About us


What does the AVCP do?

The AVCP provides therapeutic carriage driving, horse riding and horticulture for disabled and disadvantaged adults and children to promote their health and well being.

We also promote community participation in healthy recreation by the provision of facilities to learn skills related to carriage driving, horse riding and horticulture for all participants and volunteers.

CHARITY QUIZ NIGHT

FRIDAY 27TH APRIL 2012

DOORS OPEN AT 7.00PM, QUIZ STARTS 7.30PM

AT FOLKESTONE BOWLS CLUB

THE SPORTS GROUND

CHERITON ROAD, FOLKESTONE

CT19 5JU

TEAMS OF 6 PEOPLE, £6.50 A HEAD INCLUDING BUFFET

TO BOOK PLEASE CONTACT CHRIS ON 07900396284

PRIZES

RAFFLE

LICENSED BAR

Fundraiser

Calling all shoppers, Sainsburys in Hythe will feature the AVCP as their charity for the year if we get enough votes! Please make your way to the store and fill in a voting slip and hand it in. This will take place sometime in May so look out for the voting box and voting slips which will be there for all to use. Please pass this on to your friends. :-)

AVCP gains Sported Membership

AVCP gains Sported Membership

We are pleased to have become a member of Sported, this new organisation supports existing projects delivering sports activities in the UK in order that they may reach and improve the lives of more disadvantaged young people than ever before. We look forward to posting news of projects during 2012.

Young volunteers create paved area for wheelchair access in the garden.

Young volunteers create paved area for wheelchair access in the garden.
Young volunteers create paved area for wheelchair access in the garden.

Young volunteers Jack and Max, who are students at Highview School, have been working on their own project in the AVCP garden.  They have created a paved area in front of the Polytunnel to provide easy access for gardeners who use wheelchairs. A fabulous addition to the garden and very well made too, many thanks to you both(we'll take a better photo).

A Lottery Funded Project

Sportivate – Places People Play

Sportivate is a £32 million Lottery programme that gives 14-25 year olds access to six-week courses in a sport of their choice. Subsidised riding sessions funded by Sportivate are available at the AVCP. Click here for information.

Upcoming events

  1. Christmas Calendars

    Beautiful 2012 calendars have been made for the AVCP. Help the project purchasing one of these folding desktop calendars featuring the horses and animals of the AVCP. The cost is £4.50, they make very good christmas presents. Contact jo@avcp.co.uk.

  2. Fundraising gift
    Fundraising gift

    This is a picture of my wonderful horse Sam,well to be more exact his eye. If you would like a similar picture of your horse please let me know, proceeds will go to the AVCP, cost will be £25. This is a pastel picture approx 10 by 7 inches. Jo Murrell. jo@avcp.co.uk 

     

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Carriage driving gives me a wonderful feeling of freedom.

— Steven Holland

Thoroughly enjoyable, interesting and comfortable.

— Amanda Brinkley