{"id":473,"date":"2023-11-17T09:15:50","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T09:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/woodland\/?page_id=473"},"modified":"2025-09-22T10:53:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:53:52","slug":"about-the-pony-club","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/woodland\/about-the-pony-club\/","title":{"rendered":"About The Pony Club"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n<section class=\"full-width-text py-5\">\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col-lg-10 mx-auto\">\r\n                <h4>The Pony Club is an international voluntary youth organisation for young people, up to the age of 25, interested in horses, ponies, and riding.<\/h4>\n<h4>Founded in England in 1929, and granted independent charitable status on 1st January 1997, there are around 330 Branches and 300 Linked Riding Centres in the UK alone.<\/h4>\n<h4>The Pony Club is represented in no less than 27 countries with a worldwide membership exceeding 110,000, making it the largest association of young riders in the world.<\/h4>\n                            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\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\/woodland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/584\/2023\/11\/General_Image_6_1270X850.jpg\" 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: #691f74\">\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=\"\">\r\n                            <h2>Our Vision<\/h2>\n<p>To provide children and young people with the opportunity to develop a lifelong love of horses through fun, friendship, horsemanship and sport.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Our Values<\/h2>\n<h5><strong>Togetherness <\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>We are one Pony Club, fostering friendship, teamwork and volunteering.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Empathy<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>We support every individual to reach their goals. We celebrate success and learn to lose with grace.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Respect<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>We treat all people fairly and equally. We celebrate our history and heritage.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Learning<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>We grow through learning and education, the development of skills, expertise and the pursuit of excellence.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"content-left-right py-5\">\r\n    <div class=\"container py-md-4\">\r\n                <div class=\"row align-items-center\">\r\n            <div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n                <div class=\"content-image\">\r\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/branches.pcuk.org\/woodland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/584\/2023\/11\/Charity_image_1_685x460.jpg\" class=\"card-img-mobile\" alt=\"\"\/>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n                <div class=\"content-description-right\">\r\n                    <h2>Our Charitable Purpose<\/h2>\n<p>We have three critical strands to our purpose, we exist:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>To promote and advance the education and understanding of the public and particularly children and young people, in all matters relating to horsemanship and the horse.<\/li>\n<li>To encourage the development of sportsmanship, unlocking potential by building resilience, confidence, teamwork and leadership skills.<\/li>\n<li>To support and develop the volunteering network to strengthen The Pony Club community and sustain lifelong engagement with equestrianism<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n                                    <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n\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\/woodland\/about-the-pony-club\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from About The Pony Club<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/blank.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-473","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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