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“I know it was my idea, but<br />
it’s so much more than me – it’s<br />
this amazing team, and it’s the<br />
power of positivity. If anybody is<br />
feeling low, doing something to<br />
help somebody else can be a lot<br />
easier than doing something to<br />
help yourself – but, in fact, you’re<br />
doing both at the same time.”<br />
A MEASURE OF SUCCESS<br />
From the people that they visit,<br />
to the team behind the scenes<br />
whose lives are brightened by the<br />
work that they do, Mini Donks is<br />
the social enterprise filling the<br />
small moments in people’s lives<br />
with joy and comfort. And for<br />
Sarah, all the hard work is more<br />
than worth it.<br />
“I haven’t gone to bed for two<br />
years without thinking about<br />
donkeys,” says Sarah, as she<br />
reflects on what drives her. “But<br />
when I worked for an agency,<br />
advising on how to create<br />
It’s so much more than me – it’s this amazing<br />
team, and it’s the power of positivity<br />
successful start-up businesses,<br />
the chief exec said we need to<br />
ask clients: ‘What does your<br />
perfect day look like, and how<br />
is your business going to give<br />
you more of your perfect day?’<br />
My perfect day is messing<br />
about with my donkeys, and<br />
giving other people their<br />
perfect days, so I’m the most<br />
successful person you could<br />
ever meet.”<br />
Discover more about the work<br />
that Mini Donks do by visiting<br />
their website, minidonks.org.uk<br />
<strong>September</strong> <strong>2019</strong> • happiful.com • 77