The Club reaches a milestone in funding the 100th exam for a student. The year the Club gains rates relief from Aberdeen City Council due to non-profit making status. The first Club foal is born (Aria). New staff caravan accommodation is sourced and the Club makes its first own haylage crop.
Members: 350
Turnover: £250,000
Assets Purchased: 2 saddles; 4 horses.
The Club becomes a BHS approved livery yard as well as riding school. £3500 worth of work is carried out to field drains and drainage in the sand paddock is improved. The Club makes 200 bales of haylage. It is decided that the Club will form a members’ committee. The whole yard is repainted and some new surface is put down in the big school. The assessment system is revamped. The Club gains 75% rates relief from Aberdeen City Council.
Members: 390
Turnover: £298,000
Assets Purchased: 1 horse; 3 saddles.
Another coach (Liam) achieves his BHS Coaching4All certificate and we start our pilot of BHS Changing Lives Through Horses programme with an individual student. The individual is a wheelchair user, so allows us to ensure we are providing a fully accessible course. For more info on Changing Lives please
visit:
https://www.bhs.org.uk/support-us/our-campaigns/changing-lives-through-horses/
The club starts the final year of the SRUC contract (2023 Summer intake) and the board starts to plan forward with more equine facilitated learning offering including BHS Leadership Awards, for 12 – 18 year olds to learn some key skills which will help them with volunteering and progressing to higher education or the workplace.
New assets purchased: Flynn.
Turnover: £490.000
Membership; 400