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Hoofprint Gaddesden Place RDA Newsletter December 2015 Enquiries Tel: 01442 246924 Hoofprint Gaddesden Place RDA Newsletter December 2015 www.gaddesdenplacerda.org.uk Enquiries Tel: 01442 246924 Published by Gaddesden Place RDA Centre - Briden's Camp, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 6EX A Private Limited Company Registered in England and Wales No: 7512961 Registered Charity No: 1140330 More Rides! This year we have more rides at Gaddesden Place RDA than ever before. This is a great achievement which is down to the dedicated support of our volunteers, coaches and staff. However, each ride is subsidised by 45%. Despite the increased numbers of riders, we will have to find £36,000 through fundraising, grants and donations to continue to provide our current number of rides. This challenge requires a huge fundraising effort! You can see how Gaddesden is funded (we receive no regular government funding) on page 2. Please see Connections on page 4 to find out how you can help. Thank you all - Cathy Bolshaw, Chairman Louise was assistant yard manager at Moulton College and is already a qualified equestrian coach. I hope you will all give her your support as she settles in and trains to be RDAGC (Riding for the Disabled Association Group Coach) over the coming months. With hundreds of people visiting Gaddesden each week she will have plenty of names to learn so please introduce yourself! Also new to the Gaddesden staff is part time groom Laura Frazer who is working on Saturdays as well as Wednesday and Friday mornings. Louise – Centre Manager Laura – Groom She joins yard manager Juliet Godfrey and grooms Mel and Beaky who fill in when cover is needed. At the beginning of October we said farewell to Jess, our Centre Manager, who has left to train as a Child Counsellor. As well as coaching riders, Jess re-organised our admin and systems over the last two years and leaves us in very good shape. She hopes to return as a volunteer when studies permit. Taking over from Jess is Louise Lumsden (BHS UKCC Stage 2) Juliet - Yard Manager Mel - Groom Beaky - Groom Easy As Pie Gaddesden Place RDA Centre is a registered charity and relies on fundraising activities, grants and donations as well as rider income. How much do you think it costs to run our Centre? (For the answer see our Pie chart below) We also rely on over 100 volunteers (most of our coaches are volunteers) and 8 management trustees. They volunteer for many reasons: • Helping to make a difference • To keep active and healthy • For when a rider smiles at the end of a session • To be part of a friendly team • Love of horses Summer Cleaning team • Margaret’s cakes! Thank you to our summer cleaning team who spent two days jet washing the Whatever the reason, we are very grateful that they stables and stable mats – a very smelly donate many hours of their free time. However we have 6 ponies to feed and care for, utility bills, job! I’m sure the ponies would give their insurance and members of staff to pay. Ponies must accommodation a 5 star rating on Trip be mucked out, fed and watered 365 days a year Advisor now! Thanks are also due to the and premises maintained. So while you are tucking kitchen, hat and boot cleaners. into your turkey this Christmas, spare a thought for the staff who will be making sure our ponies get their Christmas dinner too! Here is a breakdown of where our income comes from: Congratulations to the following riders on their Proficiency Awards ; Grade One Riding and Horse Care Luke, Adam, Chiltern School Grade Two Riding and Horse Care Bradley Grade Three Riding and Horse Care Georgia, Grace Answer: ASDAN Certificates (It will cost £79,200 to run our Centre this year. We Bramingham School pupils worked incredibly hard to receive no regular government funding) receive their ASDAN certificates at the end of the summer term. Quiz Night The examiner at RDA National Office said: "Just a Many thanks to quizmaster Margaret Kelly Swann quick note to let you know that I’ve been through the and her team comprising Helen, Anna, Sue and children’s Animal Care projects – they are absolutely Karen who organised another very enjoyable quiz brilliant! The chicken/horse project really made us night at Potten End Village Hall on Saturday 10 th smile here in the office. Please do pass on my October. comments to the school and to the riders involved, as you can really tell how much fun they had putting the The editor would like to apologise for the number of projects together. They were simple and clear, yet raffle prizes won by her lucky guests but they did covered everything they needed to in a really buy a lot of tickets. Honest! Total funds raised were attractive and imaginative way. I loved the photos, too. £769 and a good time was had by all. It’s always lovely to put faces to names. Well done!" DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Thursday 26 th November Gaddesden Place RDA Centre AGM at Hazel Ridge, Shootersway,Berkhamsted 7.30pm Sat 12 th December Last RDA session before Christmas Sat 9 th January 2016 First RDA session of the year (weather permitting!) 14 th February to 20 th February Half term 2016 inclusive nd Sunday 22 May 2016 RDA Regional Competition at Oaklands College, St Albans, Herts th th Fri 15 to Sun 17 July 2016 RDA National Championships th Fri 7 October 2016 Gaddesden Golf Day at Stocks £70 per person Contact Jackie Boulter 01442 873870 or Karen Gosen [email protected],uk for more information Dog Walk A team of Gaddesden Place RDA Trustees organised our third Sponsored Dog Walk at Ashridge National Trust Estate on Sunday June 7th. The weather was glorious and over 60 dogs and their walkers took part. They completed either the 5- mile ramble though the forest or a 1-mile route around Meadley’s Meadow by the Visitor Centre. Our suppliers, TC Feeds of Dovehouse Farm, Kensworth, provided generous doggy bags full of treats and every dog taking part was also presented with a rosette. Walkers were given free refreshments Rob our Treasurer with Molly the Springer at our marquee. This was our major fundraiser of the Spaniel and the rest of Team Jennings. year and raised over £9,000. Many thanks to all the volunteers who helped to organise the event on the day, to everyone who took part in the walk and especially to those who Toby- one of our riders sponsored the doggies. A special thank you to our and a big fundraiser for top young fundraisers, Toby and Abbie. We plan to the dog walk, on his run our 4th Sponsored Dog Walk in 2017. trike. Wrong Way Molly! Susan takes a breather in front of GPRDA Field HQ next to the monument at Ashridge. Meanwhile, Harvey wants his treats! Connections Eckoh Work Party Do any of you have any connections with local businesses that could help us with our fundraising? Do they run any corporate fundraising days that we could be involved with? Or would they be willing to sponsor one of our special ponies? Auction prizes needed We are looking for auction items/experiences for our Golf Day on Friday 7th October 2016. Can you help us please? This is a Staff from local company Eckoh volunteer at very significant part of the Gaddesden Place RDA fundraising and will help us to On the 11th September a team of volunteers from Eckoh exceed last year’s target. came to Gaddesden Place RDA to paint the indoor riding school. The day had been arranged and coordinated by Prepare for a Do-si-do! Cindy Withey at Connect Dacorum. Joanne Truscott from Eckoh wanted a volunteering opportunity for their staff We are hoping to organise a Barn and we had a job on our projects list that fitted the bill Dance next year. What we need is perfectly. At a site visit, the details of the volunteering a huge barn or similar venue in the were arranged and it was full steam ahead! local area with a floor suitable for Thankfully, the day was bright and sunny. The team from dancing, and people to help with Eckoh turned up full of enthusiasm and with paintbrushes catering. So not much………. and pots in hand We already have a band and caller! (donated generously by the Dulux Centre in Hemel) All suggestions, recommendations they got started straight away. Trevor, Margaret, and and offers of help gratefully Jess kept the volunteers topped up with plenty of tea and cake and soon the work was complete. A great job done received. Please contact Karen if which will keep the school weathered for at least 5 years. you can help with any of these fundraising events: Thank you to the Eckoh Team! [email protected] As many of you know, Stan has been offered retirement at the Horse’s Trust in Speen and will leave us on 25 th November. His fans will be able to visit him - see the Horses Trust website www.horsetrust.org.uk for opening times. Stan goes with a “pension fund” donation from volunteers and riders to help support the work of The Horse’s Trust. Stan does the Countryside Challenge Stan’s original owner bought him as a three year old off a wet Welsh hillside. He had been backed only days before but the dealer’s children climbed on board and trotted him back to the yard on a head collar. For thirteen year old Gabi it was love at first sight! They had a lot of fun together and had a go at just about everything, including Pony Club and Dressage competitions.
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