We are delighted to have received a grant of £1,500 from the Tandridge Community Foundation towards the cost of a new pony. We sadly lost one of our ponies last year, and are fundraising to buy another larger pony to carry our bigger riders. Tandridge Community Foundation runs the Tandridge Together Lottery, which holds a weekly draw on a Saturday. 60% of each ticket goes to good causes and tickets can be purchased by clicking HERE.
The Foundation arranged for BBC South East to film one of our riding sessions and the short film went out on Friday 30th January on the South East News, at lunchtime and in the evening. Following this we were delighted to receive many donations via our website, totalling an additional £1,515, all of which will go to the pony fund.
We are very grateful to the Tandridge Community Foundation for their support.
MFS Investment Management (UK) have donated a most generous £5,000 to our funds to enable us to continue to help the many children who ride with us each year. We are very grateful to them for their support.
We are very lucky to have the support of local events who make donations to us. We received a welcome donation of £500 from the Edenbridge and Oxted Show 2024. The 2025 Harness Show donated £200 after our volunteers helped with the car parking.
We are delighted to have been chosen by the Dormansland Horse and Dog Show to be one of their charities for 2025. Their show takes place at East Bysshe Showground, Eastbourne Rd, Newchapel, Lingfield RH7 6LF, on Sunday 31st August, 2025. For further details: Home | Dormansland Horse & Dog Show.
The Sussex Wanderers MG Car Club have been generous supporters for many years. They hold 10 outings a year, driving around the Sussex countryside in their MGs, ending up at a pub for lunch. At each event they pass the pint beer mug to collect cash for us and in 2024 they excelled themselves, raising £2,100 in cash and a direct donation of £50. When Gift Aid is added this makes a total donation of £2,687.50 which is a fantastic amount and will help us to continue our work with disabled children.
Ursula Griffiths, who organises the events, and two of the MG owners came on 27th February to watch the children from St Stephen’s School in action, and to present our Chairman, James Baxter, with the cheque.
We thank all the members of the Car Club for their continued generous support.
