Encouraging young equestrian volunteers part of Prince’s plan
An first to encourage immature people to volunteer inward equestrian sport is role of a novel plan launched past times Prince Charles to encourage to a greater extent than immature people to bring a positive influence on their community.
Step Up two Serve has been launched inward trouble amongst the Prince of Wales 65th birthday together with joins a host of volunteering projects for immature people across the country.
One such first to encourage immature people to volunteer inward equestrian sport is the Young Equestrian Leaders Award (YELA) run through the British Equestrian Federation’s (BEF) Hoof legacy programme to encourage participation inward the sport. Aimed at 13–25 twelvemonth olds, YELA has been established to recognise the fourth dimension together with endeavor immature volunteers plow over to equestrianism. The system aims to shape their sense together with develop their skills every bit potential leaders of the future.
“YELA has been challenging together with then rewarding. The observe has encouraged me to branch out of my comfort zone together with come across novel challenges together with novel people. I tin honestly state it has been of the best things I bring always signed upwards for,” said Katie Midgley, a YELA candidate.
YELA is delivered past times the Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) on behalf of the BEF together with has been established since 2011. Since its inception 1200 immature people bring registered together with the programme is beingness offered through schools, farther teaching together with higher teaching colleges including Hartpury College, the College of West Anglia together with Sheffield High School.
The progressive observe system requires varying degrees of volunteering hours together with plant to innovate together with refine responsibility, organisational together with communicative skills. YELA likewise acts every bit a springboard to a diversity of unlike activities inward equestrianism together with leadership projects such every bit the BEF Youth Action Group which has been formed to develop the phonation of immature people inward equestrian sports.
Maggie Still, Head of Participation at the BEF, is grateful of the selflessness of volunteers together with realises the impact they bring upon their communities together with the equestrian manufacture every bit whole. “Volunteers are essence to equestrian sport whether it is assisting a beginner inward The Pony Club or riders amongst specific needs. They are crucial to all of the programmes nosotros offering from recreational riding to elite competition. Volunteering inward sport tin last really rewarding together with the BEF inward partnership amongst its fellow member bodies is encouraging immature people inward item to acquire far involved specifically through YELA.”
Eighteen twelvemonth one-time Alice Stables has completed her bronze YELA observe together with is forthwith working toward her silver, she is likewise role of the BEF Youth Action Group. “It is fantastic to have recognition for the operate nosotros position into the sport, together with to plow over something dorsum when it has given me then much. The Youth Action Group allows us to bring a phonation that tin last heard past times the industry,” she said.
“I bring met lots of unlike people across the disciplines through my interest together with nosotros operate together inward learning close the unlike youth preparation programmes together with factors that impact participation inward the diverse sports.”
Visit www.yela.org.uk or e-mail yela@rda.org.uk.
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