Equine Crisis Relief Fund

https://www.phhwv.org.au

This project will establish an Equine Crisis Relief Fund that will assist horse owners in distress during times of natural disasters and emergencies such as bushfire, drought, flood, storm/property damage.
This Tucker Foundation grant will provide seed funding essential for this project.
Project activities:
• Develop project specific processes and procedures
• Develop social media strategies for online promotion of the Fund and target regional rural press to make them aware during a crisis
• Assess triaged Funding Applications by a selection committee
• Key stakeholders to be surveyed for satisfaction, types of support provided and associated costs, other support that would have been helpful during the crisis, follow up support needed etc.
• Learnings from this project will be published with the aim to grow the Fund and scale the support.
Specific support to horse owners in distress may include:
• Provide emergency small relief grants and horse feed vouchers
• Coordination and transportation of affected horses to temporary accommodation
• Provide financial assistance for short term temporary accommodation for horse/s
• Securing of fences
• Emergency vet support