Horse Rangers - Weekend Volunteer Role

Description
Horse Rangers is a youth organisation based in Hampton court which uses horses to help children and young people develop and build essential life skills. We are looking for horse-experienced volunteers and/or volunteers with experience working with children to help support our members during the weekend activities. Horse-based roles would include:
- Support catching and bringing horses in from field or stable. 2)Helping groom and tack up 3)Leading horses for lead reign rides 4)Helping the lessons in the School Other roles would include: 1)Meets and greets with children and young people as they arrive for activities 2)Supporting children and young people as they do field duties like poo picking, feeding, etc. 3)Helping manage children and young people walking them to meeting points through Bushy Park for their rides 4)Help support children and young people as they work through their badgework (internal syllabus)
The impact you'll have
All volunteers will get the opportunity to work outdoors around horses and children and young people in a private, beautiful location connect to Bushy Park.
All volunteers will have the opportunity to interact with the horses and learn more about working around them.
Managing and working with our members is not only extremely rewarding, but will also be brilliant volunteering to build skills in the charity and child-caring sectors.
The skills you'll need
You will need to have the following skills in order to participate:
All volunteers will be put through an Enhanced DBS check and reference process prior to volunteering.
Directions - public transport
R68, 111, 216 buses all go to The Stockyard.
If approaching from Hampton Court Palace side- Bus stop is S Garrick Villa If approaching from Hampton side- Bus stop is St Albans Lodge
Directions - car
For drivers- there is a Visitor Car Park- go through the main entrance of The Stockyard, follow the road round to the right go past the White Lodge and you will see the indoor school on the left and a sign for the Visitors Car Park straight ahead.
Location
The Stockyard, Hampton Court Road, TW12 2EJ
When
Schedule
SUN 1:30-4:30PM
Commitment
Ongoing
Available Slots
1
You will need
Minimum age: 18
Getting here
The Stockyard, Hampton Court Road, TW12 2EJ
HORSE RANGERS ASSOCIATION (HAMPTON COURT) LTD
Sport and physical activity
The Horse Rangers Association is a charity dedicated to supporting children and young people from all backgrounds and abilities by giving them the opportunity to develop confidence and life skills through learning to ride and care for horses.
We are also an active Riding for the Disabled (RDA) Member Group and rely on volunteers to run our mainstream and RDA sessions.