About us
What does the AVCP do?
The AVCP provides therapeutic carriage driving, horse riding and horticulture for disabled and disadvantaged adults and children to promote their health and well being.
We also promote community participation in healthy recreation by the provision of facilities to learn skills related to carriage driving, horse riding and horticulture for all participants and volunteers.
AVCP gains Sported Membership
We are pleased to have become a member of Sported, this new organisation supports existing projects delivering sports activities in the UK in order that they may reach and improve the lives of more disadvantaged young people than ever before. We look forward to posting news of projects during 2012.
Young volunteers create paved area for wheelchair access in the garden.
Young volunteers Jack and Max, who are students at Highview School, have been working on their own project in the AVCP garden. They have created a paved area in front of the Polytunnel to provide easy access for gardeners who use wheelchairs. A fabulous addition to the garden and very well made too, many thanks to you both(we'll take a better photo).
Summer Specials, fun packed events.
Since the start of the school holidays the AVCP has been providing activities for organisations that do not have regular weekly sessions or are on our waiting list. We have enjoyed the company of the Pegasus play group (summer activities for children with disabilities), Martha Trust has joined us for carriage driving sessions, Eversley House enjoyed horse riding and then a summer pic-nic in the AVCP garden. We have also provided activities for Kids Company, up to 60 children from Lambeth took part in horse riding and carriage driving.
Half Term Activities
Congratulations to the ten young volunteers who trained and passed their Horse Warden Level 1. Training will continue during the Easter School Holidays.
ABRS membership
We were very pleased that we have gained ABRS membership (Association of British Riding Schools). One of the benefits of membership is our ability to offer accredited awards to riders of all ages. Saddle Clubbers stand by; we hope to introduce these into your Saturday activities very soon.
