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EQL Approved Centres Equestrian Qualifications GB Limited Tel: 02476 840544 Fax: 02476 840501 Email: [email protected] Website: www.equestrian-qualifications.org.uk EQL Approved Centres ABBOTSHOLME SCHOOL Contact: Katie Hickman Approved to deliver: EQUESTRIAN CENTRE Abbotsholme School Tel: 01889 590217 WBD Level 1 Rocester WBD Level 2 UTTOXETER Email: [email protected] Staffordshire ST14 5BS Website: www.abbotsholme.co.uk ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH RIDING Contact: Paula Leverton Approved to deliver: SCHOOLS Unit 8, Bramble Hill Farm Tel: 01403 790294 UKCC Level 1 Five Oaks Road UKCC Level 2 Slinfold Email: [email protected] HORSHAM West Sussex Website: www.abrs-info.org RH13 0RL BORDERS COLLEGE Contact: Alison Robertson Approved to deliver: Scottish Borders Campus Nether Road Tel: 08700 505152 SVQ 1 Horse Care at SCQF Level 4 Galashiels SVQ 2 Horse Care at SCQF Level 5 Scotland Email: [email protected] SVQ 3 Horse Care Management at TD1 2AF SCQF Level 6 Website: www.borderscollege.ac.uk BRITISH CARRIAGEDRIVING Contact: Angela Flanagan Approved to deliver: East Overhill Farm Stewarton Tel: 0845 6432116 UKCC Level 1 KILMARNOCK UKCC Level 2 KA3 5JT Email: [email protected] UKCC Level 3 Scotland Website: www.britishcarriagedriving.co.uk BRITISH DRESSAGE LTD Contact: Charlotte Osborne Approved to deliver: Meriden Business Park Copse Drive Tel: 02476 698830 UKCC Level 2 Meriden UKCC Level 3 COVENTRY Email: West Midlands [email protected] CV5 9RG Website: www.britishdressage.co.uk BRITISH EVENTING LIMITED Contact: Claire Carter Approved to deliver: Abbey Park Stareton Tel: 02476 698856 UKCC Level 2 KENILWORTH UKCC Level 3 Warwickshire Email: [email protected] CV8 2RN Website: www.britisheventing.com All Centres – July 2017 Page 1 BRITISH HORSERACING AUTHORITY Contact: Gill Greaves Approved to deliver: 75 High Holborn LONDON Tel: 020 715 20000 UKCC Level 2 WC1V 6LS UKCC Level 3 Email: [email protected] Website: www.britishhorseracing.com BRITISH REINING Contact: Peter Lane Approved to deliver: British Reining Home Farm Tel: 07711 414185 UKCC Level 1 31 Sheep Street UKCC Level 2 Leighton Bromswold Email: [email protected] UKCC Level 3 Huntingdon Cambs Website: www.britishreining.co.uk PE28 5AY BRITISH SHOWJUMPING Contact: Sport Team – British Showjumping Approved to deliver: Meriden Business Park Copse Drive Tel: 02476 698800 UKCC Level 2 Meriden UKCC Level 3 COVENTRY Email: West Midlands [email protected] CV5 9RG Website: www.britishshowjumping.co.uk CALGOW EQUESTRIAN Contact: Kathryn Soriani Approved to deliver: Calgow Farm Newton Stewart Tel: 01671 402161 SVQ 1 Horse Care at SCQF Level 4 Dumfies and Galloway SVQ 2 Horse Care at SCQF Level 5 DG8 7AN Email: [email protected] Website: CHICHESTER COLLEGE Contact: Alison Bell Approved to deliver: Brinsbury Campus Equine Department Tel: 01243 786321 WBD Level 1 North Heath WBD Level 2 PULBOROUGH Email: [email protected] West Sussex RH20 1DL Website: www.chichester.ac.uk COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD Contact: Stephanie Wood Approved to deliver: AND RURAL ENTERPRISE (CAFRE) Enniskillen Campus Tel: 028 6634 4853 WBD Level 1 2 Mullaghmeen Road WBD Level 2 Levaghy Email: [email protected] ENNISKILLEN County Fermanagh Website: www.cafre.ac.uk BT74 4GF CUMBRIA RURAL ACTIVITIES Contact: Sheila Myers Approved to deliver: Bigland Hall Haverthwaite Tel: 01539 530333 WBD Level 1 Ulverston WBD Level 2 Cumbria Email: [email protected] WBD Level 3 LA12 8PB Website: www.biglandhall.com All Centres – July 2017 Page 2 DIVOKY RIDING SCHOOL Contact: Pat Bishop Approved to deliver: Manor Farm Downhead Tel: 01749 880233 WBD Level 1 SHEPTON MALLET WBD Level 2 Somerset Email: [email protected] BA4 4LG Website: www.divoky.co.uk ENDURANCE GB Contact: Cindy Russell Approved to deliver: Abbey Park Kenilworth Tel: 02476 697929 UKCC Level 1 Warwickshire UKCC Level 2 CV8 2RP Email: [email protected] UKCC Level 3 Website: www.endurancegb.co.uk EQUESTRIAN TRAINING LTD Contact: Amy Hodgson Approved to deliver: Warwick Mill Business Park Warwick Bridge Tel: 07920 764466 WBD Level 1 CARLISLE WBD Level 2 Cumbria Email: WBD Level 3 CA4 8RR [email protected] Website: www.equestriantrainingltd.co.uk FEATHER & FORTUNE LTD Contact: Louise Morrison Approved to deliver: 5 Sandyhill Avenue Dunmurry Tel: 07454 117747 WBD Level 1 BELFAST WBD Level 2 BT17 9LT Email: [email protected] WBD Level 3 Website: www.featherandfortune.com FOLLIFOOT PARK RIDING CENTRE Contact: Julie Pedley Approved to deliver: Pannal Road Follifoot Tel: 01423 870372 WBD Level 1 HARROGATE WBD Level 2 North Yorkshire Email: [email protected] HG3 1DL Website: www.horseridingcentre.co.uk GROVE HOUSE STABLES Contact: Andrew Stennett Approved to deliver: Grovewood Road Misterton Tel: 01427 890802 WBD Level 1 Doncaster WBD Level 2 South Yorkshire Email: [email protected] WBD Level 3 DN10 4EF Website: www.grovehousestables.co.uk HORSE SENSE Contact: Morag Cartney Approved to deliver: The Threave 40 The Avenue Tel: 01465 713513 SVQ 1 Horse Care at SCQF Level 4 Girvan SVQ 2 Horse Care at SCQF Level 5 Ayrshire Email: [email protected] SVQ 3 Horse Care Management at KA26 9DS SCQF Level 6 Website: MOOR FARM TRAINING LTD Contact: Liz White Approved to deliver: Moor Farm Stables Wall Hill Road Tel: 01676 540594 WBD Level 1 Corley Moor WBD Level 2 Coventry Email: [email protected] West Midlands CV7 8AP Website: www.moorfarm.co.uk All Centres – July 2017 Page 3 MYERSCOUGH COLLEGE Contact: Julie Canter Approved to deliver: Myerscough Hall Bilsborrow Tel: 01995 642222 WBD Level 1 Preston WBD Level 2 Lancashire Email: [email protected] WBD Level 3 PR3 0RY Website: www.myerscough.ac.uk NORTH SHROPSHIRE COLLEGE Contact: Lisa McLeod Approved to deliver: Walford Campus Baschurch Tel: 01939 262100 WBD Level 1 Shrewsbury WBD Level 2 Shropshire Email: [email protected] WBD Level 3 SY4 2HL Website: www.wnsc.ac.uk NORTHUMBERLAND COLLEGE Contact: Sally Dugdale Approved to deliver: Kirkley Hall Campus Ponteland Tel: 01670 841200 WBD Level 1 Northumberland WBD Level 2 NE20 0AQ Email: [email protected] WBD Level 3 Website: www.northumberland.ac.uk RIDING FOR THE DISABLED Contact: Fiona Harris Approved to deliver: ASSOCIATION Norfolk Nouse Tel: 0845 658 1082 UKCC Level 1 1A Tournament Court UKCC Level 2 Edgehill Drive Email: [email protected] UKCC Level 3 WARWICK Warwickshire Website: www.rda.org.uk CV34 6LG RIVERSIDE EQUESTRIAN CENTRE Contact: Michaela Preston Approved to deliver: Heron Bank Farm Bawtry Road Tel: 01302 744499 WBD Level 1 Tickhill WBD Level 2 Doncaster Email: [email protected] South Yorkshire DN11 9EX Website: www.riversideequestriancentre.co.uk SRUC - OATRIDGE CAMPUS Contact: Hilary Morton Approved to deliver: Ecclesmachan Broxburn Tel: 01506 864800 SVQ 1 Horse Care at SCQF Level 4 West Lothian SVQ 2 Horse Care at SCQF Level 5 EH52 6NH Email: [email protected] SVQ 3 Horse Care Management at SCQF Level 6 Website: www.sruc.ac.uk/info/120391/ STONAR SCHOOL Contact: Eleanor Halsey Approved to deliver: Cottles Park Atworth Tel: 01225 701765 WBD Level 1 Melksham WBD Level 2 Wiltshire Email: [email protected] WBD Level 3 SN12 8NT Website: www.stonarschool.com All Centres – July 2017 Page 4 TANNOCH STABLES Contact: Dawn Harrison Approved to deliver: Tannoch Farm Palacerigg Tel: 01236 733424 SVQ 1 Horse Care at SCQF Level 4 Cumbernauld SVQ 2 Horse Care at SCQF Level 5 Glasgow Email: [email protected] SVQ 3 Horse Care Management at G67 3HU SCQF Level 6 Website: www.tannoch.co.uk THE BRITISH HORSE SOCIETY Contact: Education Approved to deliver: Abbey Park Stareton Lane Tel: 02476 840508 BHS Exams KENILWORTH UKCC Level 1 Warwickshire Email: [email protected] UKCC Level 2 CV8 2XZ UKCC Level 3 Website: www.bhs.org.uk THE FOREST TRAINING CENTRE Contact: Donna Conroy Approved to deliver: 100 Cooneen Road Fivemiletown Tel: 028 8952 1991 WBD Level 1 County Tyrone WBD Level 2 Northern Ireland Email: [email protected] WBD Level 3 BT75 0NQ Website: THE FORTUNE CENTRE OF RIDING Contact: Ben Allen Approved to deliver: THERAPY Avon Tyrrell Tel: 01425 673297 WBD Level 1 Bransgore WBD Level 2 Christchurch Email: [email protected] WBD Level 3 Dorset BH23 8EE Website: www.fortunecentre.org THE MOUNTED GAMES Contact: Mary Worth Approved to deliver: ASSOCIATION (GB) LTD Wyelands Cottage Tel: 01298 24292 UKCC Level 1 59 St. Johns Road UKCC Level 2 BUXTON Email: [email protected] Derbyshire SK17 6XA Website: www.mgagb.co.uk THE NORTH HIGHLAND COLLEGE Contact: Jemma Lowell Approved to deliver: Ormlie Road Thurso Tel: 01847 889000 SVQ 1 Horse Care at SCQF Level 4 Caithness SVQ 2 Horse Care at SCQF Level 5 KW14 7EE Email: [email protected] Website: www.northhighland.ac.uk THE PONY CLUB Contact: Jackie Minihane Approved to deliver: National Agricultural Centre Stoneleigh Park Tel: 02476 698300 UKCC Level 1 KENILWORTH UKCC Level 2 Warwickshire Email: [email protected] UKCC Level 3 CV8 2RW Website: www.pcuk.org UK POLOCROSSE ASSOCIATION Contact: Ursula Scott Approved to deliver: Hurstead Farm Cricklade Road Tel: 01793 771498 UKCC Level 1 Purton UKCC Level 2 SWINDON Email: [email protected] UKCC Level 3 Wiltshire SN5 4HX Website: www.polocrosse.org.uk All Centres – July 2017 Page 5 .
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