Pony Mad Children?
Our first pony experience day sold out very quickly but don’t worry though we have a second date… Saturday 4th November.
Come and See Us
ISL Charity Partnership
We are delighted to be nominated as one of ISL 2023 charity partners.
“At Independence Support, we understand that our community is only as strong as its most vulnerable members. That's why we believe in the power of collaboration and community-driven initiatives to effect real change. By working together with local charities, we can create a better future for everyone in our community.”
To see more details on the work that ISL do please visit: Charity Partnerships - Independence Support (isl-org.uk)
We are looking forward to working together with the local ISL team over the next year.
London Marathon Fundraiser 2021
Nicky Smith one of our biggest supporters ran the London Marathon to raise funds for us… Facing challenges along the way including some major injuries. She completed the race in good time! Heres what her fundraiser post said;
“ Equine Pathways is an incredible charity who have helped us more than I can ever put into words. They provide equine assisted therapy to children and adults with mental and physical ill health/disabilities, and the support that the ponies, horses and volunteers give really is transformational. My amazing niece has struggled with her mental health from a young age. Luckily we found Equine Pathways just over two years ago, and after her very first session, she knew what a special place it is. She now volunteers for the charity and often says it has saved her life! it really has had an amazing impact on her, much more so than traditional therapies.
This small but big hearted charity help many more families and adult and branch out to make a difference in their local and wider community. Most of the charity ponies have been rescued and rehabilitated and really do form strong and sensitive connections during the therapy sessions. The charity and the horses make a huge difference by helping build confidence and self esteem throughout the journey taken with them and they do all this with little or no funding.
I feel so thankful that we have been able to have such amazing support.”
Nicky ended up raising £2500
We are forever grateful to her
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Shop at the Co-op we do!
Another big thank you to the Co-op for their continued support and to you for shopping there and choosing us to be your charity. The donations make a huge difference to us and the people we support.
Coast to Coast
Our good friend and volunteer Sarah Gee raised a fabulous amount for us by walking the coast to coast, despite the blisters she made a few new friends and remained smiling, THANK YOU!
Tombola At The Co-op
Some of our volunteers held a tombola and cake sale at the Co-op in Gildersome, the Co-op is supporting us with our fundraising again this year and we would like to thank all staff and customers for their support, watch out we may pop up at a supermarket near you!
Horse Workshop
Equine Partnership held a workshop on Wednesday July 24 2019 at Equine Pathways UK. They raised funds to help us look after our horses and ponies and to continue our work. For details https://www.facebook.com/equinepartnership. It was great to meet so many people.
New Monthly Bonus Ball
Donations Always Gratefully Received
Big thanks to Carla Wood and the Maximus Foundation for a grant to help ensure the Young Lives Empowerment Programme continues to provide free therapy sessions to children in need.
Schools In Session
We have started working with a lot of new schools and groups recently from all over Yorkshire, including Academy St James from Bradford, Hall Cliffe Primary School from Wakefield, Young Carers from Selby and the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust in leeds, plus many more. We are very proud to share our gorgeous ponies and their healing and calming qualities. Have a look at our Sessions page to see the latest photos.
Lots and lots of cakes
Gemma, her boss Debra and colleagues at Lucas Credit Services in Bradford, held a delicious looking cake sale to raise some funds for us, thank you so much, we bet they went down well at coffee time.
Shop and Donate
If shopping on line and you go through www.easyfundraising.org.uk to reach the website you need, they will give us a donation, small amounts help us a lot.
A Special Visitor
Local MP Andrea Jenkyns has been championing our cause with the Prime Minister Theresa May who tweeted about us earlier this year. Andrea popped in to meet the horses and ponies and shared some of her valuable experience with us, as well as promising to help us in the future. We were very excited to meet her but Flo took it all in her stride. Thank you Andrea.
AFTERNOON TEA WITH THE LORD MAYOR
We were invited to afternoon tea with Councillor Jane Dowson, the Lord Mayor of Leeds and whilst we were there received a Highly Commended Award in the Compassionate City Awards for the work we do with schools and chidren. We are very proud and would like to say thank you to everyone who helps to make this possible.
SUPER STAR FUND RAISERS
Towerwood Vets raised a massive £1057.12 by attending and holding dog shows throughout last year. Thank you this will go towards the upkeep of the horses and ponies as we rely solely upon donations and volunteers to run our session.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING IN NEW FARNLEY
The ponies have been out and about meeting the locals and doing their Christmas shopping at the Co-op in New Farnley, we are honoured to be one of their chosen charities. There were mince pies for everyone!
SCHOOL TRIP
Peanut and Twiggy made a snowy trip to see the children at Drighouses Primary School in York to say thank you for fund raising.
DOGS (AND PONIES) IN THE PARK
Towerwood Vets have been to lots of fun events during the summer raising much needed funds for us. The year was topped off with a dog show in Horsforth and of course Peanut and Twiggy had to join in the fun. Thanks to everyone involved.
POP UP CAFE
Our good friends from Team Lifestyle Cafe held a pop up cafe in York and raised a huge amount. Many thanks to everyone involved, Peanut and Twiggy enjoyed meeting everybody and making new friends.
THANK YOU
A huge thank you to all who supported our 2016 Christmas fair, we had lots of raffle and tombola prizes donated and you were all very busy baking delicious cakes and buns. There were lots of local stalls, pie and peas and home made soup to warm us up, it even snowed! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Special thanks to Mr Chris Chittell for supporting us again this year.
Please click on photos to see more of what we got up to.
Civic Reception
Carole and Michelle collected an award in recognition of the work we do at Equine Pathways UK. It was presented by the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Gerry Harper. It is a real team effort here at EPUK and this is for everyone involved.
Three Peaks Challenge
A massive thank you and well done to Carol Rimmer and Paula Corner for taking on the Three Peaks Challenge and raising lots of money for Equine Pathways UK.
Summer Fair 2016
We held our Summer Fair on Sunday 17th July 2016, many thanks to everyone who helped and came along to support us. The money raised helps us provide free therapy sessions and contributes to the care of the ponies. It was a lovely sunny day and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.
New Photoshoot...
We're soon to be updating all of our website photos thanks to Som Jandu & Scaley Das for devoting their time and skills to carry out this photoshoot. Have a browse of our Carr Hall Farm & Therapy Sessions Pages to see our new photographs.
Work starts on the welcome centre!
Building is well underway for the new welcome centre at Equine Pathways UK, special thanks to Marks & Spencer in Pudsey for raising over £10,000 to help make this a possibility and many thanks to Howden's Joinery for donating a brand new kitchen for our centre users. The doors and windows have been kindly donated by Kingfisher Windows and not forgetting a large thank you to all of our generous and hard working volunteers and supporters who have helped to get this project off the ground.
Yorkshire Choice Awards 2016
EPUK were nominated for 3 awards, which was fantastic for our first year!! The fundraising committee attended the event at the Leeds United Suite.
A great night was had and a lot of networking went on with other charities and local businesses, looking forward to Yorkshire Choice Awards 2016!!
Duke of York Award 2016
Fantastic news, EPUK have been awarded the Duke of York Award for Community Initiative. The awards ceremony was held at Huddersfield University and we were extremely grateful to be awarded this from the Duke of York. After a fantastic luncheon we went through to the auditorium and received our award from Prince Andrew. Such an honour to be recognised by such an amazing organisation.
Meet Flo...
This adorable new member of the therapy pony team arrived early May, she was kindly donated by Juliette Bridger and travelled from the Isle of Wight to help us out!! Flo is a miniature pony, and has buddied up with Pablo our other little fallabella pony. They work together with school children from across Leeds and are proving to be extremely popular!!
Marks & Spencer Fundraising 2016
Christmas Fair 2015
