Care provider Diagrama Foundation, the charity which runs Duckyls Farm near East Grinstead has welcomed Morocha a 22 year old Argentinian Thoroughbred ex polo pony, as a companion for their horse Alfie, who recently lost his best friend Ace.
Morocha came to the 100 acre Duckyls Farm from the Blue Acre Horse Rescue charity in Windsor. Morocha had a career playing Polo and had been with the rescue charity for four years. She has already become a huge hit with the care home residents, who have learning disabilities and the service users attending the newly opened Day Opportunities provision which Diagrama operates to support people with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, sensory impairment and acquired brain injury.
Keri Strugnell, Care Farm and Community Manager, Diagrama Foundation said, “The name Morocha means ‘dark haired’ and as a dark bay, the name fits her perfectly. Her arrival was somewhat bittersweet, especially for me, as she has replaced our horse Ace who died recently. Horses, being herd animals, need to be with their own kind so I had to find a companion for Alfie. Morocha is a beautiful 22 year old retired polo pony. Although they are called ponies, they are in fact horses and she’s a 15.3hh Argentinian Thoroughbred. She will have a wonderful retirement enjoying life on our 100 acre farm with Alfie and will continue where much missed Ace left off, helping us teach residents and service users about horse care and horsemanship skills.”
A spokesperson for Blue Acre Horse Rescue said, “We are a small charity but extremely dedicated to helping as many horses and ponies as we can. We are always looking for suitable homes for them, once they have been rehabilitated, so we can then help more animals in need. Often people looking to rehome one of our animals want to be able to ride it so these can be rehomed quite quickly; it really helps when someone wants a companion horse or pony, as these can end up spending some years with us. We are so pleased Morocha can live out the rest of her years at another charity where she will be able to give joy to many and will be rightly loved and cherished.”
If you would like to help enrich life for the residents at Duckyls Farm they have a Wishlist https://linktr.ee/diagramaamazonwishlist which includes a full size head collar, a 6’3” mediumweight turnout rug for Morocha.
To see more about life at Duckyls follow www.facebook.com/duckylsfarmsussex
For more information about the ‘Day Opportunities, Drop-in and Outreach Hub Support’ please call 01342 810980 or 07872 015179 to talk to one of the team or visit www.diagramacommunity.org.uk
About Blue Acre Horse Rescue and Rehabilitation
Blue Acre is dedicated to the rescue, care, rehabilitation and, where possible, re-homing of abused, neglected or abandoned horses and ponies.
About Diagrama Foundation
Diagrama Foundation is a Kent based charity that supports vulnerable children, young people, and adults to live their best life.
Diagrama has a Supported Living Service across Bromley and Mid Sussex, three homes for adults with learning disabilities in Orpington, an eight-bed care home for adults with learning disabilities in West Sussex with a Community Services Programme a fifty-bed care home for the elderly with nursing and dementia needs in Essex, and a fostering and adoption service in the southeast. Plus, a 100 acre property offering farm and craft day Services cross West Sussex.
- The Supported Living Service, cares for 33 adults with learning disabilities, in seven schemes across Bromley and one scheme in Mid Sussex, helping them to develop skills and confidence to live in their own house either on their own or with others.
- At Cabrini House in Orpington the charity promotes the development of core skills for 23 adults with learning disabilities so that they can lead independent lives integrated within their community.
- Duckyls Farm, a 100 acre residential care home in West Sussex for residents with learning disabilities, allows the charity to explore the physical, mental and social skills and benefits that working with animals and in nature can offer to people with a learning disability.
- Diagrama Community Services operates at Duckyls Farm and across Sussex. This is a day care provision Hub and Outreach Support for people with a learning disability, physical and sensory impairment, acquired brain injury and/or autism.
- The team at their nursing and dementia care home, Edensor Care Centre in Clacton on Sea, support vulnerable residents to live life to the full.
- Diagrama’s voluntary adoption agency and not-for-profit fostering service cares for children who wait the longest for homes in London, Kent, West and East Sussex and Surrey.
Many vulnerable children and adults don’t get the support they need to develop their true potential, but the Diagrama team know that when someone has time and belief invested in them, they come alive, because that investment has made them feel valued and worthy.
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