This will be held on Sunday September 20th with more details to follow so save the date!

Once again we are pleased to be able to invite all our volunteers, riders, families and carers to our annual picnic on Monday 17th August.  This is only possible due to the generosity of our hosts, James and Lucy Meysey-Thompson, who invite us to use their home and gardens for the event. Invitations have been emailed out and paper copies can be supplied if needed, please contact your usual Ride Coordinator if you have not received yours yet.  Replies to be in by early July please.  Look forward to seeing you there!

Gymkhana

Friday 19th June

Annual Picnic

Monday 17th August

40th Anniversary Open Day

20th September 1-4pm

RIDE LEADER/COORDINATOR TRAINING

Wednesday 18th March - 6.30-8.00pm

VOLUNTEER SAFETY TRAINING

Wednesday 6th May - 6.30-8.00pm

Tuesday 12th May - 2.00-3.30pm

Thursday 24th September - 1.30-3.00pm

FIRST AID

Tbc

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Wednesday 22nd October 2025

7.30pm

Upstairs room 

Follifoot Park Riding Centre

All volunteers welcome, please let us know if you are planning to attend so we can arrange seating.  Thank you.

A couple of our wonderful volunteers are organising a fashion show to raise funds for FPDRG.  Do come along and enjoy the show, details are below and for tickets contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. it looks set to be a great evening!

 

Annual Safety Training for volunteers

Tuesday 29^th April 1.30-3.00pm

Wednesday 14^th May 6.30-8.00pm

Thursday 11^th September 1.30-3.00pm

Ride Leader/Coordinator training

TBC

Gymkhana

Friday 20^th June

Picnic

Monday 18^th August

First Aid Training

Tuesday 28^th January 3.30-5.30pm

Postponed session from 15^th January to be rescheduled

FPDRG Photography and video Notice

We are having to review our thoughts on photography during our sessions and wish to make you aware of the Riding Centre’s own Policy (which can be viewed under their website’s Terms and Conditions), for whilst you are on their premises.

FPDRG wish to ask all Riders, Parents, Carers and Visitors to the stables, for our sessions and activities, to be mindful of the Centre’s Policy.

If you wish to take a picture of your rider, please ask your Ride Leader or Co-Ordinator if they can accommodate your request at the start or end of session.

Thank you for your understanding.

The Trustees

FPDRG

30^th October 2024

September 2024 - We are looking for volunteers for:-

Tuesday 9.30am

Friday 9.30am

Sunday 4pm

Monday 1pm - 3pm

If you would like to help please contact us.

 NOTICE OF AGM 

Wednesday 23rd October 2024

7.30PM

Large Meeting Room

Yorkshire Agricultural Society Building

Regional Agricultural Centre

Railway Road

Great Yorkshire Showground

HG2 8NZ

please let us know if you are planning to attend so we can monitor numbers, thank you.

The Trustees

We are looking for volunteers on a Monday afternoon to help with Storm, our mechanical horse.  This is becoming a popular riding  activity for people with a range of disabilities and of differing ages.  The session runs between 1pm and 3pm currently.  Storm is housed indoors and you'll receive full training, so if you are not so keen or confident with horses, this could be just what you're looking for!  Get in touch at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  

We're delighted once again to be holding our annual picnic on Monday 19th August 2024.  It's the one time in the year when we can bring everyone together, the riders, volunteers, carers and families...and a few horses too!  Invitations have been sent out with the location details.  Fingers crossed the weather is kind to us!

Harrogate Symphony Orchestra are holding their next concert on the 22nd June.  They have been raising money for us all year and this will be the final concert whereby all the proceeds of the raffle go to FPDRG.  A huge thank you to them all for such fantastic support this year, it's been amazing!  They also came to the stables last week to pay us a visit, the horses didn't blink an eye when the violins or french horn appeared!

Excited to say we have reached the finals in the category of 'Volunteer of the Year'!  This is a group nomination as it is impossible to single out any one volunteer and it's precisely that team work that allows us to do what we do.  Good luck to all our volunteers for the awards on Friday 1st March 2024!

Harrogate Symphony Orchestra are supporting us as their Charity of the year and their next concert will be at the Royal Hall, Harrogate  on:-

March 23rd 2024

It's sure to be a fantastic night, so why not buy yourself a ticket and help us at the same time!  More details below...

We will be holding our annual training sessions on the following dates for 2024:-

RIDE LEADER/COORDINATOR only 

Wednesday 1st May 12 - 1pm.

VOLUNTEERS SAFETY TRAINING 

Thursday 16th May 1.30pm - 3.00pm

Wednesday 22nd May 6.30pm - 8.00pm

Thursday 19th September 1.30pm - 3.00pm

Volunteers can choose whichever of the above sessions is most suitable.

 

 

 

The gymkhana for 2024 will be held on Friday 21st June.  Entry forms will  be out before the Easter holidays to give you plenty of time to return them.  Watch this space!...

We were delighted to meet Clint Howard and Nigel from Harrogate and Claro Lodge No 1001, who very kindly presented us with a cheque for £550 raised at a recent fundraising event.  So we couldn't resist bringing out Nigel the horse for the photo!  Our thanks to Clint for choosing us as one of his charities and to everyone who donated.