Danny Donkey & Pals Assisted Therapy

We provide specially trained donkeys to visit schools, hospitals, hospices and care homes. Our donkeys go into wards and bedrooms to brighten people's day

Our gentle, friendly donkeys travel throughout the UK to interact with children and adults with disabilities & special needs and visit people in hospitals, schools, hospices and care homes. Just stroking these gentle animals is proven to have a calming effect on people. Our donkeys are trained to go into wards and bedrooms so bedridden people can meet, stroke and feed them and they rarely fail to

05/12/2023

Lovely Barney spreading some early Christmas cheer at a visit in Salisbury yesterday.

21/08/2023

Barney making a resident smile at a Newbury care home.

22/07/2023

Rocky raising a smile in Kent today. This donkey loves making people happy!

25/02/2023

Charlie raising smiles on a care home visit in Hampshire this week.

12/02/2023

Barney enjoying a cuddle with a resident at Steverton House.

19/01/2023

Dermot and Barney having a munch of grass after visiting the residents at The Hawthorns in Clevedon today.

10/01/2023

Aubrey, the donkey with very little legs but a very big heart.

27/12/2022

Charlie bringing some donkey magic to a school in London.

25/12/2022

Merry Christmas everyone!

22/12/2022

A donkey hug a day keeps the Dr away.

20/12/2022

These smiles make the long days worth it.

15/12/2022

Our wonderful Pedro meeting a resident at Katherine House Care home in Bristol yesterday.

Photos from Danny Donkey & Pals Assisted Therapy's post 14/12/2022

Lovely Aubrey meeting students at St Piers School this week. One of the most amazing assisted therapy donkeys. He's an absolute star.

13/12/2022

Pedro met Bev at Williton Hospital yesterday. She loved him so much that she cried. Bev used to work for the RSPCA and Dermot brought back a lot of happy memories.

21/11/2022

It's taken three weeks for this little girl to be comfortable enough to touch the donkeys. Look at that smile!

Photos from Danny Donkey & Pals Assisted Therapy's post 20/11/2022

A wonderful Christmas visit to a Bupa care home in Guildford today. Good boy Aubrey.

10/11/2022

Our 2nd visit to the wonderful Heron's Dale Primary School in Shoreham today. Here's Dermot with a child who eventually felt safe enough to reach out to him.

08/11/2022

Here's looking at you kid/Barney. A wonderful visit to Heron's Dale Primary School last week for a donkey assisted therapy session.

10/09/2022

"What's for dinner?" Barney getting set up at the table at a care home visit last week.

26/08/2022

A very special visit to Conductive Education in Bristol this week.

12/07/2022

Charlie bringing lots of smiles on a recent care home visit.

13/06/2022

Harley and Finn practising their around the world today.

Photos from Danny Donkey & Pals Assisted Therapy's post 12/05/2022

Charlie had a lovely day visiting residents in two Barchester homes today. He worked his charm on everyone.

05/05/2022

A mid-adventure snack for Finn on his ride with Harley yesterday.

27/04/2022

Pedro, one of our wonderful assisted therapy donkeys, visiting Bupa Trowbridge Oaks Care Home today.

21/03/2022

Splash and Peter Rabbit enjoyed a little ride today. Peter was brought in by Freya, who rides Splash every week as part of her equine assisted therapy session.

16/02/2022

A quiet moment with friends during Harley's donkey assisted therapy session today.

25/01/2022

Taffy normally lives near Newbury with Jo but he's been with us for the last month. He's been a star in our assisted therapy sessions, although he has started questioning his life choices!

22/01/2022

Our beautiful Splash is 22 this year. She does such a good job looking after her young riders.

20/01/2022

These two amazing little riders came to us this week to interact with the animals for the first time. They have additional needs but coped amazingly well in a new environment and loved riding Finn and Barney.

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Videos (show all)

Danny would like to tell all of our clients and the children who come to work with him, that he misses them very much!
Cuddles with the Cookie Monster
We were wondering why the windows are always dirty! Must be the Cookie monster/the monster that is Cookie!
We need some of Cookie's energy!
The donkey version of 'a funny five minutes'.
We're having somewhat of a lazy morning here at donkey hq.
Freya improving her core strength, balance and coordination, whilst also having lots of fun!

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