IHDG Charity 2009/2010 - A change

[Jenny (& the boys)]

Announcement on the 2009/2010 Charity

After doing the final checks to get the 09/10 charity appeal up and running, we unfortunately found out that our choice of beneficiary this year was not a registered charity. When we set up the IHDG fundraising committee and aspect of the board, one of the agreements we had was that only registered charities could be supported to stop any potential issues or disappointments in the future.

So, to this end we sadly have to find a different charity to support. This doesn't mean that IH is distancing itself from the NFB in any way or don't agree with what they do - they do sterling work and deserve support but we have to keep to our fundraising rules.

We would like to ask DGers to put forward registered charities for nomination - the committee will have a look at all applicants and chose one or maybe two to support. The only rules are they must be registered with the charities commission.

If you would like to put forward a charity please post below.

Thank you for your understanding in this matter.

Modified thread from that quoted below...

Kelly and Lorraine have asked me to let everyone know that this years nominated DG charity is: The National Foaling Bank.

Since it's foundation in 1965 by Miss Johanna Vardon, The National Foaling Bank has united thousands of orphan foals with foster mare who have lost their own foal.

Every year hundreds of owners also call the National Foaling Bank for help and advice on difficult foaling cases, twenty-four hour nursing, and information about colestrum, milk replacements, and special dietary requirements.

Remarkably, this operation has been run for all this time on a "shoestring" budget relying on donations, sponsorship, and a membership scheme to ensure the work continues.
(taken from the NFB website)

Fundraising starts today so please keep dipping into the Charity Section for exciting new ideas, auctions and fun stuff. If you have any ideas for us please just shout – the more we can get everyone involved, the more we can raise for this brilliant charity. 100% of funds raised here and on the Classified Section go to the charity

[mandal]

Another great choice of Charity.

[june]

Great choice. Joanna was extremely helpful when I rang her when our two mares were due to foal. Thankfully I didn't need her expertise but it was very reassuring to have access to her on the end of a phone line should I have needed it.

[june]

Given the recent "Beauty" thread I guess I'd go for EMW again. I know we've supported them before but they do seem to be an excellent cause. Failing that, how about the Gambia Horse and Donkey Trust?

[Catrin]

A couple of years back we discussed whether Ride 4 Five would qualify under the same conditions. Ride 4 Five, of which Monty is the patron, was established by the Aberconwy Pony Club DC, four years ago in order to give children in danger of social exclusion the chance to learn about and work with horses. The first group of children were from a local primary school, where lots of the kids have free school meals, but the head discovered that he wasn't allowed to discriminate and so would have to offer the opportunity to all the children, which sort of defeated the object! After discussions with social services, we ended up with our client group being children in care. The children have an hour of stable management and an hour of riding each week and pay £5.

In order to get started, we applied to SportLot—lottery funding to pump prime activities in a community. We did not need to registeri as a charity as we were doing all the fund raising and organisation through our BHS committee. That not only ensured our charity status, but meant that we had no costs whatsoever, every penny we raised or were awarded, goes straight into getting more children in contact with horses and to enable those who want to, to carry on. For example, when Monty & Kelly came in February 2008, all the costs of ticket printing and postage for arranging the Ride 4 Five dinner, came out of BHS NE Wales funds and once the hotel was paid for the food, all the rest could be used for the children.

There was an article about Ride 4 Five in the May 2009 issue of Horse & Pony.

[Deleted]

How about supporting one of the charities that fund research into illnesses that devastate horses' lives, such as the Laminitis Trust, or the Equine Grass Sickness Fund?

[specialsparkle3]

Good one LizP I agree either of those would be a good choice.

[mandal]

Oh yes the Laminitis trust or similar especially doing research into laminitis would be a great choice.

[Lorraine L]

One of those already suggested has been decided against. Happy to share the reasons with you guys if you want to pm me. The team did want to help with Lami but sadly there seems to be no one doing any research at the present time. I even contacted Andy Durham at Liphook but alas he couldn;t find anyone in this country doing any research either.
If anyone knows any different, please let us know, Thank you

[mandal]

Anyone got anymore suggestions of a suitable Charity??

[june]

Redwings?

[kjr]

What about Bransby? Am I right in thinking that one of the RA's is already involved there?

[june]

Retraining of Racehorses?

[Garry]

Hi kjr.

Bransby would, I'm sure, be happy to be an IH nominated charity. However they are a very well supported charity and, I feel, there could be charities out there who are less well off, that we can help out.

Thanks for the thought though.

[beanymare]

Could I nominate The Thoroughbred Rehabilitation Centre in Lancashire? They do a fantastic job on really limited funds, have seen a steep fall off in charitable donations and Carrie Humble and her team really led the way in finding new homes and lives for TBs that had finished their racing lives or fallen through the net in various other ways.

It's easy to forget (though admittedly not to the knowledgeable peeps on here obviously!) now that RoR and other racehorse classes are becoming so fashionable, just how many TBs find themselves in very difficult circumstances