Expanding regeneration at Eat Sleep Ride sanctuary, Berwick-upon-Tweed
United Kingdom
Energy, Conservation, EducationEA
eat sleep ride
United Kingdom
NonprofitEat Sleep Ride is a registered Scottish charity and equine sanctuary built on regeneration in every sense. Our 24-acre home at Quarry Farm, just outside Berwick-upon-Tweed, was a former landfill site — restored over the last seven years into a thriving off-grid, solar-powered sanctuary with wildlife ponds, over 1,000 planted trees, bee hotels, a butterfly garden, rainwater harvesting and a biofuel project run with the University of Strathclyde. The whole site was rebuilt by 90 community volunteers giving more than 2,435 hours. We're home to a herd of rescued and rehabilitated horses, an ABRS-accredited riding school, and a programme of equine-assisted learning, nature-based work and creative activities for vulnerable young people, families and women across the Scottish Borders, East Lothian, Edinburgh and Northumberland. What ties it together is a simple belief: land that's been written off can be brought back, horses that have been written off can be brought back, and so can people.
Project story
Eat Sleep Ride: Healing Land, Animals, and People Together
What started with one rescued pony has blossomed into something remarkable. Four years ago, Eat Sleep Ride transformed Quarry Farm—a former landfill—into a thriving 24-acre sanctuary. Ninety volunteers invested over 2,435 hours rebuilding this broken landscape into a beacon of regeneration.
Today, the sanctuary runs entirely off-grid and solar-powered. Shipping containers and a Mongolian yurt serve as buildings. Hemp and wool insulation keeps spaces comfortable. Wildlife ponds, 1,000+ trees, bee hotels, and butterfly gardens support biodiversity. Wheelchair-accessible paths and a tiny house ensure everyone belongs here.
But this is more than an environmental success story. The sanctuary now shelters rescued horses and vulnerable young people, families, and women across the Scottish Borders and beyond—proof that healing land, animals, and people happens as one interconnected work.
Now we're taking the next step. This campaign funds two critical upgrades: expanding rainwater harvesting capacity and installing off-grid thermal-storage heating. These upgrades will deepen our regenerative impact, strengthen our ecosystem, and continue the community-led approach that built this sanctuary from the ground up.
Join us in showing what's possible when we heal together.
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Expanding regeneration at Eat Sleep Ride sanctuary, Berwick-upon-Tweed
United Kingdom
Energy, Conservation, Education
EA
eat sleep ride
United Kingdom
NonprofitEat Sleep Ride is a registered Scottish charity and equine sanctuary built on regeneration in every sense. Our 24-acre home at Quarry Farm, just outside Berwick-upon-Tweed, was a former landfill site — restored over the last seven years into a thriving off-grid, solar-powered sanctuary with wildlife ponds, over 1,000 planted trees, bee hotels, a butterfly garden, rainwater harvesting and a biofuel project run with the University of Strathclyde. The whole site was rebuilt by 90 community volunteers giving more than 2,435 hours. We're home to a herd of rescued and rehabilitated horses, an ABRS-accredited riding school, and a programme of equine-assisted learning, nature-based work and creative activities for vulnerable young people, families and women across the Scottish Borders, East Lothian, Edinburgh and Northumberland. What ties it together is a simple belief: land that's been written off can be brought back, horses that have been written off can be brought back, and so can people.
Project story
Eat Sleep Ride: Healing Land, Animals, and People Together
What started with one rescued pony has blossomed into something remarkable. Four years ago, Eat Sleep Ride transformed Quarry Farm—a former landfill—into a thriving 24-acre sanctuary. Ninety volunteers invested over 2,435 hours rebuilding this broken landscape into a beacon of regeneration.
Today, the sanctuary runs entirely off-grid and solar-powered. Shipping containers and a Mongolian yurt serve as buildings. Hemp and wool insulation keeps spaces comfortable. Wildlife ponds, 1,000+ trees, bee hotels, and butterfly gardens support biodiversity. Wheelchair-accessible paths and a tiny house ensure everyone belongs here.
But this is more than an environmental success story. The sanctuary now shelters rescued horses and vulnerable young people, families, and women across the Scottish Borders and beyond—proof that healing land, animals, and people happens as one interconnected work.
Now we're taking the next step. This campaign funds two critical upgrades: expanding rainwater harvesting capacity and installing off-grid thermal-storage heating. These upgrades will deepen our regenerative impact, strengthen our ecosystem, and continue the community-led approach that built this sanctuary from the ground up.
Join us in showing what's possible when we heal together.
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United Kingdom