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Muirfield Riding Therapy Advent Calendar 2021

It's our Festive Riding Week this week where families can come along and see our ponies, and participants, take part ...

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Games play a big part in our therapeutic riding sessions - it doesn't feel like hard work when you're having ...
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Volunteering is rewarding, and lots of new friends await!

Read the story of one of our volunteers

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Our festive indoor Winter Series Show Jumping fundraiser is tomorrow Sunday 5th December! Pop along to our Arena here at ...

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Briony is one of our most experienced therapy ponies. She is fast, which makes her popular with our participants, and ...
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32 years ago, we only had a muddy field to ride in, and often had to cancel therapy rides due ...
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We are a Volunteer-led organisation, created by the community, run by volunteers from the community, for the benefit of members ...
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Come along and get in the Christmas spirit at our Evening of Christmas Music in beautiful Dirleton Kirk, Saturday 18th ...

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Meet therapy pony Raiden, the way to tell him apart from our other grey ponies, Uist and Johnny, is by ...
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Therapeutic riding is as much about the connection and bond a participant has with their pony, as it is about ...
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Within riding therapy sessions, our volunteers are either sidewalkers, where they walk at the side of the pony to support ...
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We are fully self-funded, so our fundraising events are vital. Our volunteers' home baking is legendary in the community! We ...
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At 15.2hh, Charity is one of our largest therapy ponies. She is used in our Teen & Adult sessions. She ...
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Our participants enjoy lots of rides out on the Farm. But one of our horses, 'Oreo', prefers to stay inside...
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Making friends - it's not just the ponies our particpants bond with, they make connections with our fun and friendly ...
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We need to raise over £100,000 each year to fund the Centre which helps so many. We love all the ...
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What a handsome boy therapy pony Storm is - he's rocking his Santa hat!
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It's all about the connection. The fun of making new friends, bonding with animals, enjoying the outdoors and achieving personal ...
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Volunteering at Muirfield Riding Therapy is very rewarding, seeing big smiles and happy faces.
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We are fully self-funded, thanks to a diverse calendar of fundraising events and the generosity of individuals and organisations. If ...
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What a joy our little Smartie is for our participants. At 31 years old, he is our oldest therapy pony, ...
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We think everyone deserves a rosette this year!  

We said a fond farewell to our pioneering lead physio Heather this ...

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We love the Kiltwalk - this year will be our 4th Kiltwalk, but only 2nd in-person, as we had to ...

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Thank you to you all for keeping us going, and for keeping smiling.

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and ...

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