Year in Review
Another year has flown by, and we’re pleased to report that we ended the 2024–2025 financial year in the black. It's been another successful year overall, which can only made possible by the support of our riders and their families, our volunteers, as well as the hard work and dedication of our committee and trustees.
Riders
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Our weekend riding sessions remain fully booked, with 37 riders participating regularly.
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While a few riders moved on over the past year, their spots were quickly filled by participants from our waiting list.
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The waiting list has remained steady throughout the last year, with 10–15 riders consistently hoping for a spot.
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We have also continued to run extra sessions during the school holidays for both our current riders and those on the waiting list.
Horses
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At last year’s AGM, we had just welcomed Star to the team and were preparing to send Robbie to his new home.
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This year, we are excited to welcome Sovereign as our latest addition. He is settling in well with the herd.
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This year we won’t be planning on retiring any horses just yet and so we plan operate with a herd of six fat ponies.
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As Sovereign transitions into regular work, we hope this will allow us to offer places to more riders from the waiting list.
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A huge thank you to Lee, our groom, and Vicky, who oversees pony welfare, for making sure we have happy ponies who are always well looked after.
Volunteers
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As always we remain very grateful for the volunteers who keep the group going.
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But more volunteers are always needed – we are especially looking for people who are looking to step up to coaching roles to help keep sessions going.
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This week we welcomed back Novuna for a corporate volunteer day- they spent the day cleaning out the stables, cleaning the kitchen, cleaning the feed room and cleaning the tack room as well as tackling weeds in the arena. They worked really hard and we are thankful of the help to get the jobs done that aren’t possible at the weekend.
Fundraising & Grants
We’re incredibly grateful for the generous support we've received over the year:
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£500 – Local Council
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£750 – Miller Homes
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£1,000 – Hillards Charitable Trust
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£1,000 – Tony Rampton Trust
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£500 – Tadcaster Tipsters
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£409 – Local Church donation Fundraising has come from
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£750 in 5p collections
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£1600 in Monthly direct debits
If anyone would like to help with grant applications we would be very grateful.
This year we have also purchased a card machine – which now allows us to take donations much easier to sell raffle tickets and honey from the local bees!
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