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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

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