Chigwell Riding Trust For Special Needs

Community really does Matter

Thank you to Waitrose and customers at Buckhurst Hill for their generous support through their Community Matters scheme.

Deborah (far right, possibly sitting down?) receiving a cheque on Monday 17 January 2012.

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To help continue our work here please consider making a donation through our JustGiving page. Thank you.

Farewell to the Ilford Exchange

For the last two years Chigwell Riding Trust has had the support of the Ilford Exchange shopping centre. We have been handing out leaflets, collecting funds and generally making a nuisance of ourselves. Shoppers have been hijacked in the car park, ambushed in the shops and pounced on wherever possible.

This has resulted in us raising a staggering, phenomenal and almost unbelievable £24,000. Thank you to Jane and her wonderful staff, the traders at The Exchange and of course to all the shoppers. Apologies to the shoppers may be in order. We wish you the very best for the future.

Shoppers shopping at the Ilford Exchange (Photo stolen from Exchange website)

Ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro

Trustee and solicitor to Chigwell Riding Trust, Andrew Cork (far right of photo), completed a sponsored ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro in October 2011.

Andrew raised in excess of £3000 for Chigwell Riding Trust.

A special mention must go to the Rotary Club of Woodford Green who sponsored Andrew for £1000.

Everest Base Camp

Steve Johnson at Everest Base Camp.

Steve raised well over £3000 with a sponsored climb to Everest Base Camp.

There are lots more photos and interesting bits and pieces to read on Steve's blog

The 2011 Barn Dance

Wow! What a successful event on Saturday, 9 September.

Organised by The Rotary Club of Loughton & Buckhurst Hill and Chigwell Riding Trust this event was attended by about 250 people. The music was performed by the fabulous Bucket Band (for the sixth year running). If you would like to see a 10 minute video of the event just follow this link.

(Yes, I know 10 minutes is far too long but you do not have to watch it all.)

The annual Open day was, despite the weather, a great success. Because of the wind and the rain and the possible effect of this on the riding displays we decided to move the event into the indoor school.

Although we had no riding we were treated to an exciting display by the Casablanca All Star Cheerleading Team. (website)

Outdoors, the Little Heath Dog Training Display entertained us. We also had some videos playing which showed some of Chigwell Riding Trust's fascinating history and some recent activities.

This event was very well supported and raised a phenomenal £4367.27. (I have included the pence figure as this demonstrates the incredible detail and accuracy of secretary Pat's paperwork.)

Casablanca All Star Cheerleading Team

Race Night

In June we had an excellent Race Night. This was organised by the Rotary Club of Loughton & Buckhurst Hill. We had about 100 people attend and there was a wonderful atmosphere. This was an event for the whole family and the children really entered into the spirit of it. The cheering was phenomenal. A great time was had by all and we raised over £3000. A fantastic result and many thanks to all who helped to make the evening such a success.

Golf Day

Our annual Golf Day was held in June. The day had teams of four playing eighteen holes followed by a dinner and a short film of the work carried out at Chigwell Riding Trust. Following the dinner there was a raffle and an auction. The atmosphere was tremendous and the event raised an amazing, staggering £9000.

I really cannot thank Claire and Ken enough for organising this for the eighth year running. I would like to end by mentioning that there is a beautiful planter situated in the middle of the yard lawn in recognition of their daughter Lucy who rode Dylan with us for many years.

Thank you once again.

Deborah

An organization such as this is wholly dependant on the good will of the community. Without it Chigwell Riding Trust would not be here.

To offer the wonderful facilities and high standard of riding that we do involves a tremendous expense. Chigwell Riding Trust receives no state aid whatsoever and all funds have to be raised by ourselves. We do not employ any professional paid fundraisers, staff numbers are kept to an absolute minimum and voluntary help is used wherever possible.

Can you please help us?

We have a secure online donation scheme through Justgiving. If you are a UK taxpayer (however reluctant) we can reclaim the tax paid through the Gift Aid scheme. Please click below to make a donation and help us to continue. Thank you.

You may prefer to help Chigwell Riding Trust with a regular donation by standing order. Many of our supporters help in this way. The standing order form should be downloaded, printed, completed and posted to Chigwell Riding Trust. This can of course be altered or stopped by yourself at any time.

From its pioneering foundation in 1958, its establishment in Chigwell in 1964 through to the present day, Chigwell Riding Trust has enriched the lives of thousands of people with special needs.

Legacies have enabled the Trust to build on those early foundations so that today, over fifty years later, Chigwell Riding Trust is the centre of excellence that it now is.

Many of you reading this would like to make a substantial donation that would make a real difference but are unable to do so because of other commitments. Including a legacy in your Will enables you to make that donation and fulfill other commitments.

Your legacy can enable us to go forward into the next fifty years knowing that the contribution that Chigwell Riding Trust makes to the community will continue.

If you have already remembered Chigwell Riding Trust in your Will please accept our warmest thanks and appreciation.

Thank you.