Saddlers’ Company supports three important projects to help enable accessibility in the equestrian sector

The Saddlers’ Company is delighted to announce that we will be supporting three important projects to help enable accessibility into the equestrian sector:

• British Equestrian’s Horses For All strategy and their other cross-federation initiatives which aim to improve equity, diversity and inclusion in the equestrian sector.
• The British Horse Society’s Everyone Welcome Programme which aims to create BHS Everyone Welcome centres, initially within nine Riding Schools across the country
• The Pony Club’s Community Sports apprenticeships, seeking to reach out to and benefit communities that typically have less contact with horses and the equestrian sector.

We believe this support will encourage participation in equestrianism, benefiting not only our sector but also society. By educating and supporting a diverse range of equestrians and their communities, we are confident that this will also lead to better outcomes for our horses.

Our grants to these three programmes will sit alongside our equestrian prize fund and our coaching grants, which include an element of training about saddlery fitting.

Links:

https://www.britishequestrian.org.uk/news/british-equestrian-reports-on-a-year-of-progress-for-its-horses-for-all-strategy

https://www.bhs.org.uk/about-us/everyone-welcome/