MS backs efforts to save special riding centre from closure

* Sam Rowlands MS with trustee Victoria Everall while visiting the Clwyd Special Riding Centre.

Sam Rowlands, Member of the Welsh Parliament for North Wales, is calling on people to support the Clwyd Special Riding Centre. 

The riding centre is a charity based at Llanfynydd, near Wexham, facing a critical financial shortfall.  

The charity has annual running costs of £365,000 per year and urgently needs to raise funds to remain open after May 1.

 

The centre supports a wide range of therapeutic activities, including hippotherapy (physio on horseback), mechanical horse therapy, Changing Lives Through Horses Programme, Equine Assisted Learning, and Riding for the Disabled (RDA) sessions.

 

They have launched a Crowdfunder, which has raised over £40,000 so far, but more support is needed to hit the £365,000 target.  If the target isn’t met, donations will be returned.  You can donate online at www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/clwyd-special-riding-centre-in-financial-crisis.

 

Sam Rowlands MS said: “The Clwyd Special Riding Centre is a wonderful charity, which has supported countless individuals over the last forty-three years.

 

“The centre is now facing an unprecedented financial challenge, and it’s not for a lack of trying on their part.

 

“I would encourage everyone to get behind the Centre and support them so they can stay open, and continue to support people for decades to come.”