As a registered charity, the Perry Group is a non-profit making organisation. However, the need for financial support is continual. Expenses seem to be never-ending and always higher than expected e.g. ponies need feeding, shoeing, clipping, schooling and breaking to harness. Anybody who has a pet will also empathise with the pain of receiving a vets bill. Add to this the additional costs of horse dentists and the perpetual buying of straw, hay, haylage, salt licks, pony nuts and the search for grazing at a reasonable cost and you are only scratching the surface.

It's only when you greet your first wheelchair user that you realise that the bumpy and uneven surfaces that make up the access drive to the rutted fields are not acceptable or adequate. It's then that you enter the realms of hard-standings, tarmac or concrete roads, all-weather working surfaces, car and bus parking areas, wheelchair access to toilets, tackrooms, mounting blocks and stables.

Equipment accounts for a high proportion of costs in the form of riding helmets, saddles (especially designed and fabricated for disabled riders), bridles, harness, protective clothing, rugs, trotting poles, jump supports, buckets, lead reins, brushes, wheel barrows etc etc

Oh, I almost forgot - a fully equipped carriage costs £5,000

I'm sure that you now see the need for fund-raising, and to think that all we wanted to do was give a few pony rides!

The following list of events and functions are samples of our efforts. If you feel that you could help in any way, please contact us with either a pledge of your time, a donation of goods or a sum of money however large or small.


Anyone wishing to help please contact Jane Barker - see bottom of page 1 for details