Elise Pilkington Charitable Trust

In 1979 Mrs Elise Pilkington set up this Charitable Trust to help fund her two passions; equines and work that elderly charities do.

The objectives of the Trust are:

• To prevent cruelty to equine animals, to relieve suffering and distress amongst such equine animals, to care for and protect such equine animals including live horses being transported country to country for butchery if such animals are in need of care and protection by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or similar causes

• To provide social services for help for the relief of the aged and infirm.

Since the Trust was established over £5.8m has been given to elderly and equine charities. In the last ten years some £650,000 has been given to elderly charities and £1,100,000 to equine charities.

Equine grants are made to on the ground welfare charities, equine education projects, and equine science research programmes.