{"id":1311,"date":"2024-02-27T14:32:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T14:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/essexfarmers\/?page_id=1311"},"modified":"2025-03-17T19:05:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T19:05:46","slug":"parents-and-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/essexfarmers\/parents-and-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents and Volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"container-fluid\" id=\"full-width-left-right\">\r\n            <div class=\"row p-0\">\r\n            <div class=\"col-md-6 p-0 fw-lr-image-container\">\r\n                <div class=\"fw-lr-image-ratio\"><\/div>\r\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/essexfarmers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/369\/2024\/02\/image1-e1709386464806.jpeg\" class=\"fw-lr-image-fw\" alt=\"Image\"\/>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"col-md-6 px-0 py-5 d-flex flex-column justify-content-center\" style=\"background: #ebf3f8\">\r\n                <div class=\"container d-flex flex-column justify-content-center py-5 px-md-5 h-100 text-white\">\r\n                    <div class=\"row\">\r\n                        <div class=\"description col-12\" style=\"color:#002169;\">\r\n                            <p><span style=\"color: #002169\"><strong>The Role of Parents \/ Guardians<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #002169\">Parents play a vital role in their child\u2019s Pony Club journey \u2013 from supporting and guiding their progress, to volunteering at local events. The following guidelines should be followed by parents\/guardians:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #002169\">be a positive role model for your child and other members<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #002169\">respect coaches, officials, volunteers, members and other parents<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #002169\">remember that the main aim of The Pony Club is to teach fairness over competitiveness<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #002169\">teach members to show sportsmanship, teamwork and supportiveness<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #002169\">use appropriate conduct at all times, including on social media channels<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #002169\">promote the wellbeing of members and their ponies ahead of winning<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #002169\">The role of parents \/ guardians is outlined\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #002169\"><a style=\"color: #002169\" href=\"https:\/\/pcuk.org\/join\/info-for-parents\/\">here<\/a><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #002169\">\u00a0on the Pony Club website, where it is also possible to view and download the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #002169\"><a style=\"color: #002169\" href=\"https:\/\/pcuk.org\/media\/maslyk45\/code-of-conduct-for-members-revised-july-2019.pdf\">Code of Conduct for Members<\/a><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #002169\">\u00a0and the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #002169\"><a style=\"color: #002169\" href=\"https:\/\/pcuk.org\/media\/aqwdm1sj\/code-of-conduct-for-parents-guardians-revised-july-2019.pdf\">Code of Conduct for Parents &amp; Guardians<\/a><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #002169\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #002169\">Please also be aware of our <a href=\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/essexfarmers\/ef-safeguarding-and-health-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Safeguarding and Health &amp; Safety<\/a> processes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #002169\"><strong>Volunteers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #002169\">The Pony Club is incredibly fortunate to be able to call upon thousands of volunteers across our Branches and Centres throughout the UK \u2013 without their help we would not be able to provide young riders with such fantastic opportunities!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #002169\">At Essex Farmers Pony Club, we know that people are very busy so any help that can be offered, no matter how large or small, is always appreciated.\u00a0\u00a0If you\u2019d like to get involved with volunteering there are a wide variety of roles available, from helping at rallies or camps, setting up equipment, updating the website \u2013 you don\u2019t have to be horsey to get involved!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #002169\">We also share requests for help via the EFPC Whatsapp Group.\u00a0 Please do look out for these messages and do not ignore them as it\u2019s impossible for the committee to set up, run and clear up after all the activities and events without your help. For many of the jobs, no experience is needed, and you will always be fully briefed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #002169\">Please contact one of our <span style=\"color: #0495de\"><a style=\"color: #0495de\" href=\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/essexfarmers\/contact-us\/\">committee members<\/a><\/span>\u00a0if you would like to volunteer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #002169\"><strong>We look forward to meeting you<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #002169\">Above all Pony Club should be fun and run for our members. We aim is to ensure that everyone learns and progresses at their individual level, without pressure and that they make lots of great memories on the way. Parents are such an important part of our club and your support and help is invaluable. if you have and questions or want advice, please don\u2019t hesitate to\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0495de\"><a style=\"color: #0495de\" href=\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/essexfarmers\/contact-us\/\">contact us<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/essexfarmers\/parents-and-volunteers\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from Parents and Volunteers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":1317,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1311","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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