The Borders Chamber Orchestra is pleased to have donated £161.11 to the Scottish Donkey Sanctuary following our concert on 28th June 2025. Our audience numbers were slightly below our usual, likely due to a clash with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra playing in Hawick the same evening, so we were only able to donate £150 from ticket fees to accompany the £11.11 donated in cash.

The Scottish Donkey Sanctuary, previously known as the Scottish Borders Donkey Sanctuary, was founded in 2003 by Mrs Rosemary Dale in St Boswells. In the beginning, Mrs Dale had just two rescued donkeys, but this grew and grew and today, the sanctuary is home to over 100 donkeys who have been rescued from sometimes miserable conditions and given a new lease of life. In addition to the donkeys, the sanc
tuary is also home to 4 llamas, 5 pigs, 5 peafowl, 10 ponies and 4 mules!  The sanctuary is open to the public on Saturdays during the spring and summer and in addition to visiting the donkeys, the public can adopt a donkey either for themselves or for a family member or friend.
You can visit their website here:  www.scottishdonkeysanctuary.org