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Based at Stainton Way in Hemlington, the charity provides horse riding and therapy sessions for over 200 children and adults with learning and physical difficulties at a purpose-built riding centre built with lottery funding.  Statistics show that over the 15 years about 117,000 individual rides have been delivered, supported by over 100,000 volunteer hours!  

This massive achievement has been achieved by a small team of staff supported by Trustees and the generous help of volunteers and supporters.  The Centre relies entirely on fundraising, donations and income from lessons and training to provide the £280,000 it needs each year to survive.  With the current financial situation this becomes an increasing challenge year on year.

Centre Manager, Claire Pitt has been at the helm of the team of the staff since it opened in April 1998 and Yard Manager Heidi Hutchinson joined the following month.  Claire said, “I can’t believe where the time has gone, and how much we have grown and achieved since those early days when Heidi and I ran the Centre with 12 horses and just a small number of volunteers!  Now we have 20 horses and ponies and a team of thirteen amazing staff and we are still always frantically busy!  But without all our volunteers, nearly 100 in number now, and the financial support of businesses and the public, we just couldn’t do what we’re doing today”.

As part of the Centre’s birthday celebrations, the public are invited to visit the Unicorn Centre on Saturday 27 April between 10.00am and 3.00pm to see the fantastic facilities and meet staff and Trustees.  This will also give them the opportunity to watch riders competing in the RDA regional qualifiers of the Countryside Challenge.  Qualifying riders will then compete in the RDA national finals at Hartpury College, Gloucestershire in July.  And thanks to a makeover courtesy of a team of volunteers from Lloyds TSB, the course obstacles will be looking at their best.

Come along and be inspired! 

Issued 14.04.13

 

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The Unicorn Centre provides riding lessons and therapy for children and adults from 5 years old, both disabled and able-bodied. The Centre's horses and ponies are carefully chosen for their temperament, size and ability to work with disabled riders, and a hoist facility for mounting onto ponies is available for wheelchair users... read more