Facility Grants
Professor Alistair Barr MA VetMB PhD DVR DEO DipECVS CertSAO MRCVS, Professor of Veterinary Surgery, Companion Animal Studies Bristol University School of Veterinary Science
Between 1965 and 2003 The Home of Rest For Horses awarded grants totalling £6.6 million towards facilities (principally buildings and equipment) that would contribute to equine welfare.
These grants comprised 38 individual awards ranging in amount from £500 to £750,000.
35 of these 38 grants were to the six UK veterinary schools or the Animal Health Trust, that is into the public and charitable veterinary sectors with which the Horse Trust historically works effectively and synergistically.
Buildings and equipment are essential investments to support the Horse Trust's work to improve equine welfare through knowledge creation and transfer via research and teaching.
These facilities allow the people whom The Horse Trust supports - research workers and clinical scholars to carry out their activities in high quality surroundings. The facilities are also heavily linked to "hands on" undergraduate and postgraduate teaching functions which massively amplify the beneficial effects of the Trust’s work to the UK horse population.
The UK veterinary schools now graduate approximately 750 veterinary surgeons each year ALL of whom have benefited from using and being taught in equine veterinary facilities partially or completely funded by the Horse Trust.
Teaching spreads the gospels of best clinical practice, evidence based medicine and the application of new knowledge gained by research to real clinical problems.
The cost of new building, particularly in an institutional setting, continues to rise. The need for further facilities distributed across the UK does not, however, diminish. New areas of clinical activity and increasing specialisation will maintain the need for further such infrastructure investment.
The Trust would like to continue to contribute in the area of equine veterinary facilities for clinical teaching and research as a significant way to improve the healthcare and welfare of horses in the UK.
Professor Alistair Barr MA VetMB PhD DVR DEO DipECVS CertSAO MRCVS, Professor of Veterinary Surgery, Companion Animal Studies Bristol University School of Veterinary Science
Between 1965 and 2003 The Home of Rest For Horses awarded grants totalling £6.6 million towards facilities (principally buildings and equipment) that would contribute to equine welfare.
These grants comprised 38 individual awards ranging in amount from £500 to £750,000.
35 of these 38 grants were to the six UK veterinary schools or the Animal Health Trust, that is into the public and charitable veterinary sectors with which the Horse Trust historically works effectively and synergistically.
Buildings and equipment are essential investments to support the Horse Trust's work to improve equine welfare through knowledge creation and transfer via research and teaching.
These facilities allow the people whom The Horse Trust supports - research workers and clinical scholars to carry out their activities in high quality surroundings. The facilities are also heavily linked to "hands on" undergraduate and postgraduate teaching functions which massively amplify the beneficial effects of the Trust’s work to the UK horse population.
The UK veterinary schools now graduate approximately 750 veterinary surgeons each year ALL of whom have benefited from using and being taught in equine veterinary facilities partially or completely funded by the Horse Trust.
Teaching spreads the gospels of best clinical practice, evidence based medicine and the application of new knowledge gained by research to real clinical problems.
The cost of new building, particularly in an institutional setting, continues to rise. The need for further facilities distributed across the UK does not, however, diminish. New areas of clinical activity and increasing specialisation will maintain the need for further such infrastructure investment.
The Trust would like to continue to contribute in the area of equine veterinary facilities for clinical teaching and research as a significant way to improve the healthcare and welfare of horses in the UK.
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